虽然反对声音极多，百分之七十三的市民认为星期二的游行无法阻止立法。    Despite the groundswell of opposition， 73 per cent predicted the protest on Tuesday will have little bearing on the passage of the laws.

虽然经济困难，公共财政面临重重压力，但我们投资教育的决心丝毫未变。    Despite the pressure of economic downturn on public finances， our resolve to invest in education is unshaken.

暴君    despot

专制统治    despotic rule

不利于公务员稳定性    destabilise the civil service

赤贫    destitute

捣毁/推翻塔利班政权    destroy the Taleban

毁灭所有资本主义的象征    destroying every vestige of a market economy

破坏司法独立和法治    destroying judicial independence and the rule of law

支队、分遣部队    detachment

今日正式公布协议内容。    Details of the deal will be spelled out today.

扣留    detain

在早期发现癌症    detect the cancer at an early stage

侦测到冯女士的胎儿有异动    detected abnormal

破案难度    detection difficulties

阻止贿选    deter corruption

吓跑外资    deter foreign investment

阻吓物    deterant

止刊登相关广告，否则等同欺骗    determined health

确定难民身份    determining refugee status

引爆炸弹    detonate the device

底特律    Detroit

美元贬值    devaluation of the greenback

被他的死讯吓坏    devastated by his death

推动公关活动    develop a public-relations campaign

开发西伯利亚油田    develop a Siberian oilfield

传媒要注重社会责任    develop a socially responsible media

培养独立思考和批判思考    develop independent and critical thinking

发展核武    develop nuclear weapons

建立自信及健康的自我观念    develop self-confidence and a healthy self-concept

制作教材套    develop teaching kits

研发治疗方法    develop treatments

出现并发症    developed complications

（疾病）产生抗药性    developed immunity to

地产商昨天促请政府不要再干预市场，但行政长官坚称政府有决心稳定楼市。    Developers yesterday asked the government not to intervene again in the market， but Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa said the administration was determined to maintain stability in the sector.

患乳癌    developing breast cancer

发展化学武器    developing chemical weapons

开发珠三角西部    developing the western part of the PRD

虔诚的    devout

回教里的一种诵经，诵读神的九十九种名字    dhikr

糖尿病    diabetes

诊断    diagnose （vt）/diagnosis （n）；