3.badly adv.非常, 在很大程度上
例句:I need your advice badly.
我非常需要你的意见。
4.privilege vt.给与…特权,特免
5.outright adv.完全地; 彻底地
例句:You should persuade her to marry you outright.
你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。
6.seal v.封锁,封闭,密封
7.underscore vt.划线于…下;强调
8.enormity n.巨大,极大
例句:Her words brought home the enormity of what was happening.
她的话让人意识到所发生事情的严重性。
It’s difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
很难确切知道这场悲剧的严重程度。
9.unanimously adv.无异议地;全体一致地
例句:The resolution was carried unanimously.
决议获一致通过。
10.terrifying adj.极大的, 可怕的
例句:A terrifying scream in the blackness of the night made my blood run cold.
黑夜里一声可怕的尖叫让我毛骨悚然。
11.substitute n.代理,代理人,代用品,代替物
12.reversible adj.可逆的; 步骤、行动或疾病可恢复原状的; 可医治的
13.deplete vt.〈正〉使大大的减少; 使空虚
例句:Our supplies of food are rather depleted.
我们的食品供应大大地减少了。
1.The election resulted in the Conservatives winning the largest number of seats, but failing to secure an overall majority, leaving Britain’s third party, the Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power.