英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 44

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In This EditionVoting gets underway in Ukraine's Crimea region in a contentious¹ referendum on whether to split off and seek annexation² by Russia.

Russia vetoes a UN resolution that declares Crimea's referendum illegal in the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.

And Malaysia Airlines has stopped informing relatives of the passengers on the missing plane about the progress of the investigation³ after it became a criminal probe.

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1 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

2 annexation   

n.吞并，合并

参考例句：

• He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
• I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题，完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。