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今天我们要学的词是spur。 Spur, 作为动词,意思是加速,刺激。最近美国就税收改革的议题仍在继续辩论。 Most conservative members of Congress agree that lowering tax rates could potentially spur economic growth, 国
今天我们要学的词是 noteworthy. Noteworthy意思是值得注意的,值得引起重视的。雅虎公司宣布,年仅37岁的迈耶将担任雅虎公司首席执行官。Her selection is noteworthy both because she is one of only a few wom
今天我们要学的词是malicious。 Malicious, 恶意的。The International Monetary Fund became the latest victim to a malicious hackers' attack, 国际货币基金组织成为恶意骇客攻击的最新受害者。 就在不久前, Malicious
今天我们要学的词是rev up。 To rev up, 意思是加速,加快。 The soccer team revved up its defense in the second half, 足球队下半场加强防守。 The retailers plan to rev up sales in the upcoming holiday season, 零售商计划通
今天我们要学的词是cold turkey。 星期四是感恩节,我们也来说火鸡。不过,cold turkey, 可不是冷火鸡的意思,而是指突然停止某些已经成瘾的坏习惯。He quit heavy drinking cold turkey, 他没靠任何帮助
今天我们要学的词是handler. Handler, 有顾问和助手的意思。在美国,名人周围都会有一群人帮他们打点形象。The governor's handlers advised him to stay away from the hot button issue, 州长周围的人建议他不要涉
今天我们要学的词是 placebo. Placebo 安慰剂。英国最近的一项研究发现,97% of British doctors have used a placebo treatment at least once in their career to assure patients. 为了让病人放心,英国医生里有97%的人在从
今天我们要学的词是trim。 Trim, 动词,有削减的意思。 The local school district plans to trim $2 million from its annual budget, 当地校区计划将年度预算削减两百万美元。监狱开销给美国各州带来沉重的财政
今天我们要学的词是outsize。Outsize,形容词,是特别大的意思。美国房屋市场出现复苏,新房供应量下降,Though new homes represent less than 20 percent of housing sales, they have an outsized impact on the economy.
今天我们要学的词是set aside。 Set aside,有留出,拨出的意思。比如, He set aside $200 each week and put it in his rainy day fund, 他每周都留出200美元存起来,以备不时之需。 I always set aside time to exercise n
今天我们要学的词是equivalent。 Equivalent, 意思是相当于,等同于。《华盛顿邮报》报道说,9/11恐怖袭击事件以来, In Washington and the surrounding areas, 33 building complexes for top-secret intelligence work are
今天我们要学的词是 intake。Intake 名词,有摄取量的意思。家人一起吃饭,有助于帮助孩子养成健康的饮食习惯。Even if only once or twice a week, eating meals together as a family, increases children's daily frui
今天我们要学的词是 tell-all. Tell-all 意思是毫无保留的,全盘揭秘的。Arnold Schwarzenegger says in his tell-all book that his affair with the maid was stupid. 施瓦辛格在他全盘大揭秘的新书中说,自己跟女佣的婚
今天我们要学的词是gut wrenching。 Gut wrenching , 意思是极度痛苦的,撕心裂肺的。 In order to support his younger siblings, he made the gut wrenching decision to drop out of school and find a job, 为了养活弟弟妹妹,他被
今天我们要学的词是burgeoning。 Burgeoning, 迅速发展的。纽约市最近通过了允许同性恋婚姻的法律。 New York is expected to benefit from the burgeoning gay and lesbian wedding industry, 纽约市估计会从发展迅速的同
今天我们要学的词是robust。Robust, 意思是强健的,稳健的。美国经济复苏远不如美联储原先预期的那样强劲。 The U.S. economic recovery has been much less robust than the Fed had hoped, 随着铁路交通和空中航线
今天我们要学的词是 squander. Squander 是白白浪费的意思。Our local high school basketball team squandered its early lead in a loss to our arch-rival. 我们本地高中篮球队没有把握好领先局面,最后反而输给了老对手
今天我们要学的词是sponsor。 Sponsor, 是赞助商的意思。老虎.伍兹性丑闻爆发后,Accenture became the first sponsor to break ties with the world's number one golfer, 埃森哲是第一个跟这个世界排名第一的高尔夫球
今天我们要学的词是 pitiful. Pitiful 形容词,意思是可怜的Our defense looked pitiful during the entire game. 我们球队比赛从头到球队防守都烂得要命。I can barely make ends meet with my pitiful salary. 我那点可怜的
今天我们要学的词是 homage. Homage的意思是敬意。Thousands of mourners gathered to pay homage to the six people killed during a shooting rampage at a Wisconsin Sikh temple. 数千名悼念者们聚集在一起,向美国威斯康辛州锡