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VOA慢速英语:States Put Pressure on Public Unions
例句:We all bear collective responsibility for this decision.
我们大家共同承担这项决定的责任。
2.propose vt.vi.提议; 建议
例句:They proposed to make arrangement beforehand.
他们提议事先做好安排。
3.noisy adj.嘈杂的; 喧闹的
例句:I wish those noisy children would sober down.
我希望那些闹哄哄的孩子们静下来。
4.neighboring a.附近的,邻近的,邻接的
例句:Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighboring country.
日本已与邻国签署了一项和平协定。
5.dismiss vt.解雇; 撤职; 开除
例句:The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor.
新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇。
He dismissed me from the club.
他把我开除出俱乐部。
discharge,dismiss,fire
这些动词都有“解雇,开除”之意。
discharge语气较重,指有理由的解雇,含几乎不再复用的意味。
dismiss正式用词,是这组词中语气最轻的一个词,一般只有从上文才能看解雇的原因或理由。
fire口语用词,多指被断然地突然解雇,其行动犹如开枪一样干净利落。
6.emeritus a.名誉退休的,退休的
7.shrink vt.vi.收缩; (使)缩水, 收缩, 缩小, 皱缩
例句:The number of students of this school has shrunk.
这所学校的学生人数在减少。
8.shutdown n.关门,停工
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