[scode type="green"]dissent[/scode]
音标：
/dɪ'sent/
英文释义：
①Dissent is strong disagreement or dissatisfaction with a decision or opinion, especially one that is supported by most people or by people in authority.【n.(尤指与多数人或权威人士的)意见不一致,意见分歧】
②If you dissent, you express disagreement with a decision or opinion, especially one that is supported by most people or by people in authority.【v.不同意，持异议(尤指与多数人或权威人士支持的观点、决定相左)】
例句：
①He is the toughest military ruler yet and has responded harshly to any dissent.
他是迄今最强硬的军事统治者，对任何异议都一律进行打压。
②I made a gesture of dissent .
我做了个表示不同意的手势。
③No one dissents from the decision to unify.
没有人反对统一的决定。
“dissent”是外刊中的一个老熟人。
《经济学人》一篇关于死刑是否应该被废止的文章 Final throes 出现了这个表达：
《经济学人》一篇关于中国共产党成立一百周年的文章 Seizing the moment, cautiously 也出现了这个表达：
[scode type="green"]close a gap/chasm
缩小差距[/scode]
英英释义：
To reduce the very big difference that separates one person or group from another.
这个短语也是外刊中的一个高频表达：
例如《经济学人》一篇关于城市与乡村的文章 Homecoming 也出现了这两个表达：
“chasm”这个词可能有同学不认识，其实它表示 (事物或团体间的)显著差距，巨大分歧 /'kæz(ə)m/
【 If you say that there is a chasm between two things or between two groups of people, you mean that there is a very large difference between them.】
“chasm”一般常见的搭配是“the chasm between the poor and rich”
