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4. confirmed by consent, approval, or formal sanction (=authoritative permission 制裁)
6. with the protection or support of someone or something, esp. an organisation
9. a reminder
12. to make a legal agreement or decision have no legal force
13. continuing in a severe or extreme way
15. the parts, substances, etc that something is made of
17. the set of political principles by which a state or organisation is governed, esp. in relation to the right of the people it governs

1. something that makes it easier to make a change from one situation to another
2. to say something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it
3. to take something such as a place or force, after losing possession of it
5. in the US, an election in which people choose who will represent a particular party in an election for a political office.
7. to vote
8. the fixed period of something that lasts for.
10. dishonest, illegal
11. delay, to push back
14. lasting a long time
16. to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently