和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Asia’s Boat People: Smuggled or Trafficked?

2015-05-31来源:VOA


词汇讲解:

1. involve vt.包含; 使参与,牵涉;
例句:Clouds involve the mountaintop.
云雾笼罩山头。

2. smuggle vt.走私; 偷运; 私运
例句:We are occasionally able to smuggle a razor blade into a prisoner's cell.
我们有时会把一片剃须刀片偷偷地送到牢房里去。

3. increase vt.增强,增进
例句:He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。

4. consider vt. 考虑; 认为
例句:There are two components to consider.
有两个组成部分需要考虑。

5. regard vt.认为; 注视; 涉及
例句:The Lord Chancellor refused to regard them as an asset.
大法官不承认它们是贵重物品。