学个词Learn a Word 第1394期 thorny
时间:2019-02-02 作者:英语课 分类:英语单词荟萃
英语课
今天我们要学的词是thorny 1。Thorn, 本身是刺的意思,而thorny, 变成形容词,意思是棘手的,富有争议的。最近美国联邦贸易委员会宣布要对facebook脸谱网站是否侵犯用户个人隐私进行调查。 "Facebook's privacy problem has always been a thorny issue," 脸谱网站的隐私设置一直是一个有争议的议题。 "In the post Cold War era, missile defense 2 is still a thorny question in Russia-US relations," 后冷战时期,导弹防御仍然是美俄关系中的棘手议题。 "The super-committee failed to reach an agreement on the thorny deficit 3 problem," 美国超级委员会没能就棘手的赤字问题达成一致。好的,今天我们学习的词是thorny...
adj.多刺的,棘手的
- The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
- The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。