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VOA慢速英语:WHO Chief Warns of Risk to 'Winning Streak' for Public Health

2011-01-19来源:和谐英语
1.overextend vt.过分张开;过分扩展;使(自己或别人)承担过多的工作

例句:Any users of credit may overextend themselves.
      每个贷款使用者都有可能作出不自量力的事。

2.shortfall n.不足之量,差额

例句:There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people.
      合格年轻人才的短缺将很快出现。

3.govern vt.控制; 支配

例句:One can't completely govern one's thoughts at all times.
      人不能始终控制得住自己的思想。

4.frequently adv.频繁地,屡次地

例句:At one time we met frequently.
      过去我们曾常常见面。

5.undertaking n.(重大或艰巨的)任务,项目,事业;企业

例句:He associated himself with his friend in a business undertaking.
      他与朋友合伙经商。

      He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.
      他太胆小,不敢从事任何事业。

6.intensify vt.vi.(使)增强, (使)加剧

例句:The drought has intensified.
      旱情加剧了。

7.stamina n.体力,耐力,持久力

例句:a severe test of stamina
      严峻的耐力考验

      Giving up smoking had a magical effect on his stamina.
      戒烟神奇地增强了他的体力。