VOA慢速英语:American History: Nixon Resigns Over Watergate

2. deny vt.否认知情；拒绝
例句：He denied knowing anything about their plans.
他否认知悉他们的计划。

3. nominate vt.提名…为候选人; 任命
例句：I nominate Bill as the club president.
我提名比尔为俱乐部主席候选人。

4. shadow n. 征兆,阴影
例句：The scandal cast a shadow on his career.
这件丑闻给他的事业投上了一层阴影。

5. finance vt.为…供给资金, 从事金融活动
例句：Who finances this organization?
谁给这个组织提供资金?

6. implication n. 卷入, 牵连,牵涉
例句：We heard of his implication in a conspiracy.
我们听说他被牵连在叛乱案中。

7. surrender vt. 交出,放弃
例句：He was ordered to surrender his gun.
他被命令交出他的枪。

8. eliminate vt.消除, 排除；忽略；淘汰
例句：Our team was eliminated from the competition in the first round.
我队在第一轮比赛中就被淘汰。

9. erase vt.擦掉, 抹去, 清除
例句：Nothing can erase the incident from his memory.
没有什么东西可以使他忘记那件事。

10. persevere vi. 坚忍, 坚持,孜孜以求
例句：Although he is in poor health, he still perseveres in his studies.
尽管他身体不好, 他仍孜孜不倦地学习。

11. compassionate adj. 表示怜悯的,有同情心的
例句：She is a compassionate person.
她是一个有同情心的人。

12. coverage n. 新闻报道, 报道量
例句：There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.
报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。