VOA常速英语:Gadhafi Loyalists Flee in Convoy to Niger

词汇讲解：

1. convoy n. (有护航的)船队,车队;护航(队);护送队
例句：A convoy of heavy trucks rumbled past.
一队重型卡车轰隆隆地驶过。

2. justice n. 法律制裁; 司法; 审判
例句：Justice was met out to him.
他受到了应得的惩处。

3. armored adj. 装甲的
例句：They surrounded the building with tanks and armored vehicles.
他们用坦克和装甲车包围了大楼。

4. speculation n. 思考,思索；推断,推测;猜测
例句：He was dropped from the team amid speculation that he was seriously ill.
在一片以为他得了重病的猜测中，他被队里除名了。

5. straddle vt. 横跨…的两边;跨越…的两边
例句：The village straddles the frontier.
这村庄横跨边境线。

6. flout vt. 藐视, 轻视
例句：No one can flout the rules and get away with it.
谁也不能违反这些规则而不被处分。

7. abet vt. 帮助;同谋; 教唆(犯罪)；煽动；怂恿
例句：They aided and abetted in getting the police to catch the thief.
他们协助警察抓住了小偷。

8. accountable adj. 负有责任的, 应对自己的行为做出说明的
例句：I am accountable to my superiors for my actions.
我应该为自己的行为对上司负责。

9. prompt vt.促使, 推动, 引起
例句：The sight of the ships prompted thoughts of his distant home.
看到船使他想起遥远的家乡。

10. mass v. (使)集中; 聚集
例句：Troops are massing on the frontier.
部队在边境集结。

11. confrontation n. 对抗, 对抗的事物
例句：We can’t risk another confrontation with the union.
我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。

12. intact adj. 完整无缺的; 未经触动的; 未受损伤的
例句：The glasses remained intact after being dropped.
眼镜坠地后依然完好无损。