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今天我们要学的词是gravely。Gravely副词，意思是严重得、严肃得。With three northern white rhinos¹ left in the world, the only male is gravely ill, raising fears the subspecies is getting closer to extinction². 全世界仅剩的三头北部白犀牛中，唯一的雄性病入膏肓，增加了人们对于这个亚种群更进一步趋向灭绝的担忧。Canada is gravely concerned by the imprisonment³ of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told the UN Human Rights Council. 加拿大外交部长方慧兰对联合国人权理事会表示，两名路透社记者在缅甸遭到拘禁一事令加拿大深感关切。好的，我们今天学习的词是gravely, gravely, gravely...
 

1 rhinos   

n.犀牛（rhino的复数形式）

参考例句：

• There are many reports of people taming and even training Indian rhinos. 有许多关于人们驯养甚至训练印度犀牛的记载。 来自辞典例句
• The rhinos had fed during the night in the rice fields of these villagers. 犀牛夜里在这些村民的庄稼地里也已吃饱了。 来自辞典例句

2 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

3 imprisonment   

n.关押，监禁，坐牢

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。