908.flush (out)(v.)将……赶出隐蔽处
Only a week after ordering the Mexican army to flush out the Chiapas rebels from their mountain hideouts,Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo abruptly changed course and called off the troops.
墨西哥总统塞迪略下令军队将恰帕斯叛军赶出其山区根据地后才一星期,突然改弦易辙,召回军队。
909.foil (v.)阻挠,使受挫折
It's been a long time since the U.S.was on the right side of a good coup.Take this latest foiled attempt on the part of the Kurds and the CIA to knock Saddam Hussein out of power in Iraq.
很久以来美国都没能在外国成功的政变中押对宝。就以最近这次来说吧:库尔德族和美国中央情报局合作,想推翻伊拉克总统萨达姆政权的企图就受挫了。
910.garner (v.)获得收获
〖同〗gather acquire
That was also the day the initial public stock offering for Netscape Communications,a company that had yet to turn a profit,instantly garnered$2billion on the strength of one idea(World Wide Web).
也就在这一天,“网景通讯公司”的股票首次公开上市,网景还没开始赚钱,就靠着3W环球网这个概念汇集了20亿美元的资金.
911.gobble (up)(v.)大口猛吃,狼吞虎咽
After watching everyone from Microsoft to Meca Software gobble up online-banking customers,banks have became eager to prove that they're not headed for extinction.
眼看从微软到麦加软件等公司都大举抢夺联网银行的顾客,银行也开始急于向世人证明他们并非一意等着被市场淘汰。
注:to head…for…使…朝〔某方向)前进
912.grab (v.)怠匆匆、胡乱地做某事(如吃饭、喝饮料等)
Barksdale slipped into a suit,grabbed a quick breakfast and pointed his Mercedes toward Netscape’s Mountain.View headquarters.
巴克斯代尔穿上西装,草草用完早餐,然后开着他的奔驰车直奔位于山景城的网景公司总部。
913.gridlock (v.)交通堵塞
Japan's Intelligent Transportation System master plan calls for fully-automated cars to be plying the island nation's dreadfully gridlocked roadways by the year 2010.
日本的智能运输系统总体计划要求在公元2010年之前,全自动车辆可以在这个岛国拥挤不堪的道路中穿梭往返。
注:ply (v.)定期往返于……之间
914.grill (v.)在长时间内问许多问题,盘问
〖同〗interrogate
Detectives who grill suspects in Homicide (TV series)do it with verbal cunning,not strong-arm bullying.
在《杀人》这出电视连续剧里,警察以巧妙的言词盘问嫌疑犯,而非动粗威胁。
915.huddle (v.)挤成一团
〖同〗cluster
At 10a .m.a U.S.Coast Guard plane appears .
Hoping not to be seen,passengers huddle on the floor of the boat,which is slim with vomit and seawater.
早上10点,美国海岸警卫队的飞机出现,船上的乘客为了不被发现,全挤在船底舱里,那里布满了呕吐物和海水,粘糊一片。
注:slimy(a.)粘糊糊的
916.hurtle (v.)飞速前进
〖同〗plunge
He was about to send a company with$6billion in sales and 19,641workers-all$70billion worth-hurtling in that direction.
他将率领着这家销售额达60亿美元,拥有19641名员工,总价值700亿美元的公司,循此方向全速前进。
917.impede (v.)阻止
〖同〗hinder hamper
In many areas there was nothing to impede the terrible mud slides because the wildfires of 1993had destroyed all the vegetation.
许多地方都无物阻挡可怕的泥石流,因为1993年的数场野火烧毁了所有植被。