VOA常速英语:WFP: Ethiopia's Emergency Food Reserve Near Zero

词汇讲解：

1. stock n. 储备品, 供应物
例句：Stocks of coal are running low.
储备的煤越来越少了。

2. exhausted vt.. 用尽, 耗尽
例句：They exhausted the funds in a week.
他们一周内耗尽了资金。

3. worsen v. (使)变得更坏,(使)恶化
例句：Already low living standards have been worsened by stringent economic reforms.
严谨的经济改革使本已很低的生活水平愈加恶化。

4. reserve n. 贮藏; 储备
例句：We must keep back a reserve of food.
我们必须贮存一些食品。

5. harvest v. 收割, 收成
例句：Try to harvest the fruit before the first frost.
在第一次霜冻以前要设法把水果收摘完。

6. onset n. 开始
例句：The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.
这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。

7. victimize vt. 使牺牲;使痛苦;欺骗
例句：Don’t victimize the weak.
别欺侮弱小的人。

8. deteriorate vi. 恶化, 变坏
例句：Food is apt to deteriorate in summer.
食物在夏天爱变质。

9. speculation n. 思考,思索；推断,推测;猜测
例句：Speculation was rife as to whom the prince might marry.
大家都在推测王子会娶谁。

10. malnutrition n. 营养不良
例句：In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.
在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。