Polical words

climate talks ：气候大会

• 1.He urged US representatives at UN climate talks in Copenhagen to produce more than just hot air.

• 2.High in the agenda of both politics was the upcoming UN climate talks in Copenhagen，where China will play a make-or-break role.
• 3.The meeting in the city of Tianjin was seen as a stepping stone to the major UN climate talks in Copenhagen later this year.

overrun ：If an event or meeting overruns by, for example, ten minutes, it continues for ten minutes longer than it was intended to.

• 1.The negotiation has overrun by two hours.
• 2.The interview overran by 15 minutes.
• 3.The speaker overran his time by two minutes.

deadlock ：If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.

• 1.The negotiation reached a deadlock after two hours.

• 2.We have to make a minor compromise in order to break the deadlock.
• 3.The summit is been in deadlock = The summit comes to a deadlock

stalled over：come to deadlock

• 1.Talks have stalled over disagreements.
• 2.Talks had stalled over a divide on major issues.
• 3.The discussions have stalled over demands that all nations put new climate plants in place by the end of 2020.

contentious ：A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.

• 1.Sanctions are expected to be among the most contentious issues.
• 2.The contentious issue is compensation for developing countries affected by climate change.
• 3.There is a contentious clause in the treaty.

wake up ：If something such as an activity wakes you up, it makes you more alert and ready to do things after you have been lazy or inactive.

• 1.Leaders are failing to wake up to the urgent need for action.
• 2.He hasn’t yet woken up to the seriousness of the situation.
• 3.There is a growing trend that people wake up to the importance of protecting environment.

condemn ：If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.

• 1.The government issued a statement condemning the killings.
• 2.The spokensman condemned the United States policy switch.
• 3.Those people should be condemned for their bad actions.

citizenship ：If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.

• 1.They are going to take my citizenship away.
• 2.Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.
• 3.The government is going to give citizenship to Musilims.

detain ：When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.

• 1.The protestors have been detained by the local police.
• 2.according to law,public security organs have the authority to detain the mob.
• 3.These students were detained after a night of violent protest.

chancellor ：The head of some American universities is called the Chancellor

• 1.The chancellor is a man of caution.
• 2.MPs wait for the chancellor’s announcement.
• 3.The universitie’s chancellor condemned Sunday’s police action.

escalation ：If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity.

• 1.The escalation comes as there are concerns over the new law.
• 2.The threat of nuclear escalation remains.
• 3.But the two actions marked a big escalation of the traditional hostilitie.

envoy ：An envoy is someone who is sent as a representative from one government or political group to another.

• 1.The envoy to north Korea has dismissed the proposal.
• 2.The president sent a speacial envoy to the peace talks.
• 3.He was not perhaps a ideal envoy.

counterpart ：Someone’s or something’s counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.

• 1.Let me speak directly to our counterpart in China.
• 2.The Foreign Minister held talks with his Chinese counterpart.
• 3.Night is the counterpart of day.

a minute silence ：mourn for one minute

• 1.Chine held a minute silence in the city of Nanjing.

extinguish ：If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it.

• 1.The firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
• 2.You can extinguish a nation，but not love of liberty.
• 3.You can’t extinguish my enthusiasm.

asylum ：If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.

• 1.He apply for asylum in 2006 after fleeing the police back home.
• 2.The right to asylum is under assault.
• 3.France has agreed to his request for political asylum.

sabotage ：If someone sabotages a plan or a meeting, they deliberately prevent it from being successful.

• 1.The chairman of South Korea electronic giant Sumsang has been sentenceed to 18 months for sabotaging labor union activities.
• 2.The chancellor of this universitie try to sabotage the election.
• 3.They try to sabotage my birthday party by getting drunk.

postpone ：If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned.

• 1.The European space agency has postponed the launch of its first mission.
• 2.we have to postpone the meeting.
• 3.He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.

hitch ：A hitch is a slight problem or difficulty which causes a short delay.

