VOA常速英语:Occupy Nigeria Movement Says it Won’t Stop Fighting Government Corruption

词汇讲解：

1. passionate adj. 热切的; 强烈的
例句：Joe is passionate about baseball.
乔十分爱好棒球。

2. provoke vt. 诱导,导致
例句：The President's speech provoked much discussion.
总统的演说引发了许多议论。

3. subsidy n. 津贴,补贴;补助金
例句：This industry depends for its survival on government subsidies.
这个行业靠政府津贴而得以维持。

4. dub vt.给…起绰号; 把…称为
例句：We dubbed him Fatty.
我们给他起了个绰号叫“胖子”。

5. corruption n. 堕落;腐化;腐败;贿赂
例句：Corrupt officials always try to draw the curtain over their corruption.
贪官污吏总是企图掩盖自己的腐败行为。

6. reinstate vt.使恢复原职;使恢复原有权利
例句：He was fired, but was later reinstated.
他被解雇了, 但后来又恢复了原职。

7. removal n. 移走, 脱掉
例句：After the removal of the soup, fish was served.
汤撤去后, 鱼就上来了。

8. alarm n. 惊慌,恐惧,担忧
例句：He jumped up in alarm.
他惊慌地跳了起来。

9. reprisal n. 报复(行为)
例句：They took bloody reprisals against the leaders.
他们对领导进行了血腥的报复。

10. estimate vt. 估计; 评价, 评估
例句：The gardener estimated that it would take him four hours to weed the garden.
园丁估计他给花园除草需要四个小时。