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VOA慢速英语:Trending Today: Oscars, Alan Rickman, and the Powerball

2016-01-15来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. survive vi. 幸存，活下来
例句：The urge to survive drove them on.
求生的欲望驱使他们继续努力。

2. lack vt. 缺乏，缺少
例句：Scholars tend to lack a sense of proportion.
学者往往缺乏冷静地辨别轻重缓急的能力。

3. nominate vt.任命; 提名…为候选人
例句：I nominate Bill for the club president.
我提名比尔为俱乐部主席候选人。

4. announce vi.宣布参加竞选; 当播音员
例句：Please announce to the children that there will be no school this afternoon.
请通知孩子们今天下午不上课。

5. release vt.释放; 发布; 发行
例句：He had won his first release from the fences of home.
他第一次成功地脱出家庭的樊笼。

6. explain vt. 讲解，解释
例句：He made up a story to explain why he was absent.
他编造了一个故事为他的缺席辩解。