271.undertake v. 采用，执行
【同】take on
His army, he declared, had been ordered to undertake measures to prevent any further strangulation of the city.
他宣称他的军队系“奉命采取各种措施，以防止此城市的形势更为恶化”。
注： strangulation n. （成长、发展）受阻，窒息
272.worship v. 崇拜，崇敬
【同】adorevenerate
For most of this century, scientists have worshipped the hardware of the brain and the software of the mind; the messy powers of the heart were left to the poets.
大半个世纪以来，科学家崇拜的是大脑这项硬件加上思想这项软件，而情感这种捉摸不定的东西，一向留给诗人去歌颂。
注：messy adj. 杂乱的
273.access n. （使用、看某物）机会或权利
Theoretically at least, whole populations will have direct access to information without waiting for it to be filtered through a government, or a press.
至少在理论上，全体人民都可以直接取用资讯，不必等候政府或媒体的过滤。
274.agenda n. 议程，行动计划
He has a modest domestic agenda centered on improving education and strengthening families, and he believes most of those programs can run without much direct input from him.
他有一套保守的内政方案，主要是以改善教育和强化家庭为重点，而且他相信，这些政策大部分都不需要他太多的直接参与就可以运作。
275.ally n. 盟邦
【同】confederate 【反】enemy
Just as Clinton’s first official overseas trip, in 1993, was to Asia, … his first post-election trip will take him back to the region for visits with three other major allies --- Australia, the Philippines and Thailand.
正如克林顿上任后的首趟外交之旅是于1993年到亚洲，他连任后的第一次出访也将再回到这个地区，访问另外3个主要盟国——澳大利亚、菲律宾和泰国。
276.amateur n. 业余爱好者
【反】professional
In February their lovers’ quarrel in Central Park was captured on an amateur’s videotape, which tabloid TV shows replayed over and over again.
2月时，这对情侣在中央公园争吵的场面被一位业余摄影师收入镜头之中，爱炒绯闻的小电视台就整日重播这一段。
注： tabloid adj. 专报耸动、煽情新闻的
277.anarchy n. 无政府状态
【同】chaos
Tirana is in total anarchy.
地拉那完全陷入无政府状态。
278.anguish n. （心理上的）苦楚，烦恼
【同】agony
Not since 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a New Deal to ease the economic and social anguish of the Great Depression, has a U.S. presidential race been so focused on domestic affairs.
自从1932年罗斯福承诺以新政来减轻经济大萧条带来的经济与社会痛苦之后，历来的美国总统竞选没有一次像这次一样，如此关注国内事务。
279.approach n. 方法、途径
The approach favored by IDEC Pharmaceuticals … is to target all active T cells with a custom-made antibody that can temporarily knock the immune cells out of commission.
IDEC制药公司所偏爱的方法，是利用一种特制的抗体对付所有活跃的T细胞，这种抗体能够让这些免疫细胞暂时失去功能。
注： custom-made adj. 订制的，非现成的；out of commission 损坏，无法运作
280.assault n. 攻击
【同】attack
Such assaults are most likely to injure the large service providers, sober institutions more culturally attuned to their governmental attackers than the info-guerrillas of cyberspace.
这些攻击手段最可能打击到的是那些大型的服务供应者，因为它们是比较配合政府指示的正派机构，游走网络世界的反叛者反而比较不受影响。
注： sober adj. 严肃的，持重的；to be attuned to 适应于……，配合