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今天我们要学的词underline。Underline, 突显。美国通用汽车公司宣布,冻结美国本土两万六千名员工的工资。 It underlines the difficulties GM is still facing, 这种做法显示了通用汽车公司依然面临的困境
今天我们要学的词是venue。 Venue, 是地点、场所的意思。 The defense lawyer requested a change of venue so that the defendant could get a fair trial, 辩护律师要求更换开庭地点,以便被告得到公正审判。美国前总统
今天我们要学的词是 spillover。Spillover 是外溢,波及的意思。不久前,A UN envoy warned that there is a very real potential for a spillover of violence from Syria to Iraq. 一位联合国特使警告说,叙利亚暴力外溢,影
今天我们要学的词是 diploma。Diploma 毕业证书。college diploma 大学毕业证书。High school diploma 高中毕业证书。The Board of Education in Mount Vernon, Ohio, voted to give a 106-year-old woman her high school diploma. 俄亥俄
今天我们要学的词是part ways。 To part ways, 意思是分开,分道扬镳。 The celebrity couple parted ways recently, 这对明星伴侣最新分手了。 The world No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods parted ways with his swing coach of six years, 世
今天我们要学的词是jack up。 To jack up, 意思是提高。 Insurance company Blue Shield of California plans to jack up its health insurance rates a whopping 59% for individual policyholders this year, 加州蓝盾保险公司今年打算把个
今天我们要学的词是dwindle. Dwindle is spelled d-w-i-n-d-l-e, dwindle. Dwindle是缩减,缩小的意思。Hewlett-Packard may eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers. 惠普公司可能会裁
今天我们要学的词是holdout。 Holdout, 指坚决不肯让步的人。Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas was the last Democratic holdout to agree to a full floor debate on the health care bill in the Senate, 阿肯色州的林肯参议员是最后一个
今天我们要学的词是season。 Season, 大家都知道,season 是季节,春夏秋冬,但是season还可以用来指其他时间段, The holiday season is finally upon us, 节假季节终于到了。 Pennsylvania's deer-hunting season st
今天我们要学的词是friendly. Friendly is spelled f-r-i-e-n-d-l-y, friendly. 大家都知道,friendly是友好的意思,如果把friendly加在另外一个名词后面,意思就是对某人,对某事有利的。比如,eco-friendly 有利
今天我们要学的词是rise to the occasion。 Rise to the occasion, 意思是应对挑战和困境。首发四分位中场受伤后, The backup quarterback rose to the occasion and led the team to victory, 候补四分位临危受命,带领球
今天我们要学的词是write off。Write off, 有取消、勾销债款的意思。负债累累的希腊无法偿还所有贷款, Private banks agreed to write off 50% of Greek debt last week, 上星期,私营银行同意勾销希腊50%的负债
今天我们要学的词是 lifetime. Lifetime 做为形容词,意思是终身的。He is a lifetime member of the club. 他是俱乐部的终身会员。Ellen DeGeneres has been awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the highest U.S. awa
今天我们要学的词是centerpiece。 Centerpiece, 有主要特点的意思。 The governor has made job creation the centerpiece of his tenure, 州长把创造就业做为自己任期内的核心工作。华尔街日报劳资双方不久前达成协
今天我们要学的词是pare. Pare is spelled p-a-r-e; pare. Pare 是削减的意思。美国社交网站Facebook星期五上市,开盘价每股38美元,在第一天的交易中,Facebook pares gains as shares trade at little above the offeri
今天我们要学的词是 flatline. Flatline的意思是停滞不前,可是作名词或者动词。The Bank of England has said it believes the UK economy will flat-line this year.英格兰银行说,英国经济预计今年将出现零增长。
今天我们要学的词是brave. Brave当动词,意思是勇敢地面对,冒着危险。四肢截肢的法国人菲利普?克鲁瓦宗在白令海峡中从一座美国小岛游至俄罗斯小岛,He braved strong currents and near-freezing temp
今天我们要学的词是civil rights。 Civil rights, 民权。每年一月第三个星期一是美国联邦假日马丁.路德金日。Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader, 马丁.路德金是著名民权领袖。He played a
今天我们要学的词是lobbyist. Lobbyist 说客。Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said that lawmakers should wait for six years before they become lobbyists. 美国前佛罗里达州州长杰布.布什说,国会议员离职后应该等六年,
今天我们要学的词是Easter。 Easter, 复活节。 Shoppers are expected to spend $13 billion this Easter, 今年复活节,消费者预计要花130亿美元。英国航空公司机组服务人员可能举行罢工。 The walkouts scheduled a