用法学习: 1. The government had banned all military personnel at a Daegu base from leaving the barracks ( barracks [ˈbærəks] 营地 军营 兵营 a group of buildings where members of the military live and work. A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work. 'Barracks' is the singular and plural form. …an army barracks in the north of the city. 驻地 station). Virgin Voyage: The ship also features 78 luxury RockStar Suites. Those include 15 Mega RockStar Suites, which are further divided into Massive, Fab, Posh and Gorgeous Suites. Prices for those come in at( to cost a particular amount. That particular carpet comes in at around £40 a square metre.) around $19,000 per cabin, while the cheapest cabins start from around $1,600 for three- and four-day tours. pumice [pʌmɪs] 浮岩, 浮石, 火山石(洗涤用) Pumice is a kind of grey stone from a volcano and is very light in weight. It can be rubbed over surfaces, especially your skin, that you want to clean or make smoother. called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of highly vesicular rough textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals. 2. Michael Sam Criticized for Having Hot Boyfriend: Shock waves raced through 传遍 the Internet following Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year Michael Sam's widely seen celebratory kiss 庆祝之吻 upon receiving word that he'd been drafted by the St. Louis Rams. Sam will be the first openly gay player in professional football; the kiss was broadcast on ESPN, and reaction was immediate. "Did you see how hot that guy is?" agreed another female viewer. "My boyfriend can't compete with that. Now, whenever he wants to kiss me, mental images of 脑子里那副画像 Michael Sam's boyfriend are going to flash through my mind. "They're rubbing our faces in their hotness ( rub it in to make someone feel worse about something the person already feels embarrassed about: I know I shouldn't have paid that much for the poster – don't rub it in, OK? rub (one's) face in sth 嘲笑, 讥讽 to mock a person for something they did or failed to do. I know that my teenagers don't like my parenting, but there's no need to constantly rub my face in my past mistakes! Humiliate someone by repeating and criticizing his or her mistake I really screwed up my speech, and Caroline keeps rubbing the disaster in my face. ), just the way they rubbed cake in each other's faces," said a viewer in Mississippi. "I mean, I'm a football fan. If I want to see good-looking men together, I'll watch soccer. Oh, Lord — now that there are gays in the NFL, are we going to have to start calling it 'American football'? Jesus wept." "Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black were bad enough," said a viewer in Arizona, "but this is beyond the pale( beyond the pale 太过分了. 难以接受 Outside the bounds of morality, acceptable behaviour or good judgement, etc. If someone's behaviour is beyond the pale, it is unacceptable: Her recent conduct is beyond the pale. ). When I think of attractive men, pressing their lips together in celebration, when I think of their fit bodies locked in a tight embrace, openly and proudly expressing their love, it makes my blood boil. Is it just me, or did it get hot in here all of a sudden?" "I hear he's a swimmer," said a woman in Tampa. "He probably owns more than one Speedo. He's probably all smooth and crazy ripped. And then he gets out of the pool all sleek and wet, slowly, and he has to reach back and discreetly tug up the Speedo a little bit because it's kind of sliding off his tight little butt, and he grabs a towel and slowly, gently dries himself while the sun shines on his glistening 光彩熠熠的, 泛着光泽的 muscles, and do you have any idea what my boyfriend would look like in a Speedo?" 3. rocky I. a rocky relationship, situation, or period of time is one in which there are a lot of problems. They've been rocky 关系有问题, 出现问题, 有裂痕 for months. get off to a rocky start to start badly The relationship got off to a rocky start when he turned up late for their first date. II. covered with rocks, or made of rock a rocky coastline 海岸线. go belly up 死翘翘 collapse, be placed into voluntary liquidation informal to die, fail, or come to an end. If a company or plan goes belly up, it fails: The business went belly up after only six months. The collapse of online booking site Fly365 has left hundreds of travellers who booked flights through the company thousands of dollars out of pocket and searching for answers. Fly365, which traded as Fly365.com, was placed into voluntary liquidation on Friday following a crucial company meeting, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Melbourne man Steven Somers is out of pocket $11,500 after Fly365 went belly-up. 4. little does someone know/realize used for saying that someone does not know/realize that something is true. Little did I realize I would one day be in charge of the office. precious little/precious few 少数几个, 就那么几个, 稀有的几个 If you say that there is precious little of something, you are emphasizing that there is very little of it, and that it would be better if there were more. Precious few has a similar meaning. The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently. Precious few homebuyers will notice any reduction in their monthly repayments. precious I. behaving as if something is more important or serious than it really is. behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to details that are not important and trying too hard to be perfect: He's so precious 讲究的 (和particular相比) about his work that he never gets anything done. Don't you hate the precious way she speaks, pronouncing each single consonant so precisely. Pop stars used to be a lot less precious about 不那么认真, 不当真, 不当回事 advertising products. II. If something is precious to you, you regard it as important and do not want to lose it. Her family's support is particularly precious to Josie. Mary left her most precious possession–a small bookcase–to her niece. III. used for showing that you are angry with someone for caring too much about someone or something. People sometimes use precious to emphasize their dislike for things which other people think are important. You don't care about anything but yourself and your precious face. You and your precious husband did nothing for me. 5. orchid [ˈɔrkɪd] 兰花 a type of flower with an unusual shape and often a sweet smell that is considered very beautiful. orchard [ˈɔrtʃərd] 果园 an area of land where fruit trees are grown.
