obviously??? ???adv.顯然；明顯地

distressing??? ??adj.使痛苦的；悲傷的；使煩惱的

parliament???? ?n.議會(huì)，國(guó)會(huì)

appalling?????? ?adj.駭人聽聞的；非常的；糟透的

incompetence?? ?n.無資格；無能力；不適當(dāng)；不熟練

wedge?????? ???n.楔子；不和；收入

?????????????? ?v.楔入；把…楔住；揉

discredited? ????adj.不足信的；不名譽(yù)的

consolidate? ?? ??v.使鞏固，使加強(qiáng)；合并

formula???? ????n.計(jì)劃；配方；公式；套路

virtually???? ????adv.事實(shí)上，幾乎；虛擬地，模擬地

relevant?????? ??adj.有關(guān)的；正確的；有價(jià)值的

allowance????? ?n.津貼；定量；折價(jià)；體諒 / v.定量供應(yīng)

recruitment??? ??n.招募；增長(zhǎng)；募集

merit????????? ?n.優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)，價(jià)值；優(yōu)點(diǎn)；事實(shí)；善行?

??????? ????????v.值得，應(yīng)受

period????? ??n.時(shí)期；階段；課時(shí)

?????????? ??adj.具有某個(gè)時(shí)代特征的?

??????????? ?adv.到此為止

inflation????? n.通貨膨脹；充氣；暴漲；夸張

overall???? ?adj./adv. 總的，全面的

?????????? ??n.罩衣；工作服

individual??? ?adj.個(gè)別的；個(gè)人的；獨(dú)特的?

??????????? ?n.個(gè)人；有個(gè)性的人

civilisation?? ?n.文明；文明社會(huì)

statistic????? ?n.統(tǒng)計(jì)資料；統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)；統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)?

?????????? ??adj.統(tǒng)計(jì)的

cutback???? ??n.削減；情節(jié)倒敘

oblige?????? ?v.迫使；幫…的忙；使遵守誓約