VOA常速英语:UAE Activists Jailed for Criticizing Government

词汇讲解：

1. sentence vt.宣判; 判决
例句：The assassin was sentenced to death.
刺客被判死刑。

2. criticize v. 评论, 批评
例句：He criticized her in a very unfair way.
他极不公平地指谪她。

3. prominent adj.突起的, 凸出的；显著的; 突出的；杰出的, 著名的, 卓越的
例句：He is a prominent physician.
他是位著名的医生。

4. boycott n. 联合抵制;拒绝参加
例句：We put the production under a boycott.
我们联合抵制该商品。

5. forbid vt.禁止
例句：The doctor forbids him smoking and drinking.
医生禁止他抽烟、喝酒。

6. review vt. 再检查,重新探讨;复审
例句：Superior courts may review decisions of lower courts.
高级法院可以复审下级法院的判决。

7. outcome n. 结果
例句：We are anxiously awaiting the outcome of their discussion.
我们急切地等待着他们讨论的结果。

8. disappointing adj. 令人失望的
例句：The result was disappointing.
结果是令人失望的。

9. disrepute n. 丧失名誉, 坏名声
例句：The hotel fell into disrepute after the shooting incident.
枪击事件发生后, 这家旅馆便声誉扫地。

10. tolerate vt. 容许; 承认；忍受; 容忍
例句：The teacher cannot tolerate eating on the class.
老师不容许在课堂上吃东西。

11. dissent n. 意见的分歧; 不同意见; 异议
例句：He expressed dissent.
他表示了不同意见。

12. quell vt. (用武力)制止,结束,镇压
例句：Troops were called in to quell the violence.
部队被调来平息暴力事件。