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Christopher Plante, executive director for the ban [bæn]n. 禁令v. 禁止,取缔 election [i'lekʃ(ə)n]n. 选举
"The same-sex marriage movement is about a small minority of people trying to radically alter the historic definition of marriage to suit their lifestyle," Plante said in a statement. minority [mai'nɔriti, mi-] n. 1 少数, 小部分 2 少数民族, 少数信仰不同的人 radically ['rædikəli]adv. 根本地,完全地 historic [his'tɔrik]adj. 有历史意义的, 历史的 definition[,defi'niʃən] n. 定义, 清晰(度) lifestyle ['laifstail]n. 生活方式, 生活形态 statement ['steitmənt]n. 声明,陈述, 报表
The push to legalize gay marriage has encountered difficulty in encounter [in'kāuntə]n. 意外的相见,遭遇v. 遇到,偶然碰到；遭遇，面临 identify [ai'dentifai]v. 识别,认明,鉴定，认为一致 Roman Catholic['kæθəlik] adj. 天主教会的 Catholic ['kæθəlik] religious leaders宗教领袖 religious [rī'lidʒəs]adj. 宗教的 opposition [ɔpə'zīʃən]n. 反对,敌对；对手；在野党 oppose [ə'pəuz]v. 反对,以...对抗,抗争
"Given the intense lobbying efforts by proponents of gay marriage, no one should be surprised by the findings of this particular poll," the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence said in a written statement. "While there is clearly a lot of work to be done, we will renew our efforts to explain the dignity of marriage as designed by God." effort ['ēfət]n. 努力,努力的成果 lobby ['lɔbi]n. 大厅；休息室，游说议员者v. 游说 proponent [prə'pəunənt] n. (某事业、理论等的)支持者, 拥护者 particular [pə'tīkjulə]n. 个别项目,详细说明adj. 特别的,独有的,挑剔的 diocese ['daiəsi:s]n. 主教教区 Providence ['prɔvidəns]普罗维登斯(美国罗得岛州的首府) renew [ri'nju:] v (使)复原; (使)更新; 赋予新的生命和活力vt. 1 重新开始; 继续 2 补充; 加强 3 延长…的期限 dignity ['digniti] n. 1 庄严, 端庄, 尊严 2 高尚, 尊贵, 高贵 design [di'zain] v 设计vt. 计划，筹划n. 1设计图 2 设计, 布局 3 目的, 打算
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