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　　词汇解释

　　1.blockade vt. 封锁 n. 阻塞

　　The blockade is likely to last for some time.

　　封锁可能要持续一段时间。

　　2.coup n. 政变;妙计;出乎意料的行动;砰然的一击 vt. 使…颠倒;使…倾斜 vi. 推倒;倾斜;溢出

　　The monarch was ousted by a military coup.

　　那君主被军事政变者废黜了。

　　3.postponement n. 延期;延缓

　　He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment.

　　他与债权人达成协议延期付款。

　　4.pandemonium n. 一片混乱;闹哄哄的场所

　　There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his verdict.

　　当法官宣判时，法庭一阵嘈杂。

　　5.baton n. 指挥棒;接力棒;警棍;司令棒

　　The policeman used his baton to battle the rascal.

　　警察用警棍和歹徒搏斗。

　　6.exuberance n. 丰富，茂盛;健康;感情洋溢(或慷慨激昂)的言行;(感情等的)过度(或极度)表现

　　Her burst of exuberance and her brightness overwhelmed me.

　　她的活力勃发和她的聪明智慧征服了我。

　　7.bloodstream n. [生理] 血流，血液的流动

　　The disease releases toxins into the bloodstream.

　　这种疾病将毒素释放进血流中。

　　8.one-off n. 一次性事物 adj. 一次性的

　　Our survey revealed that these allergies were mainly one-offs.

　　我们的调查显示，这些过敏大多是一次性反应。

　　内容解析

　　1.The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has met Barack Obama at the White House less than eight weeks after being sworn in.

　　swear in 使宣誓就职

　　She was sworn in as head of an interim government in March.

　　她3月份宣誓就任过渡政府首脑。

　　She was sworn in, along with eleven other jurors.

　　她与其他十一位陪审员一起宣誓就职。

　　2.A shouting match as a policewoman pulls away a man suspected of sexual harassment.

　　pull away 离开;脱身;拉掉;疏远

　　Other daughters, faced with their mother's emotional hunger, pull away.

　　其他几个女儿在面对母亲对感情的渴望时躲开了。

　　Just as I was pulling away from the parking place, another car crashed into mine.

　　正当我离开停车场时，另一辆汽车撞到了我的车上。

　　3.The officer swears at him, slaps him across the face and jabs him twice with an electric baton.

　　swear at 诅咒;咒骂;与…不协调

　　We didn't beat or swear at people.

　　我们既没有打人，也没有骂人。

　　A trailing lavender negligee that swore at her bright red hair.

　　她身着拖地的淡紫色的长睡衣，与她那耀眼的红头发很不协调。