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The New York Times: As nations severed air links from southern Africa amid fears of another global surge of the coronavirus, scientists scrambled on Sunday to gather data on the new Omicron variant, its capabilities and — perhaps most important — how effectively the current vaccines will protect against it.

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1 sever [ˈsevər]

切断；切掉

2 severance pay[ˈsevərəns peɪ]

离职补偿金

3 severance package[ˈsevərəns ˈpækɪdʒ]

离职补偿金；遣散费

4 surge [sɜːrdʒ]

激增；猛增

5 coronavirus [kəˈroʊnəvaɪrəs]

冠状病毒

6 scramble [ˈskræmbl]

匆忙做…

7 variant [ˈveriənt]

变种

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