流利阅读 DAY 21

Day 21

1.pose sth on sb/sth

把…强加于某人/某物

to impose taxes on imports.

2.ing跛脚，引申：给某人造成严重后果

eg.The high cost of capital has a crippling effect on many small American firms.

3.faulty 有缺陷的

faulty  vaccine有问题的疫苗

4.yet在这里表示ever，历来之最

5.scandal-prone有丑闻倾向的

6.dwarf矮小的人或生物

（v）使某人变得矮小

eg.His figure is dwarfed by the huge McDonald's sign.

使某人相形见绌

eg.Shakespeare dwarfs other dramatists.

7.penalties侧重处罚采取的形式

punishment做了坏事受到惩处（维护法制纪律）

8.embroil同involve

eg.I don‘t want to be embroiled in their quarrels.

9.bar（v）阻挡，阻碍

bar sb from sth禁止某人做某事

10.criminal penalties.刑罚

11.immunology免疫学

12.touch this high-voltage wire触碰高压线

13.expiry date有效期

14.batch 一批，（食物、药物等的）一批生产的量

batch numbers生产批号

15.fabricate捏造，伪造

～evidence捏造证据

eg.The evidence he gave in court was a complete fabrication..

16.floppy disk软盘

hard disk硬盘

17.cover up 销毁证据

18.levy征收（罚款）

eg.The government imposed a 5% levy on alcohol.

19.shares trade股票交易

20.state-run国家经营

～company国有企业

21.top-level 顶格处罚

22.stringent同strict

23.pharmaceutical制药的，医药的

24.peace of mind内心平静，感到安心