今天我们要学的词是 apprehend。 Apprehend 的一个解释是拘捕、拘押,The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended nearly 400,000 people who were attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 fiscal year. 美国边境巡逻队在2

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 falter. falter 是减弱,动摇,畏缩不前的意思。Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, whose well-funded bid is to unseat GOP Sen. Ted Cruz has faltered in the polls in recent weeks. 得克萨斯州众议员奥罗克竞选资

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今天我们要学的词是 wary. Wary 是小心谨慎,警惕的意思。Celebrated singer and actor Pat Boone noted in a recent interview that conservative stars in Hollywood are wary of publicly discussing their personal politics for fear of publ

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

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 set back those efforts. 意大利巨大

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今天我们要学的词是spike. Spike 作为动词,有猛增的意思。The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that suicide rates rose in nearly every U.S. state from 1999 to 2016, with the rate spiking by more than 30 percent in

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 assassination. Assassination 暗杀。Venezuelan authorities have arrested six people in what President Nicloas Maduro says was an assassination attempt against him. 委内瑞拉有关当局逮捕了6个委内瑞拉总统马

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今天我们要学的词是 covert. Covert 形容词,隐秘的。Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov complained to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the arrest of a Russian woman on allegations of being a covert agent. 俄罗斯外长拉夫

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Common French Words in American English 词汇典故:美式英语中的常用法语单词 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Bonjour! Just kidding. We are speaking English. But today we are featuring French words that we u

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今天我们要学的词是 down syndrome. Down syndrome 唐氏综合症。An 18-month-old baby with Down syndrome has been chosen by baby food maker Gerber as its Spokesbaby for 2018. 一个18个月大患有唐氏综合症的幼儿被美国幼儿食品

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今天我们要学的词是 abaya. Abaya 名词,指宽大的阿拉伯长袍。A senior member of the Saudi Arabian Council of Senior Scholars said Muslim women should dress modestly, but not necessarily in abayas. 沙特阿拉伯高级伊斯兰学者

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今天我们要学的词是gravely。Gravely副词,意思是严重得、严肃得。With three northern white rhinos left in the world, the only male is gravely ill, raising fears the subspecies is getting closer to extinction. 全世界仅剩的三头

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今天我们要学的词是nascent。Nascent形容词,意思是初生的、正在发展中的。The new Governor of Taiwan's Central Bank, Yang Ching-Long stated for the first time that nascent blockchain technology would be included by the Central

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今天我们要学的词是amendment. Amendment 修正案。The National Rifle Association (NRA) is suing the state of Florida for enacting gun control legislation, arguing that it violates the Second Amendment of the Constitution. 美国全国步枪协

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今天我们要学的词是summon. Summon动词,有召见,传唤的意思。The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned envoys of foreign states that expelled Russian diplomats to hand them notes of protest and inform them of Russia's retaliatory measu

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今天我们要学的词是privatize. Privatize 私有化。David Shulkin, who President Donald Trump fired as Veterans Affairs secretary, warned that privatizing Veterans Affairs services could hurt veterans. 被川普总统解除职务的前退伍军

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今天我们要学的词是redraw. Redraw 动词,意思是重新划分。Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's government is seeking parliamentary approval to redraw electoral boundaries. 马来西亚总理拉扎克领导的政府为重新划分选区

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今天我们要学的词是confession. Confession 供认,自白。Police say suspected serial bomber Mark Conditt left behind a 25-minute video confession on his cellphone before killing himself. 警方说,连环爆炸案嫌疑人马克康迪特自

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今天我们要学的词是personally. Personally 亲自地。The FBI's former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe claimed his firing is not just to slander him personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals in general. 前

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今天我们要学的词是bump stock. Bump stock 撞击枪托。The U.S. Department of Justice formally submitted a regulation to ban bump stocks, devices that enables guns to fire like automatic weapons. 美国司法部正式提交一项规定,取缔

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今天我们要学的词是witness. Witness 目击者。British police said that 200 witnesses have been identified in their investigation into a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter. 英国警方说,他们在调查前俄罗斯间谍

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