胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇063

Lesson 63 Coup¹ Detat 政变

Words:

 

depart vi. 离开，出发

 

departure n. 启程，出发，离开

 

dependable adj. 可靠的，可信赖的

 

deplete² vt. 耗尽，使衰竭

 

depletion³ n. 消耗，用尽

 

deploy⁴ v. 部署，调度

 

deport⁵ v. 驱逐

 

depose⁶ v. 免职，废黜；作证

 

deposit n. 堆积物，沉淀；寄存物，委托保管物品；vt. 沉淀，堆积；放置，存储；产卵

 

depot⁷ n. 货栈，仓库

 

deprave vt. 使堕落，使道德败坏

 

deprecate v. 不赞成，反对，抨击

 

depreciate⁸ v 贬值，贬低，轻视

 

depreciation⁹ n. 贬值

 

depredation¹⁰ n. 劫掠，蹂躏

 

depress vt. 压下去，压低；使沮丧，使消沉

 

depressed¹¹ adj. 沮丧的

 

depression n. 不景气，萧条期；凹陷处，坑；沮丧，消沉

 

deprivation¹² n. 缺乏，剥夺

 

deprive vt. 剥夺，使失去

 

“It is time for us to depart, sir,” said the airline agent. It was the final departure of the day. It was timely as usual. It was a very dependable airline, especially under the circumstances.

 

I was thinking of the past few days and my dependence¹³ on luck, I think I have just about depleted¹⁴ my share of good fortune. In our profession, when you reach such a state of depletion, you should leave. Even a cat has limited number of lives.

 

“Fasten your seat belts,” said the flight attendant. From the airplane window, I could see the military deploying¹⁵ its troops at the

airport. The country has been unstable¹⁶ ever since the military deposed¹⁷ the president. They deported¹⁸ all of the diplomats¹⁹ yesterday. The embassy building is now a depot for the military’s weapons and supplies. This morning, the army raided the country’s bank deposits. No doubt, this will cause their currency to depreciate. A significant percentage of depreciation could put the entire country into a state of depression.

 

Absolute military power tends to deprave those who are in control. Brutal²⁰ acts of depredation are not uncommon²¹. Soldiers in this country often use their power to embarrass and deprecate the scholars. It depressed me to think about the millions of people who will suffer from deprivation.

 

However, I know that the depressed but resilient citizens of this country will survive and will someday thrive again. You can deprive them of many things, but you can never rob them of their spirit.

 

“我们该起飞了。”航空公司经纪人说。这是当天最后一次启程了。和往常一样准时。这是一家可靠的航空公司，尤其在目前的情况下，更是如此。

 

我想起了前几天发生的事以及我一切靠运气的经历。我想我差不多耗尽了我全部的好运气。干我们这一行，当到了好运气被消耗殆尽的地步，就该离开了。连一只猫也只有屈指可数的几条命，何况人乎？

 

“系好安全带。”空中服务员提醒说。从飞机的窗口我们能看到机场上军事当局部署部队。自从政变军队罢免总统以来，整个国家一直处于动乱之中。昨天我们又驱逐了所有的外交官。使馆大楼现在也变成了军队武器装备和物资供应的仓库。今天早晨，政变军队突然袭击了国家银行保险库。毫无疑问，这将引起货币贬值。大幅度货币贬值会使整个国家陷入萧条期。

 

军事专权往往会使掌权的人道德败坏。残酷的劫掠行为并非罕见。士兵们常常用武力来刁难或迫害学者。想起成百万的人将被剥夺自由的权利我就感到压抑消沉。

 

但是，我想那些虽被压抑但坚韧不屈的人会幸存下来，而且终有一天会发展壮大起来。你可以剥夺他们许多东西，但你永远夺不走他们的精神。

1 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

2 deplete   

v.弄空，排除，减轻，减少...体液，放去...的血

参考例句：

• Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。
• Elastic collisions deplete very little of the electron's energy.弹性碰撞中电子减少的能量非常少。

3 depletion   

n.耗尽，枯竭

参考例句：

• Increased consumption of water has led to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves.用水量的增加导致了地下水贮备迅速枯竭。
• Farmers should rotate crops every season to prevent depletion of the soil.农夫每季应该要轮耕，以免耗尽土壤。

4 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

5 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。

6 depose   

vt.免职；宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The witness is going to depose.证人即将宣誓做证。
• The emperor attempted to depose the Pope.皇帝企图废黜教皇。

7 depot   

n.仓库，储藏处；公共汽车站；火车站

参考例句：

• The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
• They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。

8 depreciate   

v.降价，贬值，折旧

参考例句：

• The computer value will depreciate by $ 500 in the first year.在头一年里这台电脑会贬值500美元。
• If you neglect this property,it will depreciate.如果你忽视这份资产，它无形中就贬值了。

9 depreciation   

n.价值低落，贬值，蔑视，贬低

参考例句：

• She can't bear the depreciation of the enemy.她受不了敌人的蹂躏。
• They wrote off 500 for depreciation of machinery.他们注销了500镑作为机器折旧费。

10 depredation   

n.掠夺，蹂躏

参考例句：

• The synergism between erosion and corrosion is main factor resulting in slurry erosion depredation of materials.冲刷和腐蚀间的交互作用是引起材料发生泥浆型冲蚀破坏的主要因素。
• Much of the region's environmental depredation is a result of poor planning.该地区的环境破坏大都是由于规划不善造成的。

11 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

12 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

13 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

14 depleted   

adj. 枯竭的, 废弃的 动词deplete的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Food supplies were severely depleted. 食物供应已严重不足。
• Both teams were severely depleted by injuries. 两个队都因队员受伤而实力大减。

15 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

16 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。

17 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

21 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。