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VOA慢速英语:U.N. Asks for Record $22 Billion to Aid World's Needy(翻译)

2016-12-06来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. provide vt. 提供，供给，供应
例句：I'll be glad to provide a copy of this
我很愿意提供它的一个副本。

2. urgent adj. 急迫的; 催促的
例句：There is an urgent need for food and water
现在亟需食物和水。

3. assistance n.帮助，援助
例句：He refused the proffered assistance.
他拒绝接受向他提供的帮助。

4. starvation n.饥饿; 饿死; 挨饿
例句：Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.
从年初起，已有300多人饿死。

5. enable vt.使能够，提供做…的权利[措施]
例句：Training will enable you to find work.
培训将使你找到工作。

6. displace vt. 移动，移走; 替换
例句：These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange
这些工厂已取代旅游业成为该国最大的外汇来源。