A crisis does not always appear to a policymaker as a series of dramatic events. Usually it imposes itself as an exhausting agenda of petty chores demanding both concentration and endurance.
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n. 危机;危难时刻;决定性时刻，紧要关头;转折点;
💡 cris判断，分辨+is→需要作出判断的时刻→危机时刻
"The minister air-dashed to Delhi because of the parliamentary crisis."
部长因议会危机立刻起程飞往德里。
近义：urgency, crunch, emergency, eventuality, juncture
vi. 出现，显现;出庭，出场;演出;发表;
💡 ap一再+pear看见→出现，显露
"She didn't appear at all surprised at the news."
她听到这消息时一点也没有显得吃惊。
近义：arise, materialize, surface, emerge, look, seem
反义：vanish, evanesce, evanish, fade
n. 系列，连续;串联;（广播或电视上题材或角色相同的）系列节目;级数;
💡 ser(join)+ies(名词后缀)→连续；系列；丛书
"a series of racist attacks"
一连串的种族袭击行为
近义：array, procession, sequence, sequency, string, succession
adj. 戏剧的，戏剧性的;引人注目的;激动人心的;
💡 drama戏剧+tic....的 →戏剧性的
"The mountains provided a dramatic backdrop for our picnic."
群山如画，给我们的野餐平添景色。
近义：impressive, lurid, awesome, sensational, spectacular, stirring
反义：kindly, assenting, manageable, sociable, tractable, yielding
adv. 通常，经常，平常，惯常地;一直，向来;动不动，一般;素;
💡 usual通常的+ly副词后缀→通常地，惯常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. 议事日程;待议诸事项一览表;日常工作事项;议程（ agendum的名词复数）;
💡 ag做，代理做+enda表示复数→做的事情→议事日程
"The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget."
议程表上的下一项是宣传预算。
近义：plan, program, programme, schedule, timetable, docket