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saint [seint]
a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died
a very good, kind or patient person
n. 圣人；圣徒；道德崇高的人

sanction ['sæŋ,kʃən]

mayor chancellor cancel名誉校长；总理；大臣;大法官; 首席法官
approval or permission, especially formal or legal
an official order, such as the stopping of trade, which is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law
to formally permit something
to punish sb/sth
n. 制裁，处罚；赞许；认可；支持
vt. 制裁，处罚；批准；鼓励

例句
Official sanction has not yet been given.
尚未获得正式批准。
The UN imposed economic sanctions against Iraq.
联合国对伊拉克实施经济制裁。
The church would not sanction his second marriage.
教会不会认可他的第二次婚姻。

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He's almost a mythological figure who can sanction, who can authorize this revolution in women's writing that Virginia Woolf is beginning to prophesy here early in the twentieth century.

他是神话般的人物，可以批准，可以授权这场女性文学的革命，这场革命佛吉尼亚·伍尔夫,在20世纪早期就预言到了。

趣味单词
aggregate['æɡriɡət, 'æɡriɡeit]
a total number or amount made up of smaller amounts that are collected together:
something formed by adding together several amounts or things; a total
to combine into a single group or total
v集合；聚集；合计
n. 合计；集合体；总计
adj. 聚合的；集合的；合计的

短语:
in the aggregate 总计，总共，合计，整个，作为总体，总的来说
on aggregate 总共，总计，作为总体，作为整体

例句
The population aggregates a billion people.
人口总数达10亿。
The aggregate number of unemployed is fifty thousand this year.
今年失业人数总共达五万人。

昨日重现

2002年1月CET-6真题
The manager gave her his _____ that her complaint would be investigated.

A.assurance
B.assumption
C.sanction
D.insurance
答案A