他对现政府很失望。
If the king had hoped for peace, he was to be sadly disillusioned.
如果国王对和平抱有希望的话,他注定会大失所望。
3.makeshift n.权宜之计, 临时代用的物品
例句:The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best.
迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计。
4.surround vt.包围
例句:The firemen surrounded the burning building.
消防队员包围了熊熊燃烧的建筑物。
5.conscription n.征兵
例句:He was rejected by the conscription office because he was under age.
征兵办公室没有接受他,因为他还未成年。
6.absurd adj.荒谬的, 荒唐的,愚蠢的
例句:What an absurd suggestion!
多么荒唐的建议!
It was absurd of you to do such a thing.
你做那样的事是愚蠢的。
7.widen vt. & 不及物动词 vi.放宽, 加宽, (使)变宽
例句:Her outlook gradually widens.
她的眼光渐渐开阔了。
8.devastation n.毁灭;破坏
例句:If disease is allowed to spread among the crops,it will cause wide spread devastation.
若是让疾病在庄稼间传播,就会造成大范围的破坏。
9.renaissance n. 复活,复兴,文艺复兴
10.enviable adj.(指人或物)引起嫉妒的,值得羡慕的
例句:an enviable salary