【正文】 maintained control and that the rebellious forces never posed a serious threat to governmental power before being put down.）suppress vt. 鎮(zhèn)壓；忍住表示“a more active curtailment, an active fight against an opposing force”。The government suppressed the rebellion. 政府鎮(zhèn)壓了叛亂。（A significant rebellion was under way and that the government had to react strongly to put an end to it.）Similarly, one might repress (rather than suppress) a smirk in order to maintain a serious appearance, and one would take a medicine that suppresses (rather than represses) a cough in order to reduce its severity.21. 名聲 fame, renown, repute, reputationfame n. 名譽(yù)，名氣指人、地方、機(jī)構(gòu)等的知名度。She gained fame as a critic before she published the popular novel. 在出版這本暢銷小說之前，她作為評論家已經(jīng)有了名氣。He came to fame in the eighties. 他成名于80年代。renown n. n. [正式] 名譽(yù)，聲譽(yù)指因特殊才能、成就或品質(zhì)而贏得的知名度和贊譽(yù)。She has won world renown for her excellent acting.她因出色的演技而享譽(yù)全球。repute和reputation都是名詞，意為“名譽(yù)，名聲”，詞義相同，指以往發(fā)生的事情使人們形成的對某人或某事物的看法，此看法可好可壞。但repute是不可數(shù)名詞，reputation是可數(shù)名詞。She has a reputation for being fair. 她以公正著稱。He has gaind considerable repute. 他已相當(dāng)出名。22. 地區(qū) zone, area, district, region, stretch, beltzone n. 地區(qū)，地帶指具有某種區(qū)別性特征而被劃分出來的區(qū)域、地帶；用作科技術(shù)語時，多指地球上依據(jù)溫度劃分的氣候帶。a mercial/parking/residential zone商業(yè)區(qū)/停車區(qū)/住宅區(qū)a danger/safety zone 危險區(qū)/安全區(qū)They are pulling their troops out of the battle zone.他們正把部隊(duì)調(diào)離戰(zhàn)區(qū)。Most of China is in the temperate zone. 中國的大部分地區(qū)處于溫帶。area n. 地區(qū)，區(qū)域普通用詞，指國家、市鎮(zhèn)等的區(qū)域，或建筑、處所等中作特定用途的場地。There39。re large areas in Australia still unpopulated.在澳大利亞還有大片地區(qū)至今荒無人煙。belt n. 區(qū)域，地帶指具有某種特色或某類人居住的地區(qū)或地帶。the corn/forest/green belt 玉米/森林/綠色地帶the Bible Belt《圣經(jīng)》地帶（指美國南部新教教義極具影響的地區(qū)）the Belt and Road initiative 一帶一路合作倡議district n. 地區(qū)，行政區(qū)多指由政府等機(jī)構(gòu)出于行政管理等目的而明確劃分的地區(qū)。Do you know the postal code of this district?你知道這個地區(qū)的郵政編碼嗎？The basic laws of Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions have been carried out to the letter.嚴(yán)格執(zhí)行香港特別行政區(qū)基本法和澳門特別行政區(qū)基本法。region n. 地區(qū)，區(qū)域通常指界線不明的較大地區(qū)或一國的行政分區(qū)；the regions 則指某國除首都以外的所有區(qū)域。The inhabitants of mountainous regions live more happily than ever before. 山區(qū)居民的生活比過去幸福多了。I have visited the Basque region of Spain.我去過西班牙的巴斯克區(qū)。stretch n. 一片地域，一段水域My hometown is located on a beautiful stretch of land.我的家鄉(xiāng)位于一片美麗的土地上。Ships are rarely seen on this stretch of the river.這一河段少有船只經(jīng)過。23. 決定 decide, determine, resolvedecide v. 決定，下決心指經(jīng)過考慮或協(xié)商后作出判斷或選擇，拿定主意做某件事而不做另外一件。She has decided to buy a car. 她決定買輛汽車。They decided to set out right away. 他們決定立刻出發(fā)。determine v. [正式]決定，決心語義比 decide強(qiáng)，表示非常明確地決定做某事，常后接介詞 on 或動詞不定式。The whole group determined on an early start.全隊(duì)人都決定早點(diǎn)出發(fā)。He determined to stay. 他決定留下來。resolve n. [正式] 決定，決意語義比 determine 強(qiáng)，指下定決心做某事，常有貫徹決定的堅(jiān)定意志。He resolved to get up earlier the next morning.他決意第二天早一點(diǎn)起床。She resolved that she would give up smoking. 她決心戒煙。24. 報(bào)仇，報(bào)復(fù) revenge, avengerevenge常作名詞，在正式文體中也可用作動詞；而avenge只能作動詞Dawson takes revenge on the man by knifing him to death.道森用刀殺死了他的仇人。There are few things quite as sweet as revenge.幾乎沒有比復(fù)仇更爽的事情了。作動詞時，avenge可以表示“報(bào)某事之仇”，也可以表示“報(bào)復(fù)某人”，revenge只能表示“報(bào)復(fù)某人”。在表示“報(bào)復(fù)某人”時，avenge只有“avenge oneself on sb”一種用法，而revenge有“revenge oneself on sb”和“be revenged on sb”兩種用法。He wanted to avenge his sister39。s death.他要為死去的姐姐報(bào)仇。She never thought to avenge herself on her husband who had had an affair. 她從未想過報(bào)復(fù)有外遇的丈夫。He killed his kids to revenge himself on his wife.他為報(bào)復(fù)他的妻子殺死了自己的孩子。The prince was later revenged on his father39。s killer.王子后來向殺害他父王的兇手報(bào)了仇。375