rack up VS run up: run up charges/debts/bills 刷出债务, 刷出大额账单 if you run up debts, you get into debt and allow the amount to increase The company has run up massive debts and now owes a staggering €850 million. She ran up huge bills on clothes. Turns out for months Knott had been illegally running up exorbitant charges on Tony Pike's credit cards -- and Dale Pike knew it. Forti and Tacopina believe that was a motive for murder. If someone runs up bills or debts, they acquire them by buying a lot of things or borrowing money. He ran up a £1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel. Many ran up 拖欠, 欠下巨额债务 huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players. rack up I. (rack up something) to get a large number or amount of something. The film racked up 到手, 收货, 获得, 取得, 得到 five Oscar nominations. In fact, William and Kate racked up an even higher bill when they visited back for 10 days in 2014, and now they're expected to travel Down Under again to visit bushfire-affected communities. a. to get a large amount of sales or profits. Last year, they racked up profits 录得利润 of more than £3 million. b. in sports, to get a large number of points or goals. Leonardsen racked up his tenth goal of the season. If a business racks up profits, losses, or sales, it makes a lot of them. If a sportsman, sportswoman, or team racks up wins, they win a lot of matches or races. Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up profits 获得利润, 盈利 in the coming months. India while not racking up such an impressive score beat Japan 3-0.
肆无忌惮, 公然的flagrant VS blatant VS brazen: 1. flagrant [ˈfleɪɡrənt] 明目张胆的, 肆无忌惮的, 公然的, 无所谓的, 无法无天的, 胆大妄为的, 狗胆包天的, 肆无忌惮的. 毫无顾忌的. 胆大妄为的, 狗胆包天的, 毫无顾忌的, 公然的 done in an obvious way that shows you do not care if you break rules or offend people. Shocking pictures this week showed large groups of backpackers flagrantly 公然无视规定 disregarding strict social distancing rules, designed to stop the virus spreading. 'These (student) visas, and those who are in Australia under various visa arrangements, they are obviously not held here compulsorily,' he told reporters on Friday. 'If they are not in a position to support themselves then there is the alternative for them to return to their home countries. a
flagrant disregard for 公然藐视 the law. But as of 3 November, Jarvis has been
permanently banned from playing Fortnite for flagrant use of an aimbot
in the Solos battle royale mode. You can use flagrant to
describe an action, situation, or someone's behaviour that you find
extremely bad or shocking in a very obvious way. The judge called the decision 'a flagrant violation of
international law'. His failure to turn his attention to flagrant
wastes of public money is inexcusable. It is a situation where basic
human rights are being flagrantly abused. 'You can't be too flagrant' Top tips for the solo female traveller:
As a woman who has managed to navigate her way around the planet,
through rain or shine, Patricia is adamant that times are changing, and
women are finally realising the world is calling. But like all things, Patricia reiterates 重申 the importance of having your wits about you. She added: "You need to use your brain and be cautious. You need to do your homework; you can't be too flagrant or too risky."
