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 今天我们要学的词是 incursion.

 

incursion 的意思是侵袭，入侵，尤其是突然或短暂的行动。  

 

The G-7 is slated¹ to include the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Italy. It was formerly² known as the G-8 until Russia was booted out in 2014 over its incursion into the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine. 七国集团包括美、英、德、法、日、加拿大和意大利。它以前是八国集团，直到2014年俄罗斯因入侵乌克兰克里米亚半岛而被踢出。

1 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

2 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。