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VOA慢速英语:Making Noise, Studying the Quiet

2015-08-23来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. react vi.反应，作出反应; 影响
例句：She has not indicated how she proposes to react.
她未表示打算做何回应。

2. flee vi.逃走，逃掉
例句：She would get up and flee in silent terror.
她爬起来，在寂静的恐怖中逃循。

3. identify vt.确定; 识别，认出
例句：The lost actor couldn't wait to identify himself with the troupe.
这个失群的演员迫不及待地要去和那些演员认同。

4. mitigate vt.使缓和，使减轻
例句：Do our successes mitigate our failures?
我们的成功是否能弥补我们的过失？

5. reduce vt.减少; 缩小
例句：Oil is put in machinery to reduce the friction.
把油涂到机器上减少摩擦。