今天我们要学的词是 outstanding. Outstanding 作为形容词,有尚存的,剩余的意思。The Mexican Economy Minister said talks with the U.S. to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement would cover all outstanding issues. 墨西哥

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今天我们要学的词是 midterm。Midterm 指的是在学期、任期到了中间的时候。He stayed up all night studying for midterm math exam,他熬了一个通宵复习数学期中考试。Midterm 在美国政治中即指midterm elections,

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今天我们要学的词是 populist。Populist 指的是民粹主义者,Italys new populist government has moved to scrap a new high-speed railway line between London and Milan, damning the project as a potential waste of money,意大利新上任的

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今天我们要学的词是 prop up。 Prop up的原意是指托住、支撑,以免倒塌,引申出来有帮助、鼓励、支持的意思。The US Department of Agriculture has proposed to spend US$4.7 billion to prop up farmers hurt by tariffs,

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今天我们要学的词是 impartial。 Impartial 是公正、不偏不倚,After a bruising confirmation process in the Senate that bitterly divided the nation, Brett Kavanaugh became the newest US Supreme Court Justice and pledged to be 'Independ

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今天我们要学的词是bracket。 Bracket, 是分组的意思。在美国,每年一到三月,篮球迷们就会全身心地投入大学篮球联赛当中,这也就是人们常说的March Madness三月疯狂。大学联赛的分组叫, tourn

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今天我们要学的词是open-ended。 Open-ended, 没完没了的。美国总统奥巴马接受采访时表示,美国一定要寻找出路,最终结束在阿富汗的军事行动。 President Obama indicated that the military build-up in Afgha

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今天我们要学的词是lobby. Lobby 做为动词,意思是游说。China tried to step up pressure on Washington in their growing tariff war by suggesting that U.S. companies should lobby American leaders. 在日益升级的美中关税战中,为

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今天我们要学的词是conspiracy. Conspiracy 阴谋。A federal grand jury indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers with conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. 一个大陪审团对12名俄罗斯军方情报官员提出

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今天我们要学的词是alliance. Alliance 联盟。NATO leaders agreed to formally invite Macedonia to begin accession talks to join the Western alliance. 北约各国领导人一致同意,正式邀请马其顿围绕加入这个西方联盟组织

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今天我们要学的词是tit-for-tat. Tit-for-tat意思是针锋相对,以牙还牙。Islamist militants' attacks and tit-for-tat violence between rival ethnic groups have cast doubt on Mali's upcoming elections. 伊斯兰国激进分子的袭击和

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今天我们要学的词是cover up. To cover up意思是掩盖事实。An Australian archbishop was sentenced to a year in detention for covering up child sexual abuse by a priest. 澳大利亚一名大主教因为掩盖一名神父性侵儿童的行为

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今天我们要学的词是rescind. Rescind作为动词,有撤销,废除的意思。The Trump administration has rescinded policies that direct colleges and universities to increase diversity by considering race in college admissions. 川普政府废

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今天我们要学的词是separatist. Separatist是分离主义者的意思。Six jailed Catalan separatist politicians have been moved to prisons closer to their homes. 六名被关押的加泰罗尼亚分离主义政治人物已经被转移到离他

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今天我们要学的词是reliance. Reliance作为名词,是依靠,依赖的意思。European Union leaders agreed to strengthen the blocs military cooperation and reduce its reliance on the United States. 欧洲联盟领导人一致同意要加强

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今天我们要学的词是approach. Approach作为名词,有方式方法的意思。President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's approach to restricting Chinese investments in U.S. technology companies. 美国总统川普

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今天我们要学的词是upgrade. Upgrade做为动词,有升级的意思。A monitoring group says satellite imagery has shown that North Korea is making rapid upgrades to a nuclear research facility. 一个监督组织说,卫星图片显示,朝

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今天我们要学的词是joint venture. Joint venture合资企业。U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. can block companies from forming joint ventures in China if there are critical technology transfers involved. 美国财政部长姆

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今天我们要学的词是uphold. Uphold动词,有支持,赞成的意思。The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Trump administration's travel restrictions on citizens from five mainly Muslim countries. 美国联邦最高法院支持川

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今天我们要学的词是pinpoint. Pinpoint动词,意思是精准定位。The U.S. Supreme Court imposed limits on the ability of police to obtain cellphone data pinpointing the past location of criminal suspects. 美国联邦最高法院对警察获

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