After experiencing more than the average person would in their
lifetime, Patricia has picked up a few vital safe travel tips along the
way. The most important one? Photocopy everything. "If you lose your
passport, or credit cards, you have duplicate print outs, so when you go to an embassy, it expedites [ˈekspədaɪt] things hugely(expedites [ˈekspədaɪt] to make something happen quickly or easily. Aid workers are trying to expedite the process of returning refugees to their homes. expedient [ɪkˈspi:diənt]
adj. used for describing an action that produces an immediate result or
solution to a problem, even though it may not be fair or honest. The Prime Minister can call an election when it is politically expedient. n. an action that produces an immediate result or solution to a problem, even though it may not be fair or honest. He gained entry by the simple expedient of bribing the doorman. expeditious [ˌekspəˈdɪʃəs] quick and effective. expedition [ˌekspəˈdɪʃ(ə)n] 远征 I. a long journey organized for a particular purpose, especially to a dangerous or distant place. expedition to: the 1910 expedition to Antarctica led by Captain Scott. make/mount/undertake an expedition: We are hoping to mount the first manned expedition to Mars by 2020. on an expedition: She died while on an expedition to Peru to study nocturnal mammals. a. a group of people who go on an expedition. The expedition successfully reached the top of Mt Everest. II. a short journey somewhere, especially for pleasure. We plan to go on a shopping expedition. III. a long journey made by soldiers in order to attack a particular place or group of people. Rumours spread amongst the rebels that a massive punitive expedition against them was being prepared. fishing expedition 钓鱼式询问 an attempt to find out more information by asking a lot of questions. expeditionary force 远征军 [ˌekspəˈdɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ri] a group of soldiers who go to fight in a foreign country. )," she explains. "There's so much compromise that's no longer part of the experience when you're going solo," she concludes. "And I think you really immerse yourself in a way that you don't when you're with somebody, because when you're with somebody you create this little bubble and you're not as immersed in your destination." Aside from the obvious, the best part about solo travel, Patricia explains, is seeing the world on your terms. 2. blatant [ˈbleɪt(ə)nt] 无羞耻的, 不知羞耻的, 肆无忌惮的, 厚颜无耻的. 悍然的, 恬不知耻的, 不知羞耻的
done in an obvious way that shows you are not embarrassed or ashamed to
be doing something bad or illegal. something bad that is blatant is
very clear and easy to see, but the person responsible for it does not
seem embarrassed or ashamed. It was a blatant attempt to influence the judges. blatant disregard for the feelings of the bereaved family. You use blatant to describe something bad that is done in an open or very obvious way. Outsiders
will continue to suffer the most blatant discrimination 公然藐视. ...a blatant
attempt to spread the blame for the fiasco. The elitism was blatant.
...a blatantly sexist question. They said the song blatantly encouraged
the killing of police officers. This is nothing but a blatant 肆无忌惮的 abuse of power. done in an obvious way that shows you are not embarrassed or ashamed to be doing something bad or illegal It was a blatant attempt to influence the judges. blatant disregard for the feelings of the bereaved family. BLATANT和FLAGRANT的区别: It is not surprising that blatant and flagrant are often confused, since the words have overlapping meanings. Both attribute conspicuousness and offensiveness to certain acts. Blatant 更强调"明目张胆的, 不顾别人感受的" emphasizes the failure to conceal the act. Flagrant 强调"死不悔改的, 恶行昭昭的", on the other hand, emphasizes the serious wrongdoing inherent in the offense. Certain contexts may admit either word depending on what is meant: a violation of human rights might be either blatant or flagrant.
If it was committed with contempt for public scrutiny, it is blatant.
