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VOA慢速英语:特朗普宣布对阿富汗的新计划

2017-08-23来源:和谐英语
1.original

adj. 原始的; 最初的; 独创的; 新颖的;
n. 原件; 原文; 原型; 怪人;
[例句]The original plan was to hold an indefinite stoppage
最初的计划是无限期停工。

2.instinct

n. 本能,天性; 冲动; 天资,天才;
adj. 深深地充满着;
[例句]Farmers are increasingly losing touch with their instinct for managing the land
农民正在逐渐丢失经营土地的本领。

3.vaccum

网络 真空; 真空度; 真空状态;
[例句]The film is deposited on the surface of the glass by evaporating crystals, usually of cryolite or magnesium

fluoride, in a vaccum.
涂敷薄膜时,通常是将玻璃置于真空之中,然后使冰晶石或氧化镁晶体气化,令其沉积于玻璃表面上。

4.haven

n. 港口,安全地方; 避难所,安息所;
vt. 把(船)开进港; 为…提供避难场所; 掩护;
[例句]It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.
忙碌了一整天后,这真是一个安乐窝。

5.pose

vt. 使摆姿势; 以…身份出现; 招摇; 炫耀;
vt. 提出; 造成(威胁、问题等); 引起; 产生;
n. 姿态; 姿势; 装腔作势; 伪装;
[例句]This could pose a threat to jobs in the coal industry
这可能会给煤炭产业的就业造成威胁。

6.strategy

n. 策略,战略; 战略学;
[例句]Next week, health ministers gather in Amsterdam to agree a strategy for controlling malaria
下周,卫生部长们将在阿姆斯特丹聚首共商防治疟疾的策略。

7.commit

vt. 犯罪,做错事; 把…托付给; 保证(做某事、遵守协议或遵从安排等); 承诺,使…承担义务;
[例句]I have never committed any crime
我从来没犯过罪。

8.option

n. 选项; 选择权; 选择(的自由); 选择能力;
vt. 得到或获准进行选择; 调动球员;
[例句]He's argued from the start that America and its allies are putting too much emphasis on the military option
他从一开始就认为美国及其盟国过于强调军事手段。

9.insurgency

n. 暴动; 起义; 叛变;
[例句]He saw political reconciliation and regional diplomacy as the only way to end the insurgency.
他认为,政治和解和地区外交是结束叛乱的唯一方式。

10.sanctuary

n. 圣所; 避难所; 庇护所; 庇护;
[例句]His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fled the civil war.
他的教堂成为成千上万逃离内战的人们的避难所。