1. traumatic
双语释义:experience is very shocking and upsetting, and may cause psychological damage
n. (精神上) 令人痛苦的
典型例句:I suffered a nervous breakdown. It was a traumatic experience.
我遭受过一回精神崩溃,那是一次痛苦的经历。
Divorce can be traumatic for everyone involved.
离婚会给每个人带来创伤。
2. throne
双语释义:royal authority or power
n.王权;王位; 帝位
语法用法:the throne [sing]
典型例句:Queen Elizabeth II succeeded to the throne in 1952.
伊丽莎白二世女王于1952年即位。
相关短语:come to/ascend/mount the throne (become king or queen) 即位
be on the throne ( be king or queen) 在位
3. plot
双语释义:a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government
n. 阴谋
典型例句:Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government.
安全部队已经揭穿了一个推翻政府的阴谋。
It is a plot to overthrow the government.
这是个推翻政府的阴谋。
4. backfire
双语释义:to have the opposite effect to the one intended, with bad or dangerous results
vi.事与愿违,适得其反
典型例句:The president's tactics could backfire.
总统的策略可能会事与愿违。
The plot backfired on the terrorist when the bomb exploded too soon.
由于炸弹过早爆炸,恐怖分子的阴谋未能得逞。
5. surveillance
双语释义:careful watch kept on sb suspected of doing wrong
n.(对涉嫌者的)监视
典型例句:The police are keeping the suspects under round-the-clock surveillance.
警方对疑犯昼夜监视。
Detectives kept the quarry under surveillance for weeks.
侦探们监测那个目标已有好几个星期了。
6. deliverance
双语释义: (formal) the state of being rescued from danger, evil or pain
n.援救;获释;救助;释放
语法用法:~ (from sth)
典型例句:The oppressed long for deliverance and liberation.
被压迫人民盼望着翻身得解放。
His deliverance from the prison puzzled us.
他被从监狱释放使我们困惑不已。
7. childless
双语释义:having no children
adj.无儿女的
典型例句:The childless old lady offer to adopt one of the girls.
这位无子女的老年女士表示愿意领养其中一个女孩。
The childless old man is very poor.
这个无儿无女的老人非常穷困。
8. Catholic:天主教的(首个字母大写)
9. Protestant adj, 新教徒的(首个字母大写)