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notorious adj. 污名昭著的,信用扫地的

He is a notorious rake.

他是个信用扫地的浪子。

bloody tyrant 血腥专制者

execution n. 依法处决

Executions used to be held in public.

曩昔向决监犯都公开执行。

death penalty 死刑

Recent crimes lean me more towards favouring death penalty.

比来的犯罪情形使我们加倍倾向于拥护死刑。

predecessor 前任

Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.

我们的新医生比他的前任年青得多。

military option 军事解决路子(动用武力)

escalating tension 慢慢进级的排场境界

military coupe 军事政变

forced from office 被赶下台

step down/aside下台

Pressure mounts on Japan PM Mori to step down.

要求日相森喜朗下台压力衰渐升高。

on the brink of war 处于战争边缘

heavy fighting 苦战

genocide 种族灭绝

Genocide is an offense to all civilized human beings.

种族灭绝违反文明人的道德规范的罪过

relief effort 布施工作

humanitarian aid 人道主义援助

In turn, the United States would increase humanitarian aid to Palestine.

美国将响应增添对巴勒斯坦的人道主义援助。

mediator调整员

Who will act as mediator in the dispute.

谁在争端中充任调整人?

national convention国平易近大会

fight corruption反失利

Efforts were intensified to build a clean and honest government and fight corruption, yielding notable results.

廉政培植和反败斗极争力度加大,成就显著。

corrupted election失利的选举

peace process和平历程

deputy n. 副手, 代办代庖人

John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.

我分开时代, 约翰将代办代庖我的职务。

external forces 外部力量

It is not far fetched to imagine that these external forces can even bring down governments and their economies!

你别说不成思议,这些外部势力甚至可以把政府和它们的经济搞垮。

speculate,disarmament agreement 裁军和谈

mandate,to lift a boycott 打消禁令

withdraw,embargo,impose sanctions against... 实施制裁