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旋元祐Time时代杂志核心单词 进阶词 动词 948-957(mp3)

948.rig (v.)以不正当手法操纵(比赛、选择等),作弊

In late February he carne up with tentative agreements on improved medical care…,along with proposed reforms intended to make elections harder to rig.
2月下旬他对医疗保健体系的改进方案和使选举更难舞弊的建议改革方案,作出了初步同意。

949.scurry (v.)急匆匆地走

Like an array of ants,Haitians by the hundreds scurry up and down the dusty bans of Massacre River with their gallon plastic jugs·
就像群蚂蚁一样,成百的海地人在马萨克河尘土飞扬的岸边跑来跑去,手中拿着一加仑容量的塑料壶。

950.shell out 付款

〖同〗fork out

Before long,Meeks had shelled out more than $25,000in legal fees.
没过多久,米克斯已付出超过2.5万美元的诉讼费。

951.simulate (v.)模仿,模拟

Medic,an Osaka-based software company,is selling a popular video game in which players simulate the experience of AIDS from HIV infection until death.
大阪一家叫Medic的软件公司正销售一种极为畅销的电子游戏盘,玩者可以在游戏里模拟体验艾滋病患者从染上艾滋病毒直到死亡的全部过程。

952.solicit (v.)请求,征求

When the White House close new Democratic National Committee members,it did not bother to solicit Jackson's opinion.
白宫寻找民主党全19委员会新委员的人选时,并未特别去征求杰克逊的意见。

953.spawn (v.)(大量)生产,引起

The result wars one of history’s headiest corporate ascents,as the ubiquitous Netscape Navigator browser helped spawn the world's starling online stampede.
结果是创下有史以来公司业绩攀升速度最快的纪录之一,无所不在的网景浏览器,造成争先恐后的上网热潮,震惊全世界。

注:stampede (n.v.)蜂拥上前,大量涌到

954.spearhead (v.)作……先锋

〖同〗lead

As president of the International Green Gross/Green Crescent,a private organization intended to help coordinate global environmental initiatives,Gorbachev hopes to do nothing less than spearhead a drive to save the planet.
国际绿十字及绿弯月是个旨在协调全球环保行动的民间组织,戈尔巴乔夫身为这个组织的主席,希望做的不外乎带头发起拯救地球的行动。

955.stifle (v.)压制,遏制

〖同〗repress

Critics charge that Gingrich is playing rightwing politic,trying to stifle funds for cultural projects that he and his allies dislike.
批评者指控金里奇正在玩右冀政治的把戏,试图让他和他那一帮人都厌恶的文化项目筹不到资金。

956.synchronize (v.)使……同步,使……一致

Seven persons were killed and at least 36injured in synchronized dawn attacks,when two explosive-laden vans blew up at British army checkpoints near Londonderry,in the northwest,and Newry,in the south.
这两桩同时发起的拂晓攻击,造成7个人死亡,至少36人受伤。当时两部装满炸药的厢型车,分别在西北边的伦教德里附近和南边纽里附近的英军检查站引爆。

957.torpedo (v.)破坏

〖同〗sabotage wreck

Neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the Arabs have torpedoed the search for Middle East peace.
以色列总理内塔尼亚胡和阿拉伯人都未破坏寻求中东和平的努力。