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VOA慢速英语:US Military Prepares for Inauguration of New President

2016-12-27来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. ensure vt.确保; 担保获得[避免]
例句：Please ensure that all the lights are switched off at night.
夜间请务必将所有的灯关掉。

2. inauguration n.就职; 就职典礼; 开始
例句：We are only a month away from the inauguration of a new president.
我们离新总统就职只有一个月了。

3. detain vt.耽搁; 留住，阻住
例句：The question should not detain us.
我们无须为此自扰。

4. faculty n.能力，才能; 全体教职员
例句：He was drunk and not in control of his faculties
他喝醉了，浑身都不听使唤了。

5. protester n. 抗议者; 反对者; 提出异议者
例句：The protesters say the government is corrupt and inefficient.
抗议者称政府腐败无能。