英语听力精选进阶版 12403

 

Power List Deliberations 06 Feb 13

Tue, 12 Feb 13

Over the past couple of months Eve Pollard and her team of judges – Priti Patel MP, Val McDermid, Dawn O’Porter, Baroness¹ Oona King and the former Woman’s Hour editor, Jill Burridge, have been making their decisions. Here is a selection of their deliberations as they debated the relative influence of some of the women you nominated, an they wrestle² with defining what power is.

1 baroness   

n.男爵夫人，女男爵

参考例句：

• I'm sure the Baroness will be able to make things fine for you.我相信男爵夫人能够把家里的事替你安排妥当的。
• The baroness,who had signed,returned the pen to the notary.男爵夫人这时已签过字，把笔交回给律师。

2 wrestle   

vi.摔跤，角力；搏斗；全力对付

参考例句：

• He taught his little brother how to wrestle.他教他小弟弟如何摔跤。
• We have to wrestle with difficulties.我们必须同困难作斗争。