和谐英语

VOA常速英语:Violence Spreads Along Israel's Borders As Palestinians Coordinate Protest

2011-05-16来源:VOA


词汇讲解:

1. mobilize v. 动员起来, 调动, 鼓动起
例句:He is trying to mobilize all the supporters.
他正在竭力把所有的支持者动员起来。

2. overwhelm vt. 压倒, 制服; 打败
例句:Invading armies overwhelmed the town.
入侵的军队控制了这个城镇。

3. checkpoint n. 检查站, 检查点
例句:The outbound tourists carrying cultural relics must pass through that checkpoint.
携带文物的出境旅客必须通过那个检查站。

4. disperse v. (使)分散,散开;疏散;驱散
例句:The police dispersed the crowd.
警察驱散了群众。

5. breach vt. 攻破,在…上打开缺口
例句:We won't have any breach of discipline.
我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。

6. infiltrate v. (使)渗透;(指思想)渗入人的心中
例句:The organization was infiltrated by the police.
这个组织已被警察渗入。

7. refugee n. 避难者;难民;逃亡者
例句:The refugee was readmitted into his home country.
难民被他们的故国重新接纳。

8. former adj. 过去的, 在前的, 以前的
例句:Some of them bitterly attacked their former friends.
他们中有些人恶毒地攻击他们过去的朋友。

9. witness n. 目击者; 证人
例句:She was a witness of the incident.
她是事件的目击者。

10. descendent n. 后裔,子孙
例句:He is a descendent of Queen Victoria.
他是维多利亚女王的后代。

11. apartheid n. 分离, 隔离, 种族隔离
例句:His talk about apartheid created agitation.
他的关于种族隔离的谈话激起了骚动。