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今天我们要学的词是step in. To step in 有插手，干预的意思。Federal health officials stepped in to help to contain the outbreak after more than 250 people fell ill to a rare parasite¹. 一种罕见的寄生虫让250多人病倒后，美国联邦健康部门官员出面协助控制疫情。美国汽车城市底特律申请破产保护后，The White House promised to work with city leaders but stopped short of committing to step in and bail² the city out. 白宫保证跟底特律市的领导人共同努力，但是没有保证要由联邦政府出面救助底特律。好的，今天我们学习的词是step in, step in, step in...

1 parasite   

n.寄生虫；寄生菌；食客

参考例句：

• The lazy man was a parasite on his family.那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
• I don't want to be a parasite.I must earn my own way in life.我不想做寄生虫，我要自己养活自己。

2 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。