Token
n.代币；象征；记号
adj.作为对某事的保证的；象征性的；作为标志的
vt.预兆：预示或象征，预兆

The announcement was welcomed as a step in the right direction, but was widely seen as a token gesture...
该公告被认为是向正确方向迈进的一步，因而受到欢迎，但也被普遍看作是一种象征性的姿态。
Here is the fifth token towards our offer. You need six of these tokens.
这是第 5 张礼券，你需要 6 张才能享受我们的特价。
Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.
一些较老式的电话机仍然只收代币。
He kept sending gifts and assured her that they were merely small tokens of his appreciation…
他不断送她礼物，并向她保证说这些只是为了略表谢意。

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Dissipate (pp. & pt.dissipated)
vt.驱散；使消散；浪费，挥霍；耗尽
vi.消散；放荡，挥霍

The tension in the room had dissipated...
房间里的紧张气氛消失了。
He is dissipating his time and energy on too many different things...
他在太多不同的事情上浪费时间和精力。
Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
她父亲已经挥霍掉了她继承的遗产。

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Suicide
n.自杀；自杀者；自杀行为
vt.自杀
adj.自杀的

She tried to commit suicide on several occasions.
她自杀过好几次。
Quite a few have committed social suicide by writing their boring memoirs...
有一些人因为写那些枯燥无味的回忆录而毁了自己的社会形象。
According to the army, the teenager said he was on a 'suicide mission' for the movement.
军方消息称，这个少年说他正在为这次运动执行“自杀性任务”。

剧情百科

敏锐的观察力，超强的记忆力，作为John的妻子，Sherlock只把这些认为是Mary天资过人。但后面发生的事情不得不让他对Mary产生顾虑，对John安全的有所顾虑。好在最后Mary以精确的枪法得到了Sherlock认可，Mary是真爱John，与保全大局，无意伤害自己的。而这单案件，Sherlock接下了。

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Where _____ sandy destroyed homes and businesses.
桑迪飓风摧毁了他们的家园和企业。
2.There was a Labour _____ when some left-wing MPs voted against the Chancellor's tax cuts...
工党内部发生内讧，一些左翼国会议员对财政大臣提出的减税政策投了反对票。

A:本期答案见下期
上期答案：

1.Unlike bony wings, number-crunching brains leave little trace in the fossil record.
和具有实体的翅膀不同，用来识数的大脑不会以化石的形式保存下来。
2.Men was accustomed to struggling for survial against the elements.
人门习惯于在与自然力作斗争中求生存。