(单词翻译:单击)
重点词汇词组
1.counter-terrorism 反恐
例：The city has less than 10 officers assigned to counter-terrorism.
该市负责反恐的警官不足10人。
【单词拓展】
①counter-offer 还价
例：The state's power providers made a counter-offer of $700 million.
该州的电力供应商提出了7亿美元的还价。
②counter-culture 反主流文化
例：It was a decade later that long hair came to be associated with the counter-culture movement.
十年后，长发开始嬉皮文化运动联系在一起。
2.pull up 停车
例：A car pulled up outside my house.
一辆车停在我家门外。
【相关俚语】
①pull up short 突然停住
例：A dog suddenly ran across the road and I had to pull up short.
②pull up stakes 搬家
例：This is the fourth time in five years that we've had to pull up stakes.
这是五年内我们第四次不得不搬家。
3.precaution 防范行动
例：Many people have been stockpiling food as a precaution against shortages.
许多人在囤积食物以防出现短缺。
【常见搭配】
take precautions 未雨绸缪；采取预防措施
例：We're taking every precaution necessary to ensure the safety of our employees.
我们正采取一切必要的预防措施，以确保员工的安全。
4.exit poll 选举投票后民意调查
例：According to exit polls, no party will have an overall majority.
根据出口民调，没有一个政党会获得绝对多数。
【常见搭配】
exit polls show/indicate/suggest sth 选后民调显示/表明某事
例：Early exit polls showed the ruling party suffering a major defeat in state elections.
早些时候的选后民调显示执政党在州选举中惨败。
5.deadlock 僵局，僵持
例：Once again the talks have ended in deadlock.
谈话再次陷入僵局。
【常见搭配】
①a deadlock between sb (and sb) 某人（和某人）之间的僵局
例：There was deadlock between the directors and the negotiating committee.
董事们和谈判委员会僵持不下。
②break/end a deadlock 打破/结束僵局
例：Bosses have been in intense negotiations with employees to break a deadlock over the proposed pay cuts.
老板们一直在与员工进行紧张的谈判，以打破减薪提议带来的僵局。
长难句解析
Police were called to reports of a blast involving a taxi that pulled up at Liverpool Women's Hospital shortly before the explosion took place Sunday morning.
解：主谓宾+现在分词短语+定语从句+状语从句+状语
析：“involving a taxi...”是现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰前面的a blast；“that pulled up...”是that引导的定语从句，that指代a taxi，在从句中充当主语成分，不可省略；“shortly before...”是before引导的时间状语从句。
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