英语单词积累20230829 English words and vocabs

不积跬步,无以至千里;不积小流,无以成江海。
Without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles; without small streams accumulated, rivers and sea cannot be formed.

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reconnaissance
[N-UNCOUNT]
Reconnaissance is the activity of obtaining military information about a place by sending soldiers or planes there, or by the use of satellites. 侦察、勘测 The helicopter was returning from a reconnaissance mission.
那架直升机执行完一项侦察任务正在返回。
decree
[V-T]
If someone in authority decrees that something must happen, they decide or state this officially. 发布命令 The government decreed that all who wanted to live and work in Kenya must hold Kenyan passports.
政府下令要求所有想在肯尼亚居住和工作的人必须持有肯尼亚护照。
promulgate
[V-T]
If people promulgate a new law or a new idea, they make it widely known. 散布; 传播 The shipping industry promulgated a voluntary code.
航运业对自律守则进行了宣传。
deliberation
[N-PLURAL]
Deliberations are formal discussions where an issue is considered carefully. 审议 Their deliberations were rather inconclusive.
他们的审议没有什么结论。
dissension
[N-UNCOUNT]
Dissension is disagreement and argument. 争辩、意见分歧The tax cut issue has caused dissension among administration officials.
减税议题在政府官员内部引发了争议。
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