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Question 1

synopsis

Answer 1

The ceremony also included a brief synopsis of the February 7th event at which the Scientific and Technical Achievement awards were bestowed.
颁奖典礼上还包括简要概述了2月7日授予的科学技术成就奖。

Question 2

disavow

Answer 2

Now in opposition, but hoping this year to defeat Mrs Merkel, who replaced Mr Schröder as chancellor, the SPD cannot exactly disavow its own reform.
现在是反对党的社会民主党，希望今年能够打败默克尔女士—她曾经把施罗德先生赶下台成为总理，不能完全推翻自己提出的改革方案。

Question 3

germinate

Answer 3

They might germinate and bear fruit if they could.

它们也许会生根发芽，还可能结出果子来。

Question 4

languish

Answer 4

Again, it was the very size of this project that got it into print, as smaller studies languished.
与公司的研究相似，使得这项研究得以发表的是它的规模。同时，规模更小的此类研究无所进展。

But the bill languished in Illinois’s house for months.
但是该法案在伊利诺伊州众议院搁置了数月之久。