VOA常速英语:Financial Crisis Hits NATO Funding

词汇讲解：

1. fund vt. 为…提供资金, 给…拨款
例句：The company is funding another scheme.
这个公司正为另一项计划拨款。

2. handle vt. 处理, 应付, 对待；拿, 触, 摸
例句：He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.
他不让秘书处理机密文件。

3. dispatch vt. 派遣, 调遣, 发送；匆匆吃[做]完
例句：A messenger was dispatched to take the news to the soldiers at the front.
一名通讯员被派遣给前线士兵送消息。

4. oust vt.驱逐, 革职, 罢黜；剥夺
例句：The politician was ousted from office by a vote from members of his own party.
那个政客被他自己党内的成员投票表决赶下台。

5. exacerbate vt.使恶化;使加重
例句：The drugs they gave her only exacerbated the pain.
他们给她吃的药只是加重了她的痛楚。

6. convince vt.使相信; 使明白
例句：He convinced me of his innocence.
他使我相信他是无辜的。

7. agenda n. 议事日程，（会议的）议程表
例句：The agendas for the next two meetings have yet to be worked out.
下两次会议的议程尚需制定。

8. survive vi. 幸存, 活下来
例句：These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.
这些植物在严寒中不能存活。

9. available adj. 可用的或可得到的；可会见的, 可与之交谈的
例句：My bicycle is not available, and it is being repaired.
我的自行车现在不能用, 因为正在修理。

10. ambition n. 抱负, 雄心, 野心；渴望得到的东西
例句：Her son was filled with ambition to become a great inventor.
她儿子一心想成为伟大的发明家。