affirm
We affirm the promise of our democracy.
我们都声明我们对民主的承诺。
We all want affirmations that our lives have meaning.
我们都想得到那样的肯定，即我们的生命是有意义的。
We all love stories. We're born for them. Stories affirm who we are.
我们都爱故事。与生俱来。故事决定了我们是谁。
You saw that with the effort to get the president to affirm America's commitment to NATO.
此前在总统确认美国对北约的承诺时，他们就曾这样做过。
Such hazardous affirmations are a proof of the excitement under which you labour.”
这种鲁莽的断言证实了你鼓动起来的过度兴奋。”
conflict
n.
resolve conflicts.
它们用这两者来解决争端。
There's a lot of good things coming out of conflict. -Yeah, I guess so.
争执能带来很多好的事物。－对，我也这样想。
There's a lot of good things coming out of conflict. -Yeah, I guess so.
争执能带来很多好的事物。－对，我也这样想。
With displaced crocodiles now encroaching on villages, there appeared to be a growing conflict.
因为漂流来的鳄鱼如今正在侵犯村庄，冲突出现了升级。
tick
n.
"Tick, tock, tick, tock!" Captain Hook hears the alarm clock.
“滴答，滴答，滴答。滴答！”霍克船长听到了闹钟的声音。
In short, what makes a champion tick?
简而言之，什么才是勇士的标志？
v.
So what happened? Did a forest tick you off?
怎么回事，森林惹到你了？
It gets a little lonely, all these empty rooms, just watching the hours tick by………
这里让人觉得寂寞，这些空荡荡的房间，就是盯着时间滴答滴答地流逝……
Violent crime hasn't ticked up this high...
史上罕见的高暴力犯罪...
assert
v.
No. I'm going to assert my dominance face-to-face.
不。我要面对面向他展现我的优势。
He moves in cautiously, using his height advantage to assert his dominance.
它小心地移动，利用它的高度优势来确定主导权。
n.
Let me recommend you, however, as a friend, not to give implicit confidence to all his assertions.
让我站在朋友的立场奉劝你，不要盲目相信他的话。
I wouldn't want to build my entire case on Moussaoui's assertions alone.
我不想只对穆萨维的言论进行猜测。
asham
You ought to be ashamed of yourself, a big beast like you, to bite a poor little dog!"
咬一只瘦弱的小狗，像你这么大的野兽，你应当自觉惭愧！”
you ought to be ashamed of yourself for being such a humbug."
“你应当感到惭愧，原来你竟是一个骗子。”
I'm so ashamed and embarrassed.
我感到很羞愧难堪。
I'm so ashamed! And perhaps you'll get hurt!
这太可耻了！而且你可能会受伤！
You will never be ashamed of me again. '
你们将不再会为我感到羞耻了。”
adjoin
A small breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, I slipped in there. It contained a bookcase.
客厅的隔壁是一间小小的餐室，我溜了进去。里面有一个书架。
Mexico adjoins the United States.
墨西哥与美国邻接。
A Peshmerga officer reached by phone says the strikes are a prelude to adjoin operation to return the dam to Iraqi control.
一名自由斗士官员接受电话采访时表示，这些袭击是使伊拉克人夺回大坝控制权的前奏。
"I could see a body lying in the road and the traffic was backed up along quite a busy road and adjoined this the road of the school.
“我可以看到有个尸体躺在路上，路上的车辆都沿着一条很繁忙的路倒车，这条路就是学校的路。”
surplus
n.
It represents a wish for an annual surplus.
这不是年年有余吗。
Cleveland wanted to reduce the surplus by reducing the tariffs.
克利夫兰想通过削减关税来减少财政盈余。
China has increasingly looked for other ways to invest its huge trade surplus with the U.S.
中国已经越来越多地寻找其它途径投资其同美国的巨额贸易顺差。
Oh believe me, I-I-I've been there. I had to sort mannequin heads at that mannequin surplus.
相信我，我是过来人。我以前是在人体模特儿公司给模特儿的头分类的。
adj.
Surplus trees can be cut down and used or sold for wood.
额外的树木可以砍下来用做木材或出售。
contact
n.
1.往来
Opposition leaders are denying any contact with the government in Kabul.
反对党领袖们在否认同喀布尔政府有任何往来。
He was in direct contact with the kidnappers.
他与绑匪有直接联络。
How did you make/lose contact with the author?
你怎么跟这位作者联系的？
(打) 交道
Doctors I came into contact with voiced their concern.
我打过交道的医生们表达了他们的关注接触
They compared how these organisms behaved when left in contact with different materials.
他们比较了这些有机物在接触不同材料时如何表现。
The cry occurs when air is brought into contact with the baby's larynx.
当空气接触到婴儿的喉咙时，哭声就会响起。
Direct eye contact reassures the person that you are confident and honest.
直接的目光接触让人相信你的自信和诚实。
4.联络人
Their contact at the United States embassy was Phillip Norton.
他们在美国大使馆的联络人是菲利普·诺顿。
adi.
联络用的
You must leave your full name and contact details when you phone.
你打电话时必须留下自己的完整姓名及用于联络的详细资料。
v.
Contact the Women's Alliance for further details.
请联系妇女联合会获取详情。
announce
vt. 宣布；述说；预示；播报
He will announce tonight that he is resigning from office.
他今晚将宣布他要辞职。
Peter announced that he had no intention of wasting his time at any university.
彼得声明他无意在任何一所大学里浪费他的时间。
广播
The loudspeaker announced the arrival of the train.
扬声器宣布了那列火车的到达。
Sue, my bus is being announced. I'd better hit the road. Thank you for your kind hospitality.
A: 苏，车要开了。我最好这就上路。谢谢你的盛情款待。
预示
The heavy bell of St Paul's cathedral rang out, announcing the death of another day.
圣保罗大教堂的大钟敲响了，宣布又一天的结束。
rake
n.耙子;流氓 vt.耙
I watched the men rake leaves into heaps.
我看见男人们把树叶耙成堆。
You think me an unfeeling, loose-principled rake, don't you?”
你认为我是一个冷酷无情、放荡不羁的流氓，是吗？”
They really rake in the cash.
他们轻易就弄到赚取大笔钱。
