VOA常速英语:US Withdrawal From Iraq Nears Completion

  词汇讲解：

1. withdrawal n. 收回;撤回;撤清;撤退
例句：They are trying to negotiate the withdrawal of 20,000 troops.
他们正打算协商有关两万人的部队的撤军问题。

2. complete vt. 完成, 结束；使完善
例句：When will you complete the task?
你什么时候完成任务?

3. exhausting adj. 使耗尽的;使人精疲力竭的
例句：I find her exhausting to be with—she’s too intense.
我感到和她在一起很累,她这个人太热情了

4. departure n. 离开;出发,起程
例句：The plane's departure was on schedule.
飞机准时起飞。

5. accelerate v. (使)加快, (使)增速
例句：Our country should accelerate the economic growth.
我国应加快经济增长。

6. dismantle vt.拆开, 拆卸；废除, 取消
例句：The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation.
新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。

7. oversee vt.监督, 监视
例句：She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments.
她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。

8. deploy vt.(尤指军事行动)使展开; 施展; 部署
例句：The commander deployed his men along the railway.
指挥官把兵力部署在铁路沿线上。

9. relief n. (痛苦等)缓解, 减轻, 解除；轻松, 宽慰
例句：This medicine will give you some relief.
这药会为你减轻一些痛苦。

10. perish vi.丧生; 消亡; 死亡；损坏, 腐烂
例句：Hundreds of sheep perished that year because of drought.
那年由于干旱, 几百头羊突然死去。