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今天我们要学的词是shortfall。 Shortfall, 是短缺的意思。 California is facing a $19.1 billion budget shortfall, 美国加州面临着191亿美元的预算短缺。最新报告说, The Australian housing shortfall will hit 200,000 th
今天我们要学的词是stance。 Stance, 立场。美国第一夫人米歇尔.巴马不允许两个女儿在脸谱网上开帐户。 Many parents approved of her stance, 很多家长都十分赞成她的这一立场。 Maryland Senator Jim Brochi
今天我们要学的词是energetic。Energetic, 精力充沛的,有活力的。医生常说,睡眠对人体很重要。People who sleep well feel more energetic during the day and are more productive at work, 睡眠质量越好,白天精力越充
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chronic。 Chronic, 长期的,慢性的。在美国, Some 40 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep problems, 大约有四千万美国人睡眠长期有问题。很多美国人都患有糖尿病、高血脂、高血压
今天我们要学的词off the ground。 Off the ground, 是启程,开始的意思。中国中央电视台英语节目在美国首都华盛顿开播。 CCTV America has hired more than 65 people to get its Washington, DC operation off the ground, 中
今天我们要学的词是 hiccup. Hiccup 打嗝,可以引伸为小障碍,小问题。Google's Gmail had a significant service hiccup earlier this year. 谷歌电邮Gmail今年早些时候曾出现过服务大规模中断的情况。美国邮政总
今天我们要学的词underline。Underline, 突显。美国通用汽车公司宣布,冻结美国本土两万六千名员工的工资。 It underlines the difficulties GM is still facing, 这种做法显示了通用汽车公司依然面临的困境
今天我们要学的词是venue。 Venue, 是地点、场所的意思。 The defense lawyer requested a change of venue so that the defendant could get a fair trial, 辩护律师要求更换开庭地点,以便被告得到公正审判。美国前总统
今天我们要学的词是 spillover。Spillover 是外溢,波及的意思。不久前,A UN envoy warned that there is a very real potential for a spillover of violence from Syria to Iraq. 一位联合国特使警告说,叙利亚暴力外溢,影
今天我们要学的词是 diploma。Diploma 毕业证书。college diploma 大学毕业证书。High school diploma 高中毕业证书。The Board of Education in Mount Vernon, Ohio, voted to give a 106-year-old woman her high school diploma. 俄亥俄
今天我们要学的词是part ways。 To part ways, 意思是分开,分道扬镳。 The celebrity couple parted ways recently, 这对明星伴侣最新分手了。 The world No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods parted ways with his swing coach of six years, 世
今天我们要学的词是jack up。 To jack up, 意思是提高。 Insurance company Blue Shield of California plans to jack up its health insurance rates a whopping 59% for individual policyholders this year, 加州蓝盾保险公司今年打算把个
今天我们要学的词是dwindle. Dwindle is spelled d-w-i-n-d-l-e, dwindle. Dwindle是缩减,缩小的意思。Hewlett-Packard may eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers. 惠普公司可能会裁
今天我们要学的词是holdout。 Holdout, 指坚决不肯让步的人。Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas was the last Democratic holdout to agree to a full floor debate on the health care bill in the Senate, 阿肯色州的林肯参议员是最后一个
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friendly. Friendly is spelled f-r-i-e-n-d-l-y, friendly. 大家都知道,friendly是友好的意思,如果把friendly加在另外一个名词后面,意思就是对某人,对某事有利的。比如,eco-friendly 有利
今天我们要学的词是rise to the occasion。 Rise to the occasion, 意思是应对挑战和困境。首发四分位中场受伤后, The backup quarterback rose to the occasion and led the team to victory, 候补四分位临危受命,带领球
今天我们要学的词是write off。Write off, 有取消、勾销债款的意思。负债累累的希腊无法偿还所有贷款, Private banks agreed to write off 50% of Greek debt last week, 上星期,私营银行同意勾销希腊50%的负债
今天我们要学的词是 lifetime. Lifetime 做为形容词,意思是终身的。He is a lifetime member of the club. 他是俱乐部的终身会员。Ellen DeGeneres has been awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the highest U.S. awa