If its barbarity was monstrous, it is flagrant. Blatant is sometimes
used to mean simply "obvious," as in the blatant danger of such an
approach, but this use has not been established and is widely considered
an error. 3. brazen adj [ˈbreɪz(ə)n] 不觉得有什么不对的, 厚颜无耻的, 不管别人眼光的 I. behaving in a way that is not moral or socially acceptable, and not caring if other people are shocked or offended. If you describe a person or their behaviour as brazen, you mean that they are very bold and do not care what other people think about them or their behaviour. They're quite brazen about their sexuality, it doesn't worry them. He was brazenly running a $400,000-a-month drug operation from the prison. A university
professor was forced to stop a law lecture to tell off two students for
brazenly committing a sex act in the theatre as she taught. The professor was teaching a class 正在上课, which was being streamed online, at Macquarie University in Sydney's north-west on Tuesday. The live broadcast caught the awkward moment the lecturer discovered the couple were getting frisky in her class. 'I know precedent is a very sexy topic and I love when my audiences are engaged 投入 and animated 活跃的 but there is a limit to that,' she said. 'Ironically it is the law - law students - and the student code of conduct that governs that.' 'No below the belt touching in my lecture theatre please,' she added, which was met with rowdy calls from students in the room to call out the guilty couple. 'I am not going to name and shame,' the lecturer continued. 'Just to clarify, this is a mentoring unit so I will give some advice - the strategic placement of the hoodie on the lap only draws the eye more 吸引更多眼球.' . a. used about someone's behavior that is not moral or socially acceptable. a brazen 恬不知耻的 lie. II. literary made of brass. brazen out 厚着脸皮 If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed. If you are caught simply argue that 'everyone does it' and brazen it out 装作没事人一样. The president brazened out his misdeeds. He would brazen the matter out and he would do so in the most robust manner possible. 3. take the law into one's own hands 目无法纪, 无法无天, 不把法律当回事
(intransitive, idiomatic) To punish someone according to one's own idea
of justice and without consideration for the role of law enforcement
authorities. to attempt to administer the law; to pass judgment on someone who has done something wrong. Citizens
don't have the right to take the law into their own hands. The
shopkeeper took the law into his own hands when he tried to arrest the
thief. After his son's killer was let off without a conviction, the man decided to take the law into his own hands. be a law unto yourself 自行其是, 不受约束, 目中无人, 无法无天的 disapproving
to refuse to behave like everyone else, or to believe you can do
whatever you want to. to behave in a way that is independent and does
not follow the usual rules for a situation. Behave in a manner that
is not conventional or predictable: she was a law unto herself and did what she wanted to do. Charlie, of course, never fills in the record forms but then he's a law unto himself. The elite are just a law on their own. 4. Reaction to the Rolling Stone profile has been mixed on Twitter, where speculation about Mendes is most rampant 放肆的, 肆虐丛生的, 肆虐的, 肆无忌惮的. 5. with reckless/wild/gay abandon 肆无忌惮的 They drank and smoked with reckless abandon. They
fired away with wild abandon, but luckily with little accuracy, and he
was able to extricate himself. Gritting her teeth, she lowered her head,
and barged through them, swinging the cable-cutters with wild abandon.
Then all the bells joined in with wild abandon, ringing joyfully and
merrily, welcoming in the New Year. Hamilton spent the company's money
with reckless abandon. Now, with reckless abandon, it promises to meddle
with local-government structure. They shoot and blow each other up with
reckless abandon. II. to stop doing or using something because it is too difficult or unsuccessful. The company abandoned its takeover bid. The power plant was abandoned before it was even completed. III. if you abandon a ship or its cargo,
you accept that it is too badly damaged to be saved, and so give it up
to an insurance company in exchange for an insurance payment. 6. audacious (daring) 不顾忌的, 无所顾忌的, 大胆的. 不要命的. 肆无忌惮的. 不怕死的. Showing
willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring. done with extreme
confidence, despite difficulties, risks, or the negative attitudes of
other people. showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. "a series of audacious takeovers". an audacious plan to take control of the company. a. used about people. a group of audacious young writers. responsible for some of the most audacious thefts in criminal history. temerarious [ˌtɛməˈrɛːrɪəs] 不怕死的. 天不怕地不怕的, 肆无忌惮的 reckless; rash. "a young officer of a brave and even temerarious disposition". temeritous [tɪˈmɛrətəs] 不屑一顾的, 胆大妄为的 Displaying disdain or contempt for danger. gregarious [ɡrɪˈɡeəriəs] I. 群居的. a gregarious person enjoys being with other people. II. gregarious animals or birds live in groups. deleterious [ˌdelɪˈtɪəriəs] harmful. nefarious [nɪˈfeəriəs] evil, or dishonest. If you describe an activity as nefarious, you mean that it is wicked and immoral. Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose? meretricious 中看不中用的, 银样镴枪头的 [ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs] seeming to be good, useful, or important but not really having any value at all. forcible I. Done by force, forced. II. Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective. hollowed-out shell 内部挖空了的, 内部被掏空了的(hollow shell), 空架子, 内部空虚的, 外强中干. forcible-feeble 外强中干的, 貌似强大的, 银样镴枪头的 Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid. He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter删去, 清除伤人的话, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school.
