2017-12-05 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是inadequate. Inadequate 形容词，不充分的。Texas Governor Greg Abbott criticized the Trump administration's $44 billion disaster relief request to Congress as “co

2017-12-04 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 child labor. Child labor童工。World leaders pledged two years ago to end child labor by 2025. 国际领导人两年前承诺，要在2025年以前结束童工的存在。然而，A new UN

2017-12-01 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 disclose. Disclose动词，意思是公布，公开。Online payment company Paypal was given 45 days to hand over information about its Canadian account holders to the Cana

2017-11-30 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 insider. Insider圈内人。U.S. Senator John McCain warned President Trump against nominating more defense industry insiders to top Pentagon posts. 美国联邦参议员麦

2017-11-29 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 house arrest. House arrest 软禁。Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe made his first public appearance at a graduation ceremony since the military placed him unde

2017-11-28 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 government-funded. Government-funded 政府资助的。Russia warned nine U. S. government-funded news operations that they would probably be designated “foreign agen

2017-11-27 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 mistrial. Mistrial 无效审判。The corruption case against New Jersey's senator Bob Menendez ended in a mistrial after jurors reached a hopeless deadlock. 由于陪审

2017-11-24 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 lash out. To lash out 有猛烈抨击的意思。North Korea lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him “a destroyer” of peace who “begged for nuclear war”

2017-11-23 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 political motivation. Political motivation 政治动机。An attorney for the man who assaulted U.S. Senator Rand Paul said there was no political motivation behind t

2017-11-22 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 extravaganza. Extravaganza 名词，有盛会，盛典的意思。Alibaba's annual 11.11 shopping extravaganza broke last year's record just past midday. 阿里巴巴一年一度的

2017-11-21 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 stockpile. Stockpile 做为动词，有储备的意思。Pope Francis is urging countries not to stockpile nuclear weapons, even for the purpose of deterrence. 罗马天主教宗方

2017-11-20 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 tax haven. Tax haven 避税地，避税港。EU members discussed plans for a tax haven blacklist after the release of the so-called “Paradise Papers”. 所谓的“天堂文件

2017-11-17 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 cut ties with. To cut ties with 意思是切断联系，断绝关系。Netflix cut ties with Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey amid a growing number of allegations of sexual h

2017-11-16 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 unionize. To unionize 动词，是成立工会，加入工会的意思。A group of Georgetown University graduate students are asking the president of Georgetown to support thei

2017-11-15 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 leeway. Leeway 作为名词，有余地的意思。A leaked internal email shows that Twitter plans to tighten rules on its platform and give its reviewers more leeway to re

2017-11-14 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 fentanyl. Fentanyl 芬太尼。U.S. President Trump said he would raise the issue of “the flood of cheap and deadly fentanyl” when he meets Chinese President Xi Ji

2017-11-13 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 designate. Designate 动词，有指定的意思。The United States is considering designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. 美国正在考虑将朝鲜定为支持恐怖

2017-11-10 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 dual citizenship. Dual citizenship 双重国籍。Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was removed from office because of his dual citizenship. 澳大利亚副

2017-11-09 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 dysfunctional. Dysfunctional 形容词，存在功能障碍的，运转失灵的。A new poll finds that nearly 6 out of 10 Americans say the U.S. political system is more dysfunc

2017-11-08 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 clause. Clause 名词，有条款的意思。美国国会要求对一家小公司是如何获得波多黎各电力修复合同一事展开调查。The contract offers pay rates five times higher than what

2017-11-07 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 vetting. Vetting 名词，意思是审查。The Trump administration has allowed refugee admissions to resume, but with more vetting and screening procedures. 川普政府允许

2017-11-06 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 grand jury. Grand jury 大陪审团。A U.S. federal grand jury has approved the first charges in an investigation of Russian influence on U.S. elections. 一个美国大陪

2017-11-03 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 dependence. Dependence 名词，有依赖的意思。Saudi Arabia announced a $500 billion plan to build a business and industrial zone, seeking to reduce its dependence o

2017-11-02 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 escalate. Escalate 动词，有增加，升级的意思。The feud between President Trump and Senator Bob Corker escalated over Trump's tax cut plan. 美国总统川普和参议员科

2017-11-01 所属栏目:学个词 Learn A Word

今天我们要学的词是 displaced. Displaced 形容词，无家可归的，颠沛流离的。According to the UN refugee agency, there are about 3.9 million internally displaced people in the Democrati