和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Japan’s Diplomatic Tensions With China and South Korea Intensify Over Disputed Islands

2012-08-18来源:VOA


词汇讲解:

1. intensify vt. 加强,增强;使变激烈
例句:His absence only intensified her longing.
他不在身边唯使她愈益渴念。

2. seize vt. 抓住;捉住
例句:The police seized an escaping convict.
警察抓住了一个在逃犯。

3. arrest vt. 逮捕;拘留
例句:He was arrested on a charge of murder.
他因谋杀罪被捕。

4. transfer vt. 搬;转换;调动
例句:She has been transferred to another department.
她已被调往另一部门。

5. protest vi. 抗议,反对
例句:Crowds of pacifists protested against the war.
成群的和平主义者抗议这场战争。

6. propose vt. 提议,建议,提出
例句:It was proposed we go to the station to meet our guests.
有人建议我们去车站接客人。