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addict （n.）上瘾者（v.）使……上瘾 Oprah, who once confronted her own childhood sexual abuse on her show, last week broke down during a program featuring female drug users and revealed that she had smoked cocaine in the mid-1970s and become an addict. (TIME, Jan. 23, 1995, p. 63) 奥普拉曾经在自己的节目中坦言自己童年遭到性虐待的事实，上周在一个以女吸毒者现身说法为号召的节目中，她的精神再度崩溃，并透露她在70年代中期吸可卡因成瘾。 ■to break down（情感、精神）崩溃 adversary (n.) 对手 [同] opponent enemy [反] ally Diplomacy without force against an adversary without scruples is useless. (TIME, May 15,1995, p.48) 要与一个肆无忌惮的对手进行外交对话，没有实力作后盾是不行的。 ■scruple （n.）道德上的顾忌 advocate [?dv?kit] (n.) 提倡者 [?dv?,ket](v.) 提倡，主张 [同] (n.)proponent (v.) recommend Thats because much of AIDS research would be impossible without experiments that animal advocates consider unethical. (TIME, July 8, 1996, p. 39) 因为，艾滋病研究有一大部分非依赖动物实验不行，而动物保护人士认为这种实验违背道德。 alert (n.) 戒备（v.）警告，提醒 The Pentagon saw no evidence that Pyongyang was preparing for an attack and did not order the 37,000 U. S. soldiers stationed in South Korea to a higher alert level. (TIME,May 5, 1997, p. 30) 美国国防部不相信平壤当局准备发动攻击，也没有下令驻守韩国的3.7万名美军士兵提高警戒。 anecdote（n.）轶闻，小故事 Princeton astrophysicist David Spergel offered a telling historical anecdote in an address to colleagues at the American Astronomical Societys January meeting…（TIME，Mar．6，1995，P．76） 1月份的美国天文学会上，普林斯敦大学的天体物理学家戴维·斯柏格对其司事做了一场演讲，演讲中他讲了一则很有代表性的历史小故事。■telling (a.)有力的 antidote (n.)解毒剂，（解决问题的）对策，手段 [同]cure remedy Jessica Dubroffs adventure…might have worked as a cute，uplifting antidote to the shaming mess of the O. J. Simpson trial.（TIME，Apr, 2，1996，P．39） 杰西卡·杜布罗夫的冒险故事，也许可以成为在丢人现眼的辛普森案丑闻过后，一剂既俏皮又振奋人心的清凉剂。 ■mess (n.)麻烦，困境 arbitration (n.)仲裁 A clause added to athletes’entry forms stipulates that competitors’ disputes be resolved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport，a 12-member body set up by the International Olympic Committee in 1994．（TIME，June 3，1996，p. 17） 在运动员的报名表土，多了一条规则，规定参赛者间的争议应由12人组成的“运动仲裁法庭”来解决。这个法庭是国际奥委会在1994年设置的。■stipulate (v.)（合约等）规定，载明 ar