2019-07-18 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 loophole. 来自总美洲的移民准备登上返国的汽车（资料图）
loophole 的意思是漏洞。 U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Democrat lawmakers to fix the loopholes in t

2019-07-16 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 covet.
covet 的意思是贪图，令人渴望的。 The presidential hopefuls who covet the honor and privilege of being the leader of the U.S. are promising anything to ge

2019-07-12 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 repatriation.
repatriation 的意思是送回本国，遣返。 The US welcomed the decision of the Italian government for the repatriation of a foreign terrorist fighter f

2019-07-11 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 precipice.
precipice 原是指悬崖绝壁，或者危险的境地。 With cellphones becoming more sophisticated, internet becoming faster, and VR headsets becoming cheaper, w

2019-07-10 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 prevalent.
prevalent 的意思是普遍的、广为流行的。 In 1981, Mauritania became the last country in the world to abolish slavery. But the problem is still prevalen

2019-07-09 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 gear up.
gear up 的意思是加紧准备。 Washington is gearing up for another annual celebration of Independence Day at the National Mall that many may find differen

2019-07-08 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 acrimonious.
acrimonious 是形容尖刻的、充满火药味的。 U.S. President Donald Trump will host Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for a meeting that officials in

2019-07-08 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 infuse.
infuse 的意思是注入，浸泡。 A recent video by Project Veritas shows Google employees and internal documents describing methods the company uses to infus

2019-07-05 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 swelter.
swelter 用做动词是指让人酷热难忍。 Most of Europe is set to swelter under an 'intense' heatwave due to a hot air current coming from Africa's Sahara

2019-07-04 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 glimmer.
glimmer 的意思是微弱的亮光。 With U.S. and Chinese leaders set to meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Japan, there is a glimmer of hope that the

2019-07-03 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 skirmish.
skirmish 的意思是冲突，特指局部的、突发性的冲突。 After the trade war erupted this year between the world's two largest economies, the U.S. and China

2019-07-02 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 stoke.
stoke 的意思是添柴加火，鼓动。 The U.S.-China trade war is stoking fears of another steel glut, which has Vietnam's largest steelmaker thinking about pu

2019-06-28 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 dubious.
Dubious 的意思是令人怀疑的、可疑的。 The independent media in Russia are facing tough challenges after authorities in Moscow accused a prominent invest

2019-06-27 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 eradicate.
Eradicate 的意思是消除、根除。 President Trump has promised to cure cancer, eradicate AIDS, and ensure that American astronauts land on Mars if he wi

2019-06-26 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 cease.
cease 的意思是停止。 Beijing has long advocated a “dual suspension” approach, in which North Korea would halt its nuclear and missile activities, while

2019-06-26 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 consummate.
Consummate 用作动词的意思是完成。 The Mexican government is cracking down on Central American immigrants to consummate a deal with the US to stop ta

2019-06-24 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 extortion.
Extortion 的意思是敲诈、勒索。 The United States says the world should not yield to nuclear extortion by Iran after Tehran announced that its uran

2019-06-21 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 nuanced.
nuance 是指声音、表情、外貌等的细微差别。它的形容词形式 nuanced就是细致入微的意思。Amid unpredictable actors, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell mus

2019-06-20 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 tout.
tout 的原意是兜售，引申出来是指为了提高销售额、知名度等而大作广告、宣传。 U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are

2019-06-19 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 apolitical.
apolitical 的意思是远离政治的，与政治无关的。 Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan told U.S. military personnel to remain apolitical at all times in

2019-06-18 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 divest.
divest与invest，投资，相对应，意思是撤资。 Officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, have voted to divest the city's operating budget investments from any

2019-06-17 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 paradigm.
paradigm 的意思是模式、范例。The legislative and administrative restrictions on transfer of technology set out a new paradigm for US-China relations th

2019-05-31 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 hamper.
hamper 的意思是阻碍，妨碍。 U.S. Attorney General William Barr took aim at the broad judicial power, arguing that federal judges who have issued the nati

2019-05-30 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 bevy.
bevy 是个量词，指一群，一堆，特别是相似的人或事。Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson pushed back against a bevy of criticism from Demo

2019-05-29 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 reticence.
reticence 的意思是沉默寡言，不愿流露的。 Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has expressed reticence to him testifying publicly in front of the Hou