英美文化概况单词短语 10.pptx

Chapter 10 Government;1.counteract 英 [ka?nt?r?kt] vt. 抵消；中和；阻碍 To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect. 对…起反作用; 抵消 例： My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure. 我丈夫不得不吃几片药来抵制高血压。 ;3. tranquility [tr?nkw?l?ti] n. 宁静；平静 Dark Tranquility 阴暗的幽静 ; 沉寂黑暗 ; 阴暗幽静 ; 表演者 American Tranquility 静谧的美国 Timeless Tranquility 永恒的宁静 例句： Love, happiness and tranquility are all contagious. 爱、幸福与宁静都是有感染力的。 After a busy day, the room in which you retire should provide a haven of tranquility so that you can rest and sleep adequately. 在忙碌的一天结束后，你回到的那个房间应该是一个宁静的庇护所，这样你就可以好好休息，保持充足的睡眠。 ;4. posterity [p?‘ster?t?] n. 子孙，后裔；后代 antecedence posterity 祖先 例：A photographer recorded the scene on video for posterity. 一位摄影师为子孙后代摄下了这个场面。 5. petition 英 [p?t??(?)n] A petition is a document signed by a lot of people that asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing. 请愿书 n. 请愿；请愿书；祈求；[法] 诉状 vi. 请愿；请求 vt. 请愿；请求；恳求 ...couples petitioning for divorce. …申请离婚的几对夫妇。 例： All the attempts to petition Congress had failed. 所有向国会提出请求的努力都已失败了。 ;6.seizure 英 [si???] n. 没收；夺取；捕获；（疾病的）突然发作If someone has a seizure, they have a sudden violent attack of an illness, especially one that affects their heart or brain. (心脏病、脑部疾病等的) 突然发作 例：...a mild cardiac seizure. …一次轻度心脏病发作。 Police have made one of the biggest seizures of heroin theres ever been. 警方这次缴获的海洛因是迄今为止数目最大的几宗之一。 7. compromise 英 [k?mpr?ma?z]vt. 妥协；危害 vi. 妥协；让步 n. 妥协，和解；折衷 例： Encourage your child to reach a compromise between what he wants and what you want. 鼓励你的孩子在他想要的和你想要的之间折衷。 ;8. veto 英 [‘vi?t??] n. 否决权 vt. 否决；禁止 vi. 否决；禁止If someone in authority vetoes something, they forbid it, or stop it from being put into action. 否决 例： The president vetoed the economic package passed by Congress. 总统否决了国会通过的一揽子经济计划。 9. override 英 [??v?ra?d] vt. 推翻；不顾；践踏 n. 代理佣金 override system 后备保险系统 例： The welfare of a child should always override the wis