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万人之上。

subsequently
adv. 随后
eg. Subsequently I form a very bad impression of them.
后来，他们给了我很不好的印象。

hastily
adv. 匆忙地
eg. The child was hastily dispatched out to school.
这孩子被匆忙打发到学校去了。

scribbled
adj. 潦草写成的
eg. For this act of insolence, he was sent to the stands, symbolically imprisoned behind bars, as he scribbled notes to his bench.
因为这次无礼的举动，他被送上了看台，象征性地被“监禁”了，他草草地写了几张纸条给替补队员。

smuggle
vt. 偷运
eg. Bolivia has arrested three other police officers suspected of helping him smuggle cocaine to the US.
玻利维亚还逮捕了其他三名涉嫌帮助他向美国走私可卡因的警察。

totalitarian
adj. 极权主义的
eg. Almost all government adopt totalitarian measures in time of war.
几乎所有的政府在战时都采取极权主义的措施。

regime
n. 政权
eg. The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
独裁者取缔批评他政权的报刊书籍。

testimony
n. 证词，证据
eg. The witness disaffirmed her former testimony.
证人推翻了她原来的证词。

torture
n. 折磨；拷问
eg. The secret police tortured him to obtain information.
秘密警察拷问他以获取情报。

execution
n. 处决；死刑
eg. Then three were tied to the pillar for execution.
接着有三个人被捆在刑柱上准备行刑。

kidnapping
n. 绑架
eg. The kidnapping caused an international incident.
这一绑架事件引起了国际纠纷。

rape
n. 强奸
eg. There is mention of capital penalties for rape.
对强奸有死刑的规定。

displace
vt. 使背井离乡；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.
意见分歧使她离家出走了。

temerity
n. 冒失；蛮勇
eg. Age looks with anger on the temerity of youth, and youth with contempt on the scrupulosity of age.
老年人对年青人的鲁莽十分气恼， 年轻人瞧不起老年人的顾虑重重。

brutality
n. 暴行
eg. The hostages were subjected to extreme brutality.
那些人质遭受惨无人道的对待。