2019-01-02 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 vaping.
vaping 源自vapor，蒸汽。vaping 则是指吸入或呼出电子烟或类似产品。 A government study found a dramatic rise in vaping among children causing federal offi

2019-01-02 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 intruder.
intruder 的意思是侵入者，不速之客。When drones buzzing over the runway forced London's busy Gatwick Airport to shut down, many travelers wondered why

2018-12-28 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 hackle.
hackle 指动物脖子或背部的毛。hackles up，毛发倒竖，发怒了。Would a fuel tax get Americans' hackles up, as it has in France? 燃油税会让美国人像法国人那样

2018-12-27 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 outbreak.
outbreak 的意思是爆发、突发，特别是指疾病、骚乱、战争等不好的事情。U.S. regulators are investigating and issuing advice about a rising number of food-

2018-12-26 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 refrain.
refrain 的意思是避免、节制。President Trump has been publicly calling on the Federal Reserve to refrain from raising interest rates. 特朗普总统一直公开

2018-12-25 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 roll out.
roll out 的意思是推出、出台，特别是首次推出。China is rolling out a nationwide initiative to help private business owners but some question whether it

2018-12-24 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 erode.
erode 的意思是侵蚀、腐蚀。China, Canada and the EU all back the Paris accord which the U.S. decided to withdraw from, but they also face local pressures

2018-12-21 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 defuse.
defuse 的原意是拆除雷管，引申出来就是化解，化险为夷。 French President Macron's plan to defuse antigovernment protests with tax cuts is set to blow out

2018-12-20 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 rout.
rout 作为名词，是指溃败、败退，常常用于形容市场表现。U.S. stock markets spent most of the week deep in the red in an across-the-board rout triggered by th

2018-12-19 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 concoct.
concoct 通常指食品、饮料的调制、配制。Beijing has banned nearly 40 new fentanyl-like painkillers, but opioid chemists there can still concoct new narco

2018-12-18 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 disarray.
disarray 的意思是杂乱无章，特别指原计划被打乱。
British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed a critical parliamentary vote on her government's Brexit b

2018-12-17 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 rescind.
rescind 的意思是撤销，废止。French President Macron officially “abandoned” his proposed “fuel tax”, with government officials confirming the leader

2018-12-14 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 lenient.
lenient 是指处罚或判决的宽大处理、从轻发落。
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team recommended a lenient sentence for former National Security Adviso

2018-12-13 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 revert.
revert 的意思是还原，复原。U.S. President Donald Trump said that if a trade deal with China was possible, it would get done, but if the two sides could n

2018-12-12 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 implication.
Implication 的意思是没有明说的，暗指的。 The World Health Organization is creating a panel to study the implications of gene editing after a Chines

2018-12-11 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 underpin.
underpin 的意思是支撑，尤其指一个看法、论点得以成立的基础。 Environmental analysts warned that wilder weather and rising sea levels could “underpin a

2018-12-10 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 foretell.
foretell 的意思是预言，预示。President Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires could foretell whether the US and China are des

2018-12-07 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是runoff.
runoff 是指竞选无法分出胜负的情况下进行的决选。
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith wins the Mississippi Senate runoff vote in an election that critics say was

2018-12-06 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 snap up.
snap up 是快速得到、抢先拿到的意思。 Italian Film Director Bernardo Bertolucci was the only Italian to win the Oscar for best film, snapping up the awa

2018-12-05 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 swath.
swath 用作名词的意思是大片的。Swaths of eastern China were choked by heavy smog on Tuesday, bringing travel chaos to the region's roads and airports. 中

2018-12-04 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 hindrance.
hindrance 的意思是阻力，障碍。The U.S. said it will scale back military exercises with South Korea next year, so the war games are not a hindrance to

2018-12-04 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 rev up.
rev 用作动词是指引擎转速加快，常常和up连用，意思就是加速。Italy's big budget, intended to rev up the economy and help businesses, is instead likely to

2018-11-30 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 concede.
concede 的意思是承认，认输。The Senate race in Florida came to a conclusion as Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson conceded after a hand recount gave Repu

2018-11-29 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 wean.
Wean 的意思是断奶，断绝。Fuel taxes are part of president Macron's strategy of weaning France off fossil fuels. 税收是马克龙希望法国摆脱石化燃料战略的一部

2018-11-28 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 punctuate.
punctuate 的原意是加标点，引申出来就是打断，间断的意思。
The two-day APEC summit was punctuated by bitter arguments and underlined a rising rivalry