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VOA常速英语:Animal Welfare Drives Changes on US Farms
1. advocacy n. 拥护, 支持, 提倡
例句:He is insistent on the advocacy of new scientific methods.
他坚持提倡新的科学方法。
2. ban vt. 取缔, 查封, 禁止
例句:The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations.
新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
3. abuse n. 滥用, 妄用, 虐待
例句:I'm afraid the position is open to abuse.
恐怕这个职位容易使人滥用职权。
4. proposal n. 提议; 建议
例句:They presented concrete proposals for improvement.
他们提出了具体的改进建议。
5. lay v. 生蛋, 产卵
例句:The duck laid ten eggs this month.
这只鸭子本月下了十个蛋。
6. 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。
7. uniform adj. 全都相同的, 一律的, 清一色的, 一致的, 统一的
例句:They are uniform in size and shape.
它们的大小和形状都相同。
8. oppose v. 反对
例句:He had opposed Jim's entry right at the beginning.
从一开始他就反对吉姆参与。
9. peck v. 啄; 啄食; 小口地吃
例句:The hen pecked a hole in the sack.
母鸡在麻袋上啄了一个窟窿。
10. confine vt. 禁闭; 管制; 关起来
例句:They confined the prisoner in a cell.
他们把犯人监禁在监狱里。
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