VOA慢速英语:President Adams Avoids War with France. The Making of a Nation No. 28: Adams Part 2

1. govern vt.统治；管理
例句：Her job is to govern, his will be to exhort and inspire.
她的职责是管理，而他的职责是进行劝诫和激励。

2. influence vt.影响；感染
例句：Who has been your biggest influence?
谁对你的影响最大？

3. split vt.分裂；分开
例句：How many ways can you split it?
你有多少种方法能把它分开？

4. declare vt.宣布；声明
例句：I declare peace and harmony within me and around me.
我宣称和平，和谐在我的内心和周围。

5. apologize vi.道歉，认错
例句：I must apologize for being late.
我必须为迟到这件事而道歉。

6. refuse vt. 拒绝
例句：He hadn't enough strength of mind to refuse. 
他意志力不够坚强，无法拒绝。 

7. defend vt.辩护；保卫
例句：He will have to defend his economic stimulus.
他将不得不捍卫自己的经济刺激计划。

8. reject vt.拒绝；抛弃
例句：Serbia continues to reject kosovo's independence.
塞尔维亚继续拒绝承认科索沃的独立。

9. nominate vt.提名…为候选人；任命；挑选
例句：Opposition groups could nominate just 35 of the 300 participants.
在300个参加者中反对党仅仅可以提名35个人。

10. preserve vt.保护；保持
例句：Can they preserve their static conception of their societies?
他们能保持对社会的既定理念吗？