和谐英语

VOA常速英语:NATO Learns Key Lessons in Libya Campaign

2011-10-21来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. reveal vt.显示; 露出;泄露; 透露
例句:Research has revealed that he is a monster of iniquity.
调查结果显示他是一个不法之徒。

2. evacuate v. 撤离, 疏散
例句:They all evacuated when the enemy approached the city.
敌人逼近这个城市时他们已撤退了。

3. bind vt. 束缚,约束
例句:The contract binds me to complete the work within two months.
这合同使我必须在两个月内完成这项工作。

4. acknowledge vt. 承认, 供认
例句:He grudgingly acknowledged having made a mistake.
他勉强承认他做错了。

5. fuse v. 熔化; 融合; 合并
例句:We disagreed at first but eventually our ideas fused.
我们的意见开始时有分歧,但最后取得了一致。

6. coherent adj. 一致的,协调的
例句:They seem to have no coherent plan for saving the company.
他们似乎没有一个协调一致的挽救公司的计划。

7. endorse vt. 赞同,认可,支持(意见,活动,某人等)
例句:The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land.
该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。

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. pose vt. 提出
例句:You've posed an awkward question.
你已经提出了一个难题。

10. undertake vt.担任, 承揽; 保证;着手, 开始
例句:The lawyer undertook the case.
该律师承办这个案子。

11. reluctant adj. 不情愿的, 勉强的
例句:I am reluctant about asking him to do this.
我极不愿意让他去干此事。