case (court) - n. a legal action 
case study个案研究，win the case /lose the case
eg， The case will be heard in the High Court.

case (medical) - n. an incident of disease
("There was only one case of chicken pox at the school.")这个也是“例”了。学校里仅有一例水痘患者。

clergy - n. a body of officials within a religious organization
(集合称)圣职者, 牧师, 僧侣, 神职人员~~这个看到知道和宗教有关就好了。。。不太用得到
stands for “Christian priests”
clergyman,clergywoman

coalitionn. forces, groups or nations joined together （同）alliance
Usage: XX coalition of
eg，a coalition of democratic forces
a coalition of environmental groups
(form a coalition)
( coalition parties/ coalition government)

convention - n. a large meeting for a special purpose
（政治、宗教、政党等的）会议， 大会； 全国性大会； 召集， 集会,协定， 公约
break away from convention 打破常规/传统:custom
the Geneva Conventions 日内瓦公约

demonstrate - v. to make a public show of opinions or feelings ("The crowd demonstrated in support of human rights.");
 to explain by using examples ("The teacher demonstrated the idea with an experiment.")
常用词汇~恩牢记

deplore - v. to regret strongly; to express sadness; to disapprove of something very strongly and criticize it severely, especially publicly
悲悼, 痛惜；悔恨 ~~
e.g. The UN deplored the invasion as a ‘violation of international law’.
He deplored the fact that the Foreign Secretary was driven into resignation.

dissident - n. a person who strongly disagrees with his or her government
持不同政见者~~
e.g. political dissident/ imprisoned dissident

execute - v. to kill
处决，有点残忍。。额。。是滴。。
execute sb for sth
Summarily execute 沒经审判就处决
extrajudicially execute沒经审判就处决
illegally execute 非法地处决, 执行私刑
wrongly execute 错误地处决了

exile - v. to force a person to leave his or her country; to expel;
           n. a person who is forced to leave his or her country
驱逐某人离开他的国家~~背井离乡。。忽忽。。
Usage: exile sb to sth / exile sb from a place
permanently/temporarily/effectively exile

extremist - n. a person with strong religious or political beliefs who acts in an extreme or violent way
极端分子，go to extremes 走极端
be neutral中立的
left-wing/right-wing/political /religious/Muslim/Republican extremist
e.g. The bomb was planted by right-wing extremists.

grind - v. to reduce to small pieces by crushing
磨[碾]碎~~ coarse grind 粗磨 finishing grind 精磨
grind sth into sth
grind away at English studies刻苦攻读英语
grind for an exam
a greasy grind（俚）刻苦用功的学生
the daily grind（口）日常单调的工作

guerrilla - n. a person who fights as part of an unofficial army, usually against an official army or police
游击队
guerrilla wars/groups/fighters/leaders
armed/urban guerrilla


2.Andy does not dare (to) talk cold turkey to Cecily.
【误译】安迪不敢对塞西丽谈关于冰冻火鸡之事。
【原意】安迪不敢直截了当地对塞西丽说。
【说明】cold turkey是美国俚语，当名词时意为“绝对失败者”，“莽撞”等；当副词时意为“直截了当地”，“开门见山地”。

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