troop

• n. 军队；组；群；多数

  • They announced the withdrawal of 12 000 troops from the area. 他们宣布从这个地区撤军12 000人。

• vi. 群集；成群而行；结队

  • After lunch we all trooped down to the beach.午餐后我们都成群结队走向海滩。

tomb

n. 坟墓；死亡

vt. 埋葬

n. (Tomb)人名；(英)图姆

verge

n. 边缘；绿地；极限；山墙突瓦；权杖（作为职位标志）

v. 濒临，接近；趋向；处在边缘

1. verge on sth
   to be very close to an extreme state or condition 极接近；濒于
   SYN border on sth
   • Some of his suggestions verged on the outrageous. 他的一些建议都快到了荒唐的地步。

2. on/to the verge of sth/of doing sth

   very near to the moment when sb does sth or sth happens 濒于；接近于；行将

   • He was on the verge of tears. 他差点儿哭了出来。

junction

n. 连接，接合；交叉点；接合点

• It was near the junction of City Road and Old Street. 那是在城市路与老街的交叉路口附近。

refuge

n. 避难；避难所；庇护

vt. 给予…庇护；接纳…避难

vi. 避难；逃避

• A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy. 又有300人在美国大使馆避难。

• He regarded the room as a refuge from the outside world. 他把这个屋子当作是逃避外界的避难所。

rumour

n. 谣言

vt. 传闻

• There are widespread rumours of job losses. 到处谣传要裁员

breach

n. 违背，违反；缺口

vt. 违反，破坏；打破

• breach of the peace (= the crime of behaving in a noisy or violent way in public) 扰乱治安

• a breach of confidence/trust 泄密；背信

• a breach in Franco-German relations 法德关系的破裂

• They escaped through a breach in the wire fence. 他们从铁丝网上的一个缺口逃走了。

pension

n. 退休金，抚恤金；津贴；膳宿费

vt. 发给养老金或抚恤金

• pension sb ˈoff

  准许某人退休，强迫某人退休（并发给养老金）

  • He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man.

    他*退休，工作交给了一个年轻一些的人。

momentary

adj. 瞬间的；短暂的；随时会发生的

• a momentary lapse of concentration 走神儿

• momentary confusion 一时糊涂

thrust

v. 插；插入；推挤；插入；用向某人刺去；猛然或用力推；伸展；强使接受；竖起，挺出

n. 推力；刺；要旨，重点；强攻；冲断层，逆断层；苛评

• He thrust the baby into my arms and ran off. 他把婴儿往我怀里一塞就跑了。

• He thrust at me with a knife. 他拿刀向我刺来。

PHRASAL VERBS 短语动词

1.ˌthrust sth←→aˈside

• to refuse to listen to sb's complaints, comments, etc. 置之一旁；置之不理
  • All our objections were thrust aside. 我们所有的异议都被置之不理。

2.ˈthrust sth/sb on/upon sb

• to force sb to accept or deal with sth/sb that they do not want 把…强加于；强迫…接受；强人所难

  • She was annoyed at having three extra guests suddenly thrust on her. 突然又来了三位不速之客要她接待，她感到很恼火。