precede
vt. 在aa......之前
eg. The eldest prince precedes all men except the king.
大太子位于皇上之下萬人之上。

subsequently
adv. 隨后
eg. Subsequently I form a very bad impression of them.
后來，他們給了我很不好的印象。

hastily
adv. 匆忙地
eg. The child was hastily dispatched out to school.
這孩子被匆忙打發到學校去了。

scribbled
adj. 潦草寫成的
eg. For this act of insolence, he was sent to the stands, symbolically imprisoned behind bars, as he scribbled notes to his bench.
因為這次無禮的舉動，他被送上了看臺，象征性地被“監禁”了，他草草地寫了幾張紙條給替補隊員。

smuggle
vt. 偷運
eg. Bolivia has arrested three other police officers suspected of helping him smuggle cocaine to the US.
玻利維亞還逮捕了其他三名涉嫌幫助他向美國走私可卡因的警察。

totalitarian
adj. 極權主義的
eg. Almost all government adopt totalitarian measures in time of war.
幾乎所有的政府在戰時都采取極權主義的措施。

regime
n. 政權
eg. The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
獨裁者取締批評他政權的報刊書籍。

testimony
n. 證詞，證據
eg. The witness disaffirmed her former testimony.
證人推翻了她原來的證詞。

torture
n. 折磨；拷問
eg. The secret police tortured him to obtain information.
秘密警察拷問他以獲取情報。

execution
n. 處決；死刑
eg. Then three were tied to the pillar for execution.
接著有三個人被捆在刑柱上準備行刑。

kidnapping
n. 綁架
eg. The kidnapping caused an international incident.
這一綁架事件引起了國際糾紛。

rape
n. 強奸
eg. There is mention of capital penalties for rape.
對強奸有死刑的規定。

displace
vt. 使背井離鄉；取代
eg. Those resources can displace nuclear power.
那些能源能取代核能。

exile
n. 流放
eg. Disagreements exiled her from her family.
意見分歧使她離家出走了。

temerity
n. 冒失；蠻勇
eg. Age looks with anger on the temerity of youth, and youth with contempt on the scrupulosity of age.
老年人對年青人的魯莽十分氣惱， 年輕人瞧不起老年人的顧慮重重。

brutality
n. 暴行
eg. The hostages were subjected to extreme brutality.
那些人質遭受慘無人道的對待。