928.negotiate (v.)顺利通过，成功越过
〖同〗navigate
Trying to negotiate the curve around a sea of red ink，Amtrak announced that it would cancel more than a fifth of its service throughout the nation and trim，500employees.
为了安然度过亏损连连的危机，美国全国铁路客运公司宣布将减少全国1/5以上的营运业务，并裁减5500名员工。
注：a sea of大量的;red ink赤字，亏损trim (v.)削减
929.nibble (v.)(小口)咬
Rats and cockroaches nibbled at the torn flesh on his leg as he spent his nights in a bare brick cell，unheated even when the temperature fell to -7C.
他在空无一物的砖造牢房中过夜，温度降到－7℃也没有暖气。嶂螂、老鼠啃噬他腿上的伤口。
注：bare (a.)〔屋内)没有陈设的，空荡荡的
930.nudge (v.)轻推
Officials are trying to nudge the economy toward such higher-value goads as electronics and machinery.But so are competitors elsewhere in Asia.
政府官员正试图将经济推向诸如电子及机械等更高产值的产品上，但是亚洲其他地区的竞争对手也都在这么做。
931.override (v.)使无效，推翻(决定)
〖同〗overrule
He persuaded Ronald Reagan to get the Philippines’Ferdinand Marcos to leave office but lined up votes to override Meagan’s veto of a bill imposing sanctions on South Africa.
他说服里根，把菲律宾的马科斯拉下台，却也在里根否决国会提出的制裁南非法案后，纠集议员推翻其否决。
注：to line up：组织
932.peg (v.)断定
Scientists pegged the age of the carbonate globules at 3.6billion years，strongly suggesting that they formed in crevices of the rock while it was still part of the Martian crust.
科学家将碳酸球的年代认定在36亿年前，这有力地说明了，它们是在石块仍属火星地壳一部分时在其裂缝中形成的。
注：crevice (n.)(窄而深的)裂缝
933.perch (v.)使坐在……
Masayoshi Esashi is perched proudly on the cutting edge of technology.
Esashi很骄傲自己致力于最先进的科技研究。
注：on the cutting edge of……致力于最先进的……
934.precipitate (v.)加速(坏事的来临)
〖同〗bring about hasten
At the same time，the overbuilding binge that glutted America’s skylines with vacant buildings has pushed the construction industry into a depression and helped precipitate a general credit crunch.
在这同时，抢建的热潮使美国的天际线上充斤着过多的闲置大楼的轮廓，促使建筑业陷入萧条,加速体信用危机的到来。
注：binge (n,)无节制的狂热行动；crunch (n，〕短缺，不足
935.prescribe (v.)开药方，规定
Oregon adopted the only measure，in the U.S.to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally-ill patients.
俄勒冈州采取了美国境内仅见的一项措施，准许医生开致命药立给病入膏肓的病人。
注：terminally (adv.)末期地
936.pursue (v.)走(路)
An increasing number of marital therapists believe it is their job to save the relationship rather than simply help each party pursue his or her chosen path.
愈来愈多的婚姻治疗师认为，他们的职责是挽救婚姻关系，而非简单地帮助双方各走各的路。
937.rankle (v.)使愤慨，使痛苦
Not only have Washington's harangues on human rights rankled，but there have been other sources of friction.
华盛顿在人权问题上大作文章，令对方不快，而且一直还有别的摩擦来源。
注：harangue (n.，v.)长篇大论的说教