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Racket n.喧嚷,吵闹;敲诈,勒索; (网球等的)球拍 The boys are making a hell of a racket downstairs.Tell them to be quiet.楼下的男孩子太吵了.要他们安静点. Rectify vt.纠正,修复 Bill Clinton did all his best to rectify the situation,but Hillary was in no mood to reconcile.克林顿尽力修复他的处境,而希拉里却不愿和解. Slogan n.标语,口号,广告语 Shouting slogans alone will never get things done.What we need is down-to-earth efforts.光喊喊口号本身做不成任何事情.我们需要的是脚踏实地的努力. Savage a.残暴的;未开化的 n.野蛮人,粗鲁人 vt.(狗等)乱咬;激烈抨击 Is a civilized man who kills his fellows with guns less savage than a primitive man killing animals with bows and arrows?现代人用枪射杀同类比原始人用弓箭捕杀动物 文明吗? straightforward a.正直的,坦率的;易懂的,简单的 They took a straight forward route to the beach and you didnt avoid detours.别人去海边取直道,而你却走了弯路. Terrific a.极妙的;极大的 In the newly-completed movie theater we saw a terrific film by Sharon Stone.在新落成的电影院我们看了一部有莎朗.斯通演的极妙的电影. Timid a.羞怯的,胆小的 | 
