时间:2019-03-02 作者:英语课 分类:夏说英语新闻晨读


英语课

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Britain’s opposition 1 Labor 2 Party suspended the ex-mayor of London, Ken 3 Livingstone, for making a convoluted 4 and much-criticised argument about Hitler’s Zionism; and Naz Shah MP, for a belatedly unearthed 5 Facebook post saying that Israel should be moved to America. Moderate Labour figures are furious with the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, for dismissing the problem and pandering 6 to left-wing anti-Semitism.


词汇讲解:

Convoluted: 错综复杂的

Zionism:犹太复国运动

Belated:迟来的

Unearth:发现

Moderate:温和派

Dismiss:不予理会

Pander to:迎合

Anti-Semitism:反犹主义



n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
n.视野,知识领域
  • Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
  • Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
adj.旋绕的;复杂的
  • The snake slithered through a convoluted path.蛇在羊肠小道上爬行。
  • The policy is so convoluted even college presidents are confused.这项政策太令人费解,甚至连大学校长们也是一头雾水。
出土的(考古)
  • Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
  • Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
v.迎合(他人的低级趣味或淫欲)( pander的现在分词 );纵容某人;迁就某事物
  • This magazine is criticized for pandering to the vulgar taste of some readers. 这家杂志因迎合某些读者的低级趣味而遭到批评。 来自辞典例句
  • We're four points up there; we don't need to get hit for pandering. 我们在那儿领先四个百分点;我们不必为了迎合一些选民而遭受批评。 来自电影对白
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