和谐英语

VOA常速英语:Analysts: Iran's Threats in Gulf Unlikely to Lead to War

2012-01-09来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. threat n.威胁, 恐吓;可能造成威胁的人[事, 想法];
例句:His threats are just talk. Don't worry!
他的威胁只不过是虚张声势的空话而已, 不要担心!

2. raise vt. 引起;唤起;提出;发出
例句:None of them raised any objection.
他们谁也没提出反对意见。

3. escalate v. (使)逐步升级; (使)逐步扩大
例句:The government escalated the war by starting to bomb enemy cities.
政府开始轰炸敌方的城市, 使战争进一步扩大。

4. sharp adj. 蓄意中伤的; 尖刻的; 严厉的; 人或言语尖锐的, 尖刻的
例句:She got a sharp reproach from her boss.
她受到了上司的严厉训斥。

5. hollow adj. 虚伪的;空洞的,无价值的
例句:His speech rang hollow.
他的发言听上去很空洞。

6. 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。

7. trigger vt. 引发, 引起
例句:The incident triggered an armed clash.
这起事件触发了一场武装冲突。

8. sanction n. 制裁
例句:The United Nations Security Council took sanctions against the aggressor country.
联合国安理会对侵略国采取了制裁措施。

9. infusion n. 注入,注入物
例句:Old families need an infusion of new blood from time to time.
古老的家族需要不时地注入新鲜血液。

10. disrupt vt.使混乱, 扰乱
例句:An accident has disrupted railway services into and out of the city.
一场事故使得进出该城市的铁路交通陷入混乱。

11. dismiss vt. 自心中摒除, 不再考虑或谈论
例句:He dismissed the idea as impossible.
他认为那个主意不可能而断然拒绝。

12. tactic n. 方法, 策略
例句:These new police tactics have really put the wind up the local drug dealers.
警方的这些新策略真正使当地的毒品贩子感到害怕。