10.commit vt.犯罪; 犯错
例句:He has committed a serious fault.
他犯了严重错误。
11.outspoken adj.直言的;坦率的
例句:She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.
她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。
12.inconvenience vt.给…带来不便, 给…添麻烦, 打扰
例句:Does the noise of the TV inconvenience you?
电视的嘈杂吵声打扰你吗?
1.Mr Obama said the plan would not only create jobs now but would make the US economy run better in the long term.
in the long term长期地,从长远的观点来说
例句:We should cut our expense in the long term.
我们必须长期削减开支。
2.We used to have the best infrastructure in the world.
used to过去经常…
例句:Miller used to dine out on his popularity as a playwright.
米勒过去常靠着他剧作家的声望被邀赴宴。
3.Union leaders say the prolonged industrial action was to show government what angry workers are capable of.
be capable of能够…,可以…,做得出…
例句:This passage is capable of various interpretations.
这段话可以有各种的解释。
4.The Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov gave few details, but said his country wanted to make use of the Israeli military's experience to modernize its armed forces.