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A Bad Week for Mexico: Of Prisons and Petroleum petroleum : n.石油，原油 bust : ( bust sb /sth for sth ) (of the police 警方) to suddenly enter a place and search it or arrest sb 突击搜查（或逮捕） sabotage : n. 阻碍，妨碍（为防止敌方利用或为表示抗议而进行的）蓄意破坏，阴谋破坏 fling : ( flung flung ) to throw sb /sth with somewhere force, especially because you are angry （尤指生气地）扔，掷，抛，丢 eg. The door was suddenly flung open. 门突然被推开了。 oil-exploration right : 石油勘探权 in tow : (tow:用绳索拖，拉，牵引，拽) eg. with much of his government in tow 在多名政府官员的陪同下 if you have sb. in tow, they are with you and following closely behind 紧随着，陪伴着 if a ship is taken in tow, it is pulled by another ship （船）被拖着走 monopoly : 垄断，专营服务，被垄断的商品（或服务） flop ： n. (a film / movie, play, party, etc that is not successful ) （电影，戏剧，聚会等）失败，不成功 consortium : a group of people, countries, companies, etc who are working together on a particular project （合作进行某项工程的）财团，银团，联营企业 inflated ： （尤指价格）过高的，高的不合理的 （思想，主张等）夸张的，言过其实的 block : a large area of land 一片土地 the odds are that ( it is likely that...) 可能 with luck 如果一切顺利 eg. With (any) luck, we will be home before duck. 如果一切顺利的话，我们可在天黑前回到家。 in time (for sth/ to do sth) ：not late, with enough time to be able to do sth 来得及，及时 eg. Will we be in time for the six o’clock train? 我们来得及赶上六点钟的那趟火车吗？ spectacular : adj 令人惊叹的，壮观的 ventilate : v. 使（房间，建筑物等）通风，使通气 eg. a well-ventilated room 通风良好的房间 stylish ：adj 时髦的，新潮的，高雅的，雅致的 extradite ： 引渡（嫌犯或罪犯） recapture : 抓回，再次捕获；回忆，再体验，重温 slip away 消失，消亡，死去 interior : the inside part of sth 内部 eg. the interior of a building 楼房内部 内陆，内地，腹地 （国家的）内政，内务 eg. the Department /Minister of the Interior 内政部/内政大臣 manhunt : n.（对罪犯或逃犯的）追捕，搜捕 communications-blocking technology 通信拦截技术 a no-fly zone 禁飞区 shaky : 颤抖的 (not firm or sage, not certain)不稳固的，不牢靠的 (not seeming very successful; likely to fail)不大出色的，成问题的，可能失败的 carry off reforms carry off : to succeed in doing sth that most people would find difficult成功的对付，不费劲的处理（大多数人认为难以应付的事） corruptibility : n. 堕落性，腐败性 pervade ： v. 渗透，弥漫，遍及 eg. Corruptibility and incompe