1.significantly adv.值得注目地;显著地
例句:Most people have speech, but significantly fewer have writing.
大多数人都能说,但能写的人就少多了。
Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease.
良好的饮食习惯能大大减少患心脏病的机率。
2.monarchy n.君主统治, 君主制度
例句:The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.
英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
3.relinquish v.(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。
4.beleaguered adj.饱受批评的; 处于困境的
5.settlement n.解决, 和解, 协议
例句:The terms of settlement seem just.
和解的条件似乎是公道的。
6.underline v.加强, 强调, 突现
例句:That article underlined the same problem.
那篇文章强调了同一个问题。
In his speech he underlined several points.
他在讲话中强调了几点。
7.paralyse vt.使瘫痪[麻痹]
例句:A stroke paralysed half his face.
中风使他半边脸瘫痪。
使不能正常活动
例句:The country was paralysed by a series of strikes.