1.warrant: n.?搜查令；拘捕令；令狀

issue a warrant for his arrest

There is no warrant for (doing) sth?不是（做）某事的正當(dāng)理由

There is no warrant for copying other people’s work.?剽竊他人作品毫無(wú)道理。

v. warrant

a. = deserve??

warrant attention?值得注意，值得關(guān)注

b. to promise that something is true?保證〔某物是真的〕

The Author hereby?

warrants that

?the Publisher is the owner of the copyright.??作者特此聲明版權(quán)歸出版商所有。

2.National security is?

the basic foundation for

?the existence and development of any country in the world.??國(guó)家安全是國(guó)家生存發(fā)展的基本前提。

3.

rectify

?its mistake?糾正錯(cuò)誤

correct:?指糾正或改正不正確、不真實(shí)或有缺點(diǎn)的東西。

rectify:?正式用詞，意義較抽象，側(cè)重指徹底改正偏離子正確標(biāo)準(zhǔn)或規(guī)則的東西。

remedy:?正式用詞，通常指在局部范圍內(nèi)進(jìn)行糾正，尤指對(duì)困難或棘手問(wèn)題的解決。

revise:?指通過(guò)仔細(xì)閱讀、反復(fù)思考后而進(jìn)行改正、訂正或修訂，使趨于完善。

amend:?書(shū)面語(yǔ)用詞。指進(jìn)行更正或改變，使之更好，符合更高的要求。

4.kick against the pricks:(朗文)to hurt or damage yourself by trying to change something that cannot be changed?以卵擊石（fight a hopeless battle）

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.the Sino-British Joint Declaration?《中英聯(lián)合聲明》

6

.The?

unwarranted

?comments and accusations made by the relevant countries constitute a flagrant interference in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs.??有關(guān)國(guó)家對(duì)此妄加評(píng)論、橫加指責(zé)，粗暴干涉香港事務(wù)和中國(guó)內(nèi)政。

unwarranted:?無(wú)端的，無(wú)正當(dāng)理由的

flagrant:?明目張膽的，公然的

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.China deplores and firmly opposes that and has?

made/lodged stern representations with the relevant countries

.??中方對(duì)此表示強(qiáng)烈不滿和堅(jiān)決反對(duì)，已

向相關(guān)國(guó)家提出嚴(yán)正交涉

。

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.unitary?統(tǒng)一的，中央的，中央集權(quán)制的

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.As China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997,…??隨著1997年中國(guó)恢復(fù)對(duì)香港行使主權(quán)，…

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.point fingers at sb/sth?指責(zé)（這里中文原文是“說(shuō)三道四”，可譯為gossip?（about）；make irresponsible comments/remarks）

finger-pointing?指責(zé)〔指怪罪某人而不是去解決問(wèn)題〕

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.be discreet with their words and deeds?謹(jǐn)言慎行

discreet:(言行)謹(jǐn)慎的，考慮周到的