穆巴拉克过世: Hosni Mubarak, the former autocratic ( ruling with complete power. His autocratic government has reduced the nation to poverty and desperation. a. telling people what to do without caring what they think. an autocratic boss/management style. ) president of Egypt, whose hold on power was broken and place in history 历史上的位置 upended 连根撅起, 连根拔起( upend 头朝下, 倒过来 to turn something upside down. If you upend something, you turn it upside down. He upended the can, and swallowed. ...upended flower pots. autocracy 独裁 I. uncountable a form of government or management in which one person has complete power. II. countable a country or organization that is completely controlled by one person. ) by a public uprising 揭竿而起 (unrest, revolt 反抗, resurgence) 骚乱, 起义 against the poverty, corruption and repressive 压制, 镇压的, 专制的, 高压的, 专政的 ( [rɪˈpresɪv] ruling or controlling people by the use of force or violence, or by laws that put unreasonable limits on their freedom. a repressive regime. repressive legislation. A repressive government is one that restricts people's freedom and controls them by using force. The military regime in power was unpopular and repressive. ) police tactics that came to define his 30 years in office, died on Tuesday in Cairo. He was 91. Throughout his rule, he was a stalwart ( [ˈstɔlwərt] I. 忠实的. 坚定的. 忠心不二的. 忠心耿耿的. a stalwart friend or supporter is very loyal. A stalwart supporter or worker is loyal, steady, and completely reliable. ...a stalwart supporter of the colonial government. The stalwart volunteers marched in this morning ready to go to work. II. literary used for describing a person who looks very strong. noun. A stalwart is a loyal worker or supporter of an organization, especially a political party. His free-trade policies aroused suspicion among Tory stalwarts. She is a stalwart of the Residents' Committee. ) US ally, a bulwark ( [ˈbʊlwərk] I. countable formal someone or something that protects or defends something such as a belief, idea, or way of life. The country is valued as a bulwark 维护者, 保卫者, 护卫者, 卫士 of peace, stability, and democracy in a difficult region of the world. bulwark against: a bulwark against a resurgence 暴动, 起义 (revolt, uprising) of fascism. II. countable a wall that is built for defense. III. bulwarks plural the sides of a ship above the deck. ) against Islamic militancy and guardian 卫士 of Egypt's peace with Israel. But to the tens of thousands of young Egyptians who rallied for 18 days of unprecedented street protests in Cairo's central Tahrir Square and elsewhere in 2011, Mubarak was a relic ( [ˈrelɪk] I. an object from the past that has been kept. fascinating relics of mining history. a. a part of a holy person's body or clothing that is kept after their death because of its religious importance. II. something such as a system or rule that remains from an earlier time or situation. The ban on fund-raising activities is a relic 遗留下来的, 遗迹, 遗毒, 遗老遗少 from the previous administration. III. humorous a piece of evidence or a sign of something that has existed or happened recently. A few dirty glasses were the only relics of the night before. ) , a latter-day 莱特 ( existing now as a modern example of someone or something from the past. Latter-day is used to describe someone or something that is a modern equivalent of a person or thing in the past. He holds the belief that he is a latter-day prophet. a latter-day Robinson Crusoe. ) pharaoh. They were inspired by the Tunisian revolt, and harnessed the power 聚集, 获取 of social media to muster tumultuous throngs 人群 (a large crowd of people.), unleashing popular anger over the graft and brutality that shadowed his rule. Mr. Mubarak once appeared invincible 不可战胜的. But his edifice 权利大厦 ( [ˈedəfɪs] I. a large impressive building. The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux. II. a complicated system or policy. You can describe a system of beliefs or a traditional institution as an edifice. ...an edifice of British constitutional tradition. ) of power turned out to be fragile and dated, built on strong-arm rule 高压政策, cronyism and an alliance with the West. It was ultimately brought down by the shock wave of popular unrest in the Arab world — calls for democracy, the rule of law and an end to corruption — that came to be called the Arab Spring. Mr. Mubarak never actually resigned publicly; in a speech on Feb. 10, 2011, he failed to choke out the words. The next day, against a tide of public anger, Omar Suleiman, the longtime chief of intelligence and the newly installed vice president, read a