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Relief n. 救济；减轻，解除；安慰 Relief worker Hamid Mehmood says, someone with authority needs to step in and impose some sort of order over the chaos. 救援工作人员迈赫穆德说，有关当局必须介入，对这种混乱局面采取某些维持秩序的措施。 Chase 追逐；追捕 Maslow believed that humans have the need to increase their intelligence and thereby chase knowledge. 马斯洛相信人类有增长智慧，从而去追求知识的需要。 Pessimistic 悲观的，厌世的 Though he is pessimistic about the present state of the trading system, his lucid account of its history shows that global trade talks have a way of muddling through. 虽然他对贸易体系的现状感到很悲观，但是他对历史的清晰描述表明全球贸易会谈还有一段 很艰难的历程。 Motive n. 动机，目的 Its real motive, however, is to avoid recognising a loss. 然而，银行真正的动机是避免承认亏损。 Worship 崇拜；尊敬 As an old man (born in 1859, he died in 1952) he refused to deny his worship of Hitler and his delight at the prospect of Norway becoming part of a greater Germany. 年老之时（生于1859年，卒于1952年）他拒绝否认对希特勒的崇拜，并为挪威可能成为伟大 德国的一部分感到欣喜。 Drown 淹没；把…淹死 If nothing happens for weeks, market cynicism will yet again drown the plan. 如果数周内毫无进展，市场犬儒主义会再次溺杀此项计划。 Hasten 加速；使赶紧；催促 The irony is that it will hasten Chinas push to hand bucket loads of money to foreign fund managers. 具有讽刺意味的是，它将加速中国将大堆资金移交给外国基金管理公司的步伐。 Idle 闲置的；懒惰的；停顿的 We have not been idle, my lord. We have held fifteen examinations of the Maid : six public and nine private. 我们并没有闲着，阁下。我们对少女进行了十五次审问：六次公开的，九次秘密的。 Continuity n. 连续性；一连串 To ensure continuity in national security and protect a vulnerable political flank, he asked Robert Gates, Mr Bushs defence secretary, to stay in his job. 为了确保国家安全的连续性，保护一个脆弱的政治侧翼，他任命布什时期的国防部长罗伯特 盖茨继续担任此职务。 Sustain vt. 维持；支撑 But for how long can China sustain such growth? 但中国能够保持多久这样的经济增长？ Discount 打折扣；将…贴现 n. 折扣；贴现率 We can extend to you a special first order discount of 2%. 你是第一次订货，我们可以特地给你打2％的折扣。 draw attention to vt. 吸引……的注意力 She said Diana used this celebrity status todraw attention to unpopular causes. 她称戴安娜用其名人身份吸引人民对冷门慈善事业的注意力。 Spotlight n. 聚光灯；公众注意的中心 Yet while these and other individual countries jostle for the spotlight in 2008, bear th