1.sovereign n.君主；最高統(tǒng)治者；獨(dú)立國(guó)

But neither sovereign bankruptcy nor banking bust will be allowed to trigger a crack-up.
但默克爾不會(huì)允許任何情況引發(fā)歐元區(qū)解體，無(wú)論是主權(quán)國(guó)家破產(chǎn)還是銀行業(yè)崩潰。

China objects strenuously to this as a display of sovereign power that taiwan in fact lacks.
中國(guó)竭力反對(duì)這一行為，因?yàn)榕_(tái)灣實(shí)際上并不具備行使這一權(quán)力的主權(quán)國(guó)家地位。

2.sect n.宗派，教派；學(xué)派

A secretive sect fighting an ancient war to reveal explosive secrets about christianity.
在古老戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中的神秘教派揭發(fā)基督教的驚天真相。

Our intelligence people point out that this romney is just a businessman from an unloved minority sect.
我們的情報(bào)人員說(shuō)，這位羅姆尼先生僅僅是個(gè)商人，還信奉一個(gè)不受待見的少數(shù)教派。

3.vantage n.優(yōu)勢(shì)，有利地位

And, from his vantage point as france's electoral weathervane, who does the mayor think will win?
那么，從他身具法國(guó)大選風(fēng)向標(biāo)的優(yōu)勢(shì)出發(fā)，這位市長(zhǎng)到底認(rèn)為誰(shuí)會(huì)贏呢？

Yet from today's global vantage point, we have undoubtedly all had too much of this good thing.
不過(guò)，從當(dāng)前的全球優(yōu)勢(shì)地位看，對(duì)這件好事，我們無(wú)疑都受夠了。

4.alloy n.合金

The metal in question is an alloy of iron and nickel.
所謂金屬其實(shí)是鐵與鎳的一種合金。

Specifically, the alloy goes from being non-magnetic to highly magnetized.
具體來(lái)說(shuō)，就是合金從非磁性變成強(qiáng)磁性。