VOA慢速英语:US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Resigns

successor – n. a person who has a job, position, or title after someone else: someone who succeeds another person

uprising – n. a usually violent effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country

sanction – n. an action that is taken or an order that is given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country

priceless – adj. extremely valuable or important

secular – adj. of, relating to, or controlled by the government rather than by the church

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