611.provoke v. 引起，激发
A first reading of this book provokes a mix of outrage and hilarity.
初读这本书，令人感到半是气愤，半是好笑。
注：hilarity n. 高兴，欢乐
612.prowl n&v. 潜行（寻找窃取机会）
Reporters now regularly stroll the Internet for stories in the same way they used to prowl the corridors of City Hill. The tradecraft is a little different, but journalists are learning fast.
记者现在定期在国际互联网上浏览以寻找报道题材，就和他们过去常到市政厅走廊伺机寻觅新闻如出一辙，打探消息的方式有所改变，但记者学得都挺快。
注：tradecraft n. 谍报术
613.quell v. 压制
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto resorts to force to quell her own family’s challenge to her power.
总理贝纳齐尔·布托最后动用武力，以压制其家人的夺权挑战。
614.rebound v. 止跌回升，反弹
Among the good omens: U.S. and Japanese economies are strengthening, and the Japanese yen is expected to rebound.
好兆头包括：美国及日本的经济正在增强，而日本元预期会止跌回升。
注：omen n. 前兆，预兆
615.reclaim v. 索回
Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian even suggested a timetable of sorts, saying that after China reclaims Hong Kong in 1997 and Macao in 1999, then Taiwan will be high on the agenda of the Chinese people.
外交部发言人陈健甚至暗示一份时间表，说中国于1997年收回香港，1999年收回澳门以后，台湾问题将成为中国人民优先处理的议题。
616.reconcile v. 调解
Washington has blocked China’s membership in the World Trade Organization, which Beijing wants as a venue for reconciling trade disputes and obtaining more favorable tariff treatment.
华盛顿一直阻挠中国加入世界贸易组织，中国本想借此组织来调解贸易纠纷并获得更有利的关税待遇。
注：tariff n. 关税
617.recruit v. 招募，吸收
To find out, Ho and one of his team, Dr. Martin Markowitz, recruited two dozen men in the earliest stages of infection and placed them on combination therapy.
为了找出答案，何大一与他研究小组的成员马可维兹博士找来24位处于感染初期的男性，对他们施以鸡尾酒疗法。
注：therapy n. 疗法
618.relate v. 叙述
【同】tell
She would love to relate what happened that night, Thomasson told Congress, but felt she should talk first only to special counsel Robert Fiske.
托马森告诉国会，她很想说明当天晚上发生的事，但又觉得应该先跟特别顾问罗伯特·费斯克单独谈谈。
619.relinquish v. 放弃
【同】give up
Nearly one-third of those who relinquished triad ties were already in custody.
这些脱离帮派的人，有近1/3是在牢中。
注：triad n. 帮派；tie n. 关系，瓜葛；custody n. 羁押，拘禁
620.renounce v. 宣誓放弃
One in seven Taiwanese mobsters turned themselves in to police and renounced their lives of crime.
有1/7的台湾帮派分子向警方自首并宣誓告别黑道生活。