今天我们要学的词是invitation. Invitation 名词，意思是邀请，邀请函。Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accepted an invitation to visit North Korea last month. 俄罗斯外交部长拉夫罗夫上个月接受了出访朝鲜的邀

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3083 repeal

今天我们要学的词是repeal. To repeal 意思是废止，放弃。Voters in Ireland went to the polls last Friday to decide whether to keep or repeal a constitutional amendment banning abortions in most cases. 爱尔兰选民上周五前往投票

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3082 partner

今天我们要学的词是partner. Partner伙伴。Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that his country will formally become NATO's first Latin American global partner, beginning this week. 哥伦比亚总统桑托斯宣布，哥伦比亚

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3080 nosedive

今天我们要学的词是nosedive. Nosedive作为动词，是大跌，暴跌的意思。New CDC research shows that birth rates for teens in the United States continued to nosedive in 2017, dropping 7 percent from the year before. 美国疾病控制与

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3079 downward

今天我们要学的词是downward. Downward作为形容词，有向下的意思。The U.S. prison population extended an eight-year downward trend that has been driven by federal and state sentencing reforms over the past decade. 过去10年美国联

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3077 slum

今天我们要学的词是slum. Slum贫民窟。The United Nations human rights chief has slammed Israel, saying that 1.9 million people in Gaza are caged in a toxic slum from birth to death. 联合国人权事务高级专员批评以色列，说加沙

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3076 take off

今天我们要学的词是take off. To take off意思是起飞。A Boeing 737 with 113 people aboard crashed and burned just after taking off from a Havana airport. 一架载有113人的波音737客机从古巴哈瓦那一家机场起飞后不久坠机

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3075 worst case scenario

今天我们要学的词是worst case scenario. Worst case scenario最坏的情况。The World Health Organization said it is preparing for the worst case scenario for an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 世界卫生组织说，正在

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3074 subject to

今天我们要学的词是subject to. Subject to形容词，有受制于，被迫接受的意思。U.S. diplomats and embassy staff in Pakistan have recently complained of being subject to searches and questioning by intelligence officials when leav

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3078 salvage

今天我们要学的词是salvage. Salvage动词，有拯救，挽救的意思。South Korean President Moon Jae-in's visit to Washington on Tuesday was focused on how to salvage the upcoming Trump-Kim summit. 韩国总统文在寅星期二访问华盛

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学个词Learn a Word 第841期 Red tape

今天我们要学的词是red tape。 Red tape, 意思是官僚羁绊。The mayor promised to eliminate red tape that hampers business development, 市长保证要铲除那些阻碍商业发展的官僚障碍。The relief efforts were stalled by red

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学个词Learn a Word 第839期 Call it quits

今天我们要学的词是call it quits。 Call it quits，意思是停止，了结。The negotiators decided to call it quits for the night, 谈判人员决定今天晚上就谈到这儿。The band plans to call it quits at the end of the tour, 这个

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学个词Learn a Word 第356期 Live up to

今天我们要学的词是live up to。 Live up to, 是不辜负期望的意思。The boy lived up to all his parents' expectations, 这个男孩没有辜负父母对他的期望。The winter storm failed to live up to predictions, 这场暴风雪没有

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学个词Learn a Word 第358期 Recess

今天我们要学的词是recess。 Recess, 是暂停，休息的意思。The judge called a short recess, 法官宣布暂时休庭。The Congress will soon go into the Christmas-New Year recess, 国会不久就要进入圣诞-新年的休会期。S

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3127 call center

今天我们要学的词是 call center. Call center 客户服务中心。The U.S. government has sentenced 21 people to jail terms for their involvement in a call center scam based in India that targeted U.S. victims. 美国政府判处21名参与一起

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3119 high resolution

今天我们要学的词是 high-resolution. High-resolution 高分辨率的。Using high-resolution satellite images, researchers estimate 84 percent of the world's population live in urban areas. 研究人员依靠高分辨率的卫星图像估计，

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3120 breastfeeding

今天我们要学的词是 breastfeeding. Breastfeeding 母乳喂养。U.S. government officials disputed a New York Times report that the government opposed a WTO resolution supporting breastfeeding. 美国政府官员否认纽约时报关于美国政

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3121 covert

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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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3122 compel

今天我们要学的词是 compel. Compel 动词，有强迫的意思。U.S. Democratic lawmakers are trying to compel a government interpreter to testify about what was discussed during President Donald Trump's one-on-one meeting with Russian leade

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3123 contract

今天我们要学的词是 contract. Contract作为动词，有收缩的意思。South Korea's central bank estimated that North Korea's economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017. 韩国中央银行估计，朝鲜2017年的经济出

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