2019-02-11 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 levy. Levy is spelled l-e-v-y, levy. Levy 的意思是征收罚款、税款。Google was fined 50 million euros by a French regulator, the biggest penalty levied yet under a

2019-02-01 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 mayhem. Mayhem is spelled m-a-y-h-e-m, mayhem. Mayhem 的意思是混乱状态。French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to take back control of his nation after weeks

2019-02-01 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 sputter. Sputter is spelled s-p-u-t-t-e-r-, sputter. Sputter 可以用来形容喷溅声、噼啪声，也指放缓、勉强进行。After tax cuts, rising incomes and buoyant stock mar

2019-02-01 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 biennial.
Biennial 的意思是两年一次的。North Korea is no longer South Korea's “enemy,” though Pyongyang's nuclear program still poses a security threat, acc

2019-02-01 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 sprout.
Sprout 的意思是发芽。Cotton seeds carried to the moon by a Chinese probe have sprouted, marking what could be the first plant to ever grow there, accord

2019-01-30 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 unrivaled.
unrivaled 的意思是无敌的，无以伦比的。Declaring that space is the new warfighting domain, President Donald Trump vowed the U.S. will develop an unriv

2019-01-29 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 discern.
Discern 的意思是识别、辨别、发现。Over the years, outside analysts have closely followed visits by North Korean leaders to factories, farms and militar

2019-01-28 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 lethal.
lethal 的意思是致命的、有杀伤力的。US Military analysts are increasingly concerned about North Korea's “advanced, underestimated and highly lethal” bi

2019-01-25 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 setback.
setback 的意思是挫折、挫败。The British Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposed Brexit deal on Tuesday, delivering a setback for U.K. Prime Minis

2019-01-24 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 allay.
Allay 的意思是缓和、缓冲。The new U.S. cyber-strategy seeks to allay some national security concerns by promoting responsible behavior in cyberspace and

2019-01-23 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 arcade.
Arcade 的原意是拱廊，常指带拱廊通道的商业街，也专指付费打游戏机的店面。 As teachers in the U.S. are increasingly using apps, websites and software that

2019-01-22 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 stalemate.
Stalemate 来自国际象棋中双方无子可动、不分胜负的逼和状态，引申出来就是相持不下、僵局。Trump's demand that $5.7 billion be provided for his long-prom

2019-01-21 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 coax.
Coax 的意思是以花言巧语诱导、劝说。Japan's government is coaxing more women into the workforce by encouraging flexible hours and broadening day-care opti

2019-01-18 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 beef up.
Beef是牛肉，用作动词to beef up的时候是加强、增强。The Mexican government announced its plan recently to beef up security along the nation's southern b

2019-01-17 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 slew.
Slew的常用法是 a slew of，指一大堆、一系列的。US State Department officials have reportedly held a slew of meetings with their North Korean counterparts i

2019-01-16 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 resolute.
resolute 的意思是下定决心，坚决的。Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned that the United States “must be resolute and unambiguous” in its a

2019-01-15 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 deluge.
deluge 来自法语，原意是洪水泛滥，引申出来是大量的、过多的。A larger-than-usual deluge of Democratic Party contenders eying the 2020 election is expected

2019-01-15 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 abdicate.
abdicate 的意思是退位，放弃责任。At age 85, Japan's Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate the throne this year with relief that his reign is ending with

2019-01-11 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 avert.
avert 的意思是避免，转移（视线）。China's factory activity shrank in December for the first time in more than two years, intensifying pressure on Beijin

2019-01-10 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 myriad.
myriad 的意思是无数的、众多的，五花八门。Russian President Vladimir Putin has told U.S. President Donald Trump in a New Year's letter that the Kremlin

2019-01-09 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 bilateral.
bilateral 是指两国间的，双边的、双向的。China denounced the United States for passing the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act and warned that the new law

2019-01-09 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 tactic.
tactic 的意思策略、战术。North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warns that the current tactics to show goodwill towards the United States could end if Washingt

2019-01-07 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 consensus.
consensus 的意思是共识，达成一致。Chinese state media quoted President Xi Jinping as saying that teams from both China and the U.S. have been working

2019-01-04 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 undue.
undue 的意思是过分的，过度的。Singapore's universities tend to place undue emphasis on journal-friendly research that helps them climb international ran

2019-01-02 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 coercion.
coercion 的意思是强迫、强制。Mexico's new administration plans to discourage emigration not by coercion, but by creating jobs in Mexico. 墨西哥新政府