他们正在积极游说议员, 阻止通过该项法案。
8.seepage n.渗流,渗出的量
9.indict vt.控告, 起诉
例句:If the grand jury indicts the suspect, he will go to trial.
如果大陪审团指控嫌疑犯, 他就得上法庭。
10.secularism n.宗教与教育分离论;政教分离论
例句:a policy of strict secularism in government
在政府内实行严格的政教分离政策
11.comeback n.恢复;复原;还嘴;退货
例句:He made a witty comeback to the insult.
他对别人的侮辱给予一个机智的反驳。
12.relinquish vt.交出, 让给
例句:She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward.
她把职位让给了表弟爱德华爵士。
(尤指不情愿地)放弃
例句:They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.
他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
1.United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Cuba to build on its decision to release up to 52 political prisoners, first of whom were freed last week.
build on以…为基础
例句:He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.
他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
We built the house on our own land.
我们在自己的土地上盖房子。
依赖, 一心指望
例句:You can build on that man's honesty.