1.

stature n.

Someone's stature is their height. 身高 e.g. I hope that despite my short stature, the microphone is able to pick me up. 2.

altruistic

adj

. If your behaviour or motives are altruistic, you show concern for the happiness and welfare of other people rather than for yourself. 利他的 e.g. It would make sense that it would be to further your nation's interests, be that security or the safety of your citizens or possibly for more altruistic reasons, to liberate oppressed people. 3.

subjugation

n

. If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war. 征服 e.g. The subjugation of women has been reinstituted. 4.

breeding ground

n

. If you refer to a situation or place as a breeding ground for something bad such as crime, you mean that this thing can easily develop in that situation or place. (罪惡等)滋生的土壤; 溫床 e.g. Yet all we did was destabilized an already fractured region creating a breeding ground for terrorism. 5.

spore n.

Spores are cells produced by bacteria and fungi which can develop into new bacteria or fungi. 孢子 e.g. We released the spores from which the Islamic state grew. 6.

multilateral adj.

Multilateral means involving at least three different groups of people or nations. 多邊的; 多國的 e.g. Moreover, the influence of multilateral organizations render such diplomacy and negotiation far more effective than military solutions in our modern world. 7.

avenue n.

e.g. These institutions are going to be the first avenues for conflict resolution.

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conjure v.

e.g. The images it conjures of heroism, bravery, comradery and honor are all appealing.

9.

discretion

If someone in a position of authority uses their discretion or has the discretion to do something in a particular situation, they have the freedom and authority to decide what to do. 酌情決定權(quán)

e.g. Now I shall leave it up to the discretion of members of the house for whether thses comments are mistakes.

10.

lay down one's life

The meaning of LAY DOWN ONE'S LIFE is to give up one's life for a good purpose : to die for a good cause. 犧牲

e.g. Thousands of men and women went to war with many laying down their lives for a cause they believed in.

11. analogous adj.

If one thing is analogous to another, the two things are similar in some way. 類似的

e.g. It will be a situation analogous to the scenario of lions led by donkeys to slaughter.

12.

cannon fodder 炮灰

Soldiers regarded merely as material to be expended in war.

e.g.Like the mere cannon fodder that we witnessed in the First World War.

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rationale n.

The rationale for a course of action, practice, or belief is the set of reasons on which it is based. 全部理由; 根本原因 e.g. We must interrogate the rationales and exhaust intelligently the diplomatic routes before we rush headlong into war. 14.

take a hard look

to examine something very carefully in order to improve it in the future e.g. We ought to take a hard look at ourselves as a country.