statement on television signaling the end of Mr. Mubarak's reign. But even then, Mr. Mubarak had trouble acknowledging that he was through 他已经完蛋了. He held to the manufactured image of himself as a misunderstood father figure who had been fated to lead. When he entered office, Mr. Mubarak, taciturn 话少的, 沉默寡言的, 不爱说话的 ( [ˈtæsɪˌtɜrn] someone who is taciturn does not speak often and does not say very much. A taciturn person does not say very much and can seem unfriendly. A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables. ) and cautious, was admired for his understated 不事张扬的 style. He condemned corruption and nepotism and offered calm to a nation scarred by war, assassination and economic hardship. But his caution led to half steps ( half step = a semitone 半音 (whole step, whole tone). the smallest difference in sound between two notes that are next to each other in the Western musical scale. scale 音阶). Economic reform was restricted to only partial privatization. Citizens could criticize the government but not organize. Democracy in Egypt was only a veneer 徒有其表, 假象. He was soon castigated ( castigate 批评, 痛批 (castrate 阉割) If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely. Marx never lost an opportunity to castigate colonialism. She castigated him for having no intellectual interests. ...Bradley's public castigation of the police chief. to criticize someone or something severely He was castigated as a racist by his opponents.) at home and abroad for governing without a vision, jumping from crisis to crisis without a plan. Over time, the self-effacing 低调的, 不张扬的, 不事张扬的, 不爱吹嘘的 (understated) ( [ˌself ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ] a self-effacing person does not want to be noticed by other people and tends not to talk about their abilities or achievements. Someone who is self-effacing does not like talking about themselves or drawing attention to themselves. As women we tend to be self-effacing and make light of what we have achieved. ...the slightly self-effacing manner adopted by many diplomats. efface [ɪˈfeɪs] I. to make something disappear. To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any more. ...an event that has helped efface the country's traditional image. The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus. II. to remove a memory or feeling from someone's mind. efface yourself to make yourself seem less important so that others won't notice you. ) and unpretentious Mr. Mubarak was eclipsed by one with an almost imperial sense of entitlement. The setbacks (对以色列战争时的先胜后败) did not rub off on 没有当回事, 没有吃进心里去, 没吃心 ( rub off on someone to become part of someone because that person has been in a place where it was present. to have an effect through close association. I was hoping some of his genius might rub off on them. I like to think that our love of reading will rub off on our children. if a quality that someone has rubs off, it starts to affect another person so that they start to have that quality too. Hopefully her enthusiasm will rub off on the rest of the team.) Mr. Mubarak, however. Sadat, in his 1978 book "In Search of Identity: An Autobiography," ignored the reversal of fortunes 运气大反转 and instead commended General Mubarak for what he called "the complete and stunning success" of the opening airstrikes. In his later years in power, Mr. Mubarak, like other Arab leaders, recognized that a stunted 受阻的, 遇阻的 ( [ˈstʌntɪd] I. unable or not allowed to grow to normal size. stunted trees/crops. II. unable or not allowed to develop or to do well. emotionally stunted adults. stunted businesses. stunt someone's/something's growth 阻碍, 阻止 to stop someone or something from growing. Poor diet can stunt a child's growth. ) economy was a threat to social stability — and to his own power — so he began to move toward privatizing state-owned industries and opening the economy. He appointed a new government. For a time 有那么一段时间, 那一段时间, Egypt's economic indicators showed significant growth. Mr. Mubarak started his career as a military man who had thoughts of one day becoming an ambassador. He ended up seated beside Sadat in the reviewing stand 阅兵台 when Sadat was killed, and set the priorities that would guide him for the next 30 years: stability and security. Everything Mr. Mubarak did from then on was in pursuit of those goals, though in the end he found that repression no longer worked. When Egyptians poured into Tahrir Square, they had smashed through the barrier of fear and found a police state unable to cope and much of the nation broken.