• 1.They delayed the mission because of a late technical hitch affecting one of its boosters.
• 2.It was done without a hitch.
• 3.There is a hitch somewhere.

life sentence ：If someone receives a life sentence, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.

• 1.He received a life sentence in 2005 for killing five women.
• 2.He was given life sentence.
• 3.He is serving a life sentence for the attempted attack.

provoke ：If something provokes a reaction, it causes it.

• 1.India supreme cour has refused to suspend the citizenship law that provoked protests across the country.
• 2.His election success has provoked a shocked reaction.
• 3.The destruction of mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.

petition ：A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.

• 1.The India home minister is considering a number of petitions against the law.
• 2.The court rejected their petition.
• 3.She has filed a petition for divorce.

unrest ：If there is unrest in a particular place or society, people are expressing anger and dissatisfaction about something, often by demonstrating or rioting.

• 1.The mayor has promised to implement the law despite the unrest.
• 2.There is growing unrest among students in several major cities.
• 3.Because China could not afford any more unrest.

sweltering ：If you describe the weather as sweltering, you mean that it is extremely hot and makes you feel uncomfortable.

• 1.Australia is sweltering under temperature record.
• 2.We were sweltering at the beach.
• 3.The heat is sweltering.

phase out ：If something is phased out, people gradually stop using it.

• 1.We need to phase out coal mining in Australia.
• 2.I phase out my computer.
• 3.This system should be phased out.

devastation ：Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.

• 1.They struggled to cope with devastation caused by riots，cyclones and earthquake.
• 2.A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to centre of the city.
• 3.There was devastation on every side.

  acronym ：An acronym is a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase, especially when this is used as a name. An example of an acronym is NATO which is made up of the first letters of the ‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization’.

• 1.AIDS is an acronym for “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome”.
• 2.The name is not an acronym.
• 3.Sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging.

  prosecutor ：In some countries, a prosecutor is a lawyer or official who brings charges against someone or tries to prove in a trial that they are guilty.

• 1.I am a prosecutor of International criminal court.
• 2.The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.
• 3.The prosecutor charged treason against the prisoner.

  jurisdiction ：Jurisdiction is the power that a court of law or an official has to carry out legal judgments or to enforce laws.

• 1.she’s asked the court to confirme that the cout has jurisdiction there.
• 2.Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.
• 3.The island has always been under Chinese jurisdiction.This is known to all.

  sack ：If your employers sack you, they tell you that you can no longer work for them because you have done something that they did not like or because your work was not good enough.

• 1.Science teacher James Wood was sacked for slapping a schoolboy.
• 2.The poor old sod got the sack yesterday.
• 3.If you are late again,you will get the sack.

  demote ：If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.

• 1.The judge was demoted for dissent.
• 2.I should demote you frome senior minister to elder.
• 3.Why did mayor demote the official.

  rebellion ：A rebellion is a violent organized action by a large group of people who are trying to change their country’s political system.

• 1.It hopes it will calm a two-year separatist rebellion.
• 2.Too rigid parental control fosters rebellion in child.
• 3.There would be a rebellion in the army.

  lay bare ：to reveal or uncover private information or feelings

• 1.The dispute over this issue is laying bare tensions across Atlantic and within Europe
• 2.The book is an attempt to lay bare the secret of this very powerful political family》
• 3.Large bank credit department’s public figures lay bare the truth the secret.

  indignant ：If you are indignant, you are shocked and angry, because you think that something is unjust or unfair.

• 1.Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman took a indignant line.
• 2.she was very indignant at the way she had been treated
• 3.I was indignant at their mean actions.

  lay bare ：to avoid being hit by (something)

• 1.His aim is to ward off competition for American liquefied natural gas.
• 2.He managed to free one hand to ward off a punch.
• 3.Its ability to ward off disasters is incredible.

  high profile ：used to describe the amount of attention that someone or something is given

• 1.This is one of a number of high-profile blasphemy cases.
• 2.The actor’s high help profile promote the movie.
• 3.The star has a high profile in Britain.