VOA慢速英语:Little Known Democrat Defeats President Gerald Ford in 1976 Election

词汇讲解：

1. resign v. 辞职, 放弃
例句：The simplest thing is for him to resign at once.
最简单的做法就是他立即辞职。

2. mislead vt.给…错误印象, 使误解；把…带错路；把…带坏, 使误入歧途
例句：He was entirely misled by her words.
他完全误解了她的话。

3. pardon vt. 宽恕, 原谅
例句：She asked him to pardon her rudeness.
她请求他原谅她的无礼。

4. discrimination n. 歧视
例句：He spoke out against racial discrimination.
他声言反对种族歧视。

5. denounce vt.公开指责；揭发; 告发；通知废止
例句：He denounced her as traitor.
他指责她是叛徒。

6. scandal n.丑事, 丑闻
例句：The scandal tarnished his reputation.
丑闻败坏了他的名誉。

7. isolate vt.使隔离, 使孤立, 使脱离
例句：Several villages have been isolated by lack of buses.
由于缺少公共汽车,有几个村子显得很偏僻。

8. confound vt.使惊惶;弄糊涂；搞乱;混淆(意念等)；击败, 挫败
例句：The extraordinary election results confounded the government.
这次不寻常的选举结果使得政府不知所措。

9. assignment n. 工作, 任务
例句：His assignment was to follow the spy.
他的工作是跟踪这个间谍。

10. poise vt.使平衡, 使平稳
例句：The gymnast poised herself on the balance beam gracefully.
体操运动员优美地立在平衡木上。

11. concede vt. 让给,给予;容许
例句：They conceded us the right to cross their land.
他们容许我们在他们的土地上有过路权。