VOA常速英语:Iraqi Foreign Minister Sees Country on 'Right Path'

词汇讲解：

1. corruption n. 堕落;腐化;腐败;贿赂
例句：Corrupt officials always try to draw the curtain over their corruption.
贪官污吏总是企图掩盖自己的腐败行为。

2. endemic adj. 某地特有的;(尤指疾病)地方性的
例句：The chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.
这种胸部疾病是流行于本地区矿工中的地方病。

3. complete adj. 完整的, 完全的；完成的, 结束的
例句：When will the work be complete?
这件工作什么时候完成?

4. resolve vt. 解决(问题、疑问等)
例句：The Cabinet met to resolve the crisis.
内阁开会, 寻求解决危机的办法。

5. cite vt.引用, 举例；表彰, 嘉奖；传唤, 传讯
例句：The devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose.
魔鬼也能引经据典为自己辩护。

6. indicate vt. 象征; 表明或暗示…的可能性
例句：The snow indicates the coming of winter.
这场雪表明冬天来临。

7. deter vt. 威慑住,吓住;使断念
例句：Failure did not deter him from trying again.
失败并未使他泄气罢休。

8. intervention n. 介入, 干涉, 干预
例句：The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.
政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。

9. contend vt. 声称, 主张
例句：He contended that there must be life on Mars.
他声称火星上面一定有生物。

10. uprising n.起义, 暴动
例句：The reactionary regime was thrown down by an armed uprising.
那个反动政权被一次武装起义推翻了。