Time 2023.3.20

1.單詞

[1]???? ratify 正式批準(zhǔn) e.g. A ceasefire called right now would basically just ratify Russia's conquest.

[2]???? downplay v. 貶低；使淡化 e.g. Kirby downplayed Putin’s weekend trip to Mariupol, Ukraine, noting it was “far away from the front lines of the fighting” in Ukraine.

[3]???? unprovoked adj. 無端的；無緣無故的；未受挑釁的 unprovoked invasion/war

[4]???? tout v. 吹捧；兜售

[5]???? hegemony n. 霸權(quán)

[6]???? decry v. 公開譴責(zé)，公開反對

[7]???? wary adj. 警惕的 become wary of

[8]???? rapport n. 親善關(guān)系

[9]???? reprisal n. 報(bào)復(fù)；報(bào)復(fù)行動

2.詞組

[1]???? a heck of 極大；極多 a heck of time

[2]???? push back on sth 推延；抵御 e.g. They find common cause in pushing back on the West, in pushing back on American leadership.

[3]???? entrenched conflict 根深蒂固的沖突

[4]???? ringing endorsement 強(qiáng)有力的支持

[5]???? at stake 性命攸關(guān)；成敗關(guān)頭；命懸一線 e.g. The family honour is at stake

[6]???? decline to do 拒絕做某事；否定去做某事?I?must?decline?to?show?favour?to?any?of?the?candidates.

[7]???? play up 強(qiáng)調(diào)…的重要性 e.g. Putin is expected to play up the meeting domestically as proof that Russia is not isolated on the world’s stage.

[8]???? loom over 若隱若現(xiàn)；籠罩 e.g. But with the Ukraine war looming over the visit, it remains to be seen how much XX too will seek to play up those optics.

3.句式

The meeting is expected to start with a one-on-one meeting followed（省略） by an “informal lunch” Monday, with negotiations set（過去分詞） to take place Tuesday, a Kremlin spokesperson said last week.

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with sth done 表示已完成

with sth doing 表進(jìn)行

with sth to do/to be done 表將來