例句:Everyone signed the petition to the County Council for a new school in our village.
大家在致县委会的请愿书上签了名, 要求在我们村里办一所新学校。
6.vigilants n.(自发组织的)治安团体的成员;义务警员
7.manipulate vt.熟练控制[操作]
例句:Primitive man quickly learned how to manipulate tools.
原始人很快就学会了使用工具。
8.obligation n.义务; 责任; 职责
例句:His social obligation compels him to make a round of visits.
他的社会职责使得他不得不进行一系列访问。
9.prominence n.声望, 杰出, 卓越, 出名
例句:The lawyer reached a position of prominence in her profession at an early age.
那律师在她年轻的时候就在业内赫赫有名了。
1.The government of Yemen says two boats crammed with African migrants have capsized off its coast, killing more than 80 people.
be crammed with挤满
例句:The classroom was crammed with students.
教室里挤满了学生。
2.It is perhaps a measure of the hard life they are fleeing that the refugees continue to try to come to Yemen, despite the risk to the lives and the bleak life that awaits most of them in one of the poorest countries in the world.
Despite用作介词时,与 in spite of同义,都表示“尽管”、“虽然”、“不顾”之意,但程度有所不同。