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Chapt?er1 accus?tomed? [?k?st??md] adj. 习惯于 【同】used【反】unacc?ustom?ed Even if they are willi?ng to make the sacri?fice in dolla?rs, wheth?er Ameri?cans will give up long accus?tomed? perso?nal liber?ties is anoth?er quest?ion. 即使美国人?愿意在金钱?上牺牲，但是否愿意?抛弃久已习?以为常的个?人自由，还是未定之?数。 afflu?ent [?flu??nt] adj. 富裕的 【同】prosp?erous?, wealt?hy【反】poor Leeso?n and his wife Lisa never? reall?y seeme?d to fit into the afflu?ent, neo-colon?ial life-style? of Singa?pore or into the city’s multi?ethni?c socie?ty. 里森及其妻?子丽莎似乎?与新加坡富?裕的新殖民?生活方式一?直格格不入?，也似乎一直?未能融入新?加坡的多种?族社会。 ambig?uous [?mˋb??gju?s?]adj. 模棱两可的?，暧昧的 【同】vague?【反】obvio?us, clear? Truma?n got the Korea?n War becau?se he was ambig?uous, and Sadda?m took Kuwai?t becau?se Bush didn’t say “No” strai?ght out. 杜鲁门惹了?个朝鲜战争?，因为他的立?场不明确，而萨达姆占?领科威特，是因为布什?没能直截了?当地说“不”。 █ strai?ght out 率直地 anony?mous [?ˋnɑn??m?s] adj. 匿名的，不知名的 【反】known?, named? So he went on his own fact-findi?ng missi?on, leani?ng heavi?ly on a 49white? paper? submi?tted last month? by three? anony?mous high-tech firms?. 所以他继续?其真相调查?工作，埋头审阅一?份厚达49?页的白皮书?，这份白皮书?是上个月由?3家匿名的?高科技公司?提出的。 appro?priat?e [?ˋpro?pr??e?t] adj. 适宜的 【反】inapp?ropri?ate So any prote?in that disso?lves new blood? vesse?ls may not be appro?priat?e for young?er women? who have not yet enter?ed menop?ause. 因此，对于还未停?经的妇女而?言，任何足以溶?解于新生血?管的蛋白质?或许都是不?适宜的。 at stake? [?t stek] 危急存亡关?头的，有可能丧失?或受损的 【同】at risk At a news confe?rence?,(U.S. Under?secre?tary of Defen?se) Perry? decla?red that the credi?bilit?y of the inter?natio?nal commu?nity (NATO) was at stake?. 在记者招待?会上，（美国国防部?长）佩里宣称，北约这个国?际组织正面?临信任危机?。 avail?able [?ˋvel??bl] adj. （物）可取得的，可买到的；（人有空）可见面的，可参加的 Most of the (smart?) cards? avail?able in Atlan?ta will be worth? betwe?en $10 and $50 and will be usabl?e inste?ad of cash at as many as 5000 “point?s of purch?ase” throu?ghout? the city. 于亚特兰大?出售的IC?卡大部分值?10-15美元，可以在全市?多达500?0个“商业网点”充当货币使?用。 bear [b?r] adj. (股市)看跌的，熊市的 Meanw?hile, pundi?ts who do make a bear stand? don’t last. 同时，那些对股市?看跌的专家?，也不再坚持?自己的看法