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VOA慢速英语:How Sharks Have Paid the Price for Demand for Shark Fin Soup
例句:A terrifying scream in the blackness of the night made my blood run cold.
黑夜里一声可怕的尖叫让我毛骨悚然。
The most terrifying aspect of nuclear bombing is radiation.
核轰炸最可怕的方面是核辐射。
2.valuable adj.宝贵的, 有价值的, 极有用的
例句:This is one of the most valuable lessons I learned.
这是我所学到的最宝贵的教训。
3.creature n.生物, 动物
例句:The crocodile is a strange-looking creature.
鳄鱼是一种模样古怪的动物。
4.vulnerable adj.易受伤的, 脆弱的, 敏感的
例句:He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable.
她看上去很脆弱, 他就主动去保护她。
5.provoke vt.激起; 惹怒;引起;引发
例句:Her constant nagging provoked him.
她不断地唠叨激怒了他。
6.sympathy n.同情(心)
例句:I have much sympathy for you.
我很同情你。
7.denounce vt.公开指责,谴责,斥责
例句:We should denounce a heresy.
我们应该公开指责异端邪说。
blame,accuse,condemn,scold,denounce,reproach,rebuke
这些动词均含有“责备,非难”之意。
blame普通用词,语气较弱,仅是一般的责难、归咎于,不含用语言责骂之意。
accuse语气比blame强,本义为归罪,可用作指非难或谴责之义。
condemn正式用词,表示谴责,有较强的司法意味,侧重从道义或原则上的谴责。
scold普通用词,多指上级对下级、长辈对后辈或雇主对雇员的态度粗暴、言词激烈的数落。
denounce与condemn同义,但着重公开性。
reproach侧重指因他人粗心、自私等引起不满而去指责、找岔。
rebuke多指上级对下级进行的公开、强烈、严正而不宽容的责备。隐含一定权威的意味。
8.enforce vt.实施, 执行
例句:The police enforce the law.
警察执法。
9.persuade vt.vi.说服, 劝告
例句:The boy persuades easily.
这孩子听劝。
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