今天我们要学的词是brick-and-mortar。 Brick-and-mortar, 意思是实实在在存在的, The community college operates both brick-and-mortar schools and online instruction programs, 这所社区大学既有自己的校园,又同时在网上
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extension。 Extension, 延长。 The soccer player just signed a five-year contract extension, 这个足球运动员刚刚签了五年的延期合同。 U. S. senators of both parties say they are likely to reach a comprom
今天我们要学的词是urgency。 Urgency, 紧迫。在比赛中场落后的情况下, We felt a strong sense of urgency to play better offensively in the second half, 我们有一种强烈的紧迫感,下半场比赛一定要在进攻方面加
今天我们要学的词是trump。 Trump, 胜过。 Florida Republican governor-elect Rick Scott said the nation's deficit trumped his own state's unemployment rate, 佛罗里达州新当选的共和党籍州长斯科特说,国家赤字比本州失业
今天我们要学的词是doable。 Doable, 可行的,可以做到的。 It's a difficult task, but absolutely doable, 这项工作很不好做,但是绝对可以做得到。 The management gave a green light to the proposal because they conside
今天我们要学的词是subscriber。 Subscriber, 订阅用户。 The magazine has reached the one million subscriber mark, 这份杂志的订户人数达到了一百万。 Groupon, which has at least 20 million subscribers, rejected Google's $6 b
今天我们要学的词是hurdle。 Hurdle, 障碍,难关。 The economy is improving, but there are still many hurdles to overcome, 经济正在好转,但还是有很多障碍需要克服。 With yesterday's win, the team got over the first hur
今天我们要学的词是responsible。 Responsible, 有事发原因的意思。 Firefighters believe that vagrants were responsible for the downtown fire, 消防队员认为,市中心大火的肇事者是居无定所的游民。 最新研究发现
今天我们要学的词是collapse。 Collapse, 坍塌。 The main building of the factory collapsed because of the fire, 大火造成工厂主楼的坍塌。 Nearly a foot and a half of snow fell in Minneapolis last Saturday, causing the roof of Vi
今天我们要学的词是celebrity。 Celebrity, 名人。还记得参加美国达人并一举成名的歌手亚当.兰伯特吗? Adam Lambert was named the sexiest male celebrity of 2010, 亚当.兰伯特荣获了2010年最性感男星的称号。
今天我们要学的词是wreak havoc。 Wreak, 动词,在这里是造成的意思,havoc, 指混乱破坏,连在一起,to wreak havoc, 意思是造成严重破坏。美国东岸很多地区周末遭遇暴风雪天气。 The blizzard conditio
今天我们要学的词是decline。 Decline, 拒绝。 The company declined to offer any specifics about its layoff plan, 这家公司拒绝透露裁员计划的有关细节。 The source declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of
今天我们要学的词是tumble。 Tumble, 做为动词,有大幅下降的意思。美国电器店百思买11月结束的财政季度销售表现低迷。 Best Buy stocks tumbled 14% on the newly released data, 新公布的数字使百思买的股价
今天我们要学的词是designated driver。 Designated driver, 指定司机。在美国,一群朋友出去派对,往往会指定其中一个人为designated driver此人不能喝酒,保证玩完了以后开车送大家回家,可谓牺牲我
今天我们要学的词是balloon。 Balloon, 气球,做为动词,有迅速膨胀的意思。最新公布的数字显示, Wikileaks spending ballooned as it tried to pay salaries, 维基揭密开始支付工资,造成开支膨胀。 The New
今天我们要学的词是ceiling。Ceiling, 是房间天花板的意思,可以引伸为上限。美国现行联邦债务上限是14.3万亿美元。 Some Republican lawmakers are opposed to raising the debt ceiling without tackling government spe
今天我们要学的词是trauma。Trauma, 是创伤的意思,可以是身体上的,也可以是心理上的。 He suffered head trauma from the car crash, 车祸让他头部受创。 The veteran still suffers psychological trauma from his days
今天我们要学的词是clean slate。 Clean, 干净的,slate有记录、记载的意思,a clean slate, 就是摆脱过去,一切从头开始。 The company sold its most profitable product line to pay off the debt so it could start with a c
今天我们要学的词是white Christmas。 White Christmas, 白色圣诞节,指圣诞节前夜或是当天正赶上下雪,世界一片雪白。气象预报显示, The Rockies are guaranteed to have a white Christmas, 落基山脉地区一定会
- 每日一词【901】civil rights:民权
- 每日一词【830】damage control
- 每日一词【325】rake in:大笔捞钱
- 每日一词【593】same-sex:同性
- 每日一词【588】historic:历史性的
- 每日一词【633】off-guard:没有提防,缺乏警惕
- 每日一词【729】out of the woods:脱离了危险或困境
- 每日一词【918】team up:跟别人合作
- 每日一词【1071】call off:取消或推迟
- 每日一词【827】the big picture
- 每日一词【464】survival:幸存
- 每日一词【1003】gold standard
- 每日一词【533】household name:家喻户晓
- 每日一词【577】tsunami:海啸
- 每日一词【637】cash in on:靠某件事情去赚钱
- 每日一词【548】ground zero:核弹的爆炸地点
- 每日一词【801】laundry list
- 每日一词【430】bail out:帮助某人摆脱困境
- 每日一词【939】hopeful:希望在某个领域获得成功
- 每日一词【1058】Hone:磨炼,提高技艺
- 每日一词【901】civil rights:民权
- 每日一词【830】damage control
- 每日一词【325】rake in:大笔捞钱
- 每日一词【593】same-sex:同性
- 每日一词【588】historic:历史性的
- 每日一词【633】off-guard:没有提防,缺乏警惕
- 每日一词【729】out of the woods:脱离了危险或困境
- 每日一词【918】team up:跟别人合作
- 每日一词【1071】call off:取消或推迟
- 每日一词【827】the big picture
- 每日一词【464】survival:幸存
- 每日一词【1003】gold standard
- 每日一词【533】household name:家喻户晓
- 每日一词【577】tsunami:海啸
- 每日一词【637】cash in on:靠某件事情去赚钱
- 每日一词【548】ground zero:核弹的爆炸地点
- 每日一词【801】laundry list
- 每日一词【430】bail out:帮助某人摆脱困境
- 每日一词【939】hopeful:希望在某个领域获得成功
- 每日一词【1058】Hone:磨炼,提高技艺