Invalid (pp. & pt. invalided)
adj.無(wú)效的；不能成立的；有病的；病人用的
vt.使傷殘；使退役；失去健康
n.病人，病號(hào)；殘廢者；傷病軍人
vi.變得病弱；因病而奉命退役

I hate being treated as an invalid.
我討厭被人當(dāng)作傷病號(hào)對(duì)待。
The trial was stopped and the results declared invalid...
審判被中止，判決結(jié)果被宣布無(wú)效。
We think that those arguments are rendered invalid by the hard facts on the ground.
我們認(rèn)為那些論點(diǎn)當(dāng)場(chǎng)即被確鑿的事實(shí)駁倒了。
The invalidity of the marriage ceremony.
結(jié)婚儀式無(wú)效

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Comparable
adj.可比較的；比得上的

Farmers were meant to get an income comparable to that of townspeople...
農(nóng)民的收入本應(yīng)該與城里人的收入相當(dāng)。
The rises are the result of a comparability study.
上調(diào)是基于一項(xiàng)可比性研究作出的。
In other comparable countries real wages increased much more rapidly...
在其他具有可比性的國(guó)家，實(shí)際工資上漲更快。
The result is a lack of comparability between the accounts of similar companies.
結(jié)果是同類公司的賬目之間缺乏可比性。

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Resort to
v.訴諸于，采?。粦{藉；乞靈；動(dòng)用

Lacking legal shelter, they resort to professional norms.
在缺乏法律保護(hù)的情況下，他們?cè)V諸于職業(yè)規(guī)范。
The state can easily resort to coercion to deal with violent protest.
政府可以輕而易舉地采取高壓手段，來(lái)鎮(zhèn)壓暴力抗議。

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Nominate (pp. & pt. nominated)
vt.提名…為候選人；任命；挑選；指定（時(shí)間、日期、名稱等）

Under party rules each candidate has to be nominated by 55 Labour MPs...
根據(jù)黨章，每個(gè)候選人必須得到55名工黨下院議員的提名。
The EU would nominate two members to the committee...
歐盟將為該委員會(huì)指定兩名成員。
Practically every movie he made was nominated for an Oscar.
他執(zhí)導(dǎo)的影片幾乎每部都獲得過(guò)奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)提名。

劇情百科

即使一個(gè)人罪大惡極，也是要將其繩之于法，而不是由個(gè)人去做出決定。Jonathan Small，此次兇案的主謀，被仇恨蒙蔽雙眼，心理扭曲的復(fù)仇者，而且擁有過(guò)人智慧與膽量。不過(guò)，魔高一丈道高一尺，他終究還是在Sherlock面前原形畢露，而Sherlock也順利將其捉拿。讓John的婚禮毫無(wú)意外的進(jìn)行。

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Musical _____ was conceived for the C major scale and each line and space represents a note in this scale.
五線譜以C大音階構(gòu)成，每一個(gè)線和間代表這個(gè)音階的音符。
2.Brazil _____ _____ _____ good roads and railways; some ofchina's will attract too little traffic.
巴西缺少良好的公路和鐵路，而中國(guó)的一些路則少有通行。

A:本期答案見(jiàn)下期
上期答案：

1.There's really a lack of proficiency in the game.
足球比賽缺乏一種熟練和精妙。
2.Deliver your words like a flow of water. Speak to the point, be clear and maintain continuity.
你的話語(yǔ)要像流水一樣順暢，語(yǔ)言要中肯、簡(jiǎn)潔，并保持連貫性。