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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今天我们要学的词是boycott. Boycott 动词,意思是抵制。A former Russian oil tycoon-turned-dissident said fellow Kremlin critics should not boycott the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia. 一位原俄罗斯石油大亨,后来成

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今天我们要学的词是temporary. Temporary形容词,临时的。The Trump administration will end temporary protections for immigrants in the United States from Honduras, leaving potentially 57,000 people vulnerable to deportation. 川普政府将

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今天我们要学的词是warfare. Warfare战争。Russia has aggressively engaged in information warfare against the West for a decade, said a declassified U.S congressional panel report. 美国国会一个小组委员会新近解密的报告称,俄

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今天我们要学的词是substantive. Substantive形容词,实质性的。U.S. President Donald Trump said a time and place have been determined for the planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Washington and Pyongyang are engage

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今天我们要学的词是finalize. To finalize意思是最后敲定。U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finalized details of the June 12th summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump last week. 美国国务卿蓬佩

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今天我们要学的词是symbolic. Symbolic形容词,意思是有象征性的,有象征意义的。Two black men arrested for sitting in a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each. 在费城一

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今天我们要学的词是bootleg. Bootleg作为形容词,是非法制造并销售的意思。Deaths from drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Indonesia have surpassed 100 this month. 印度尼西亚这个月因为饮用有毒私酒致死的人数已经

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今天我们要学的词是anonymous. Anonymous形容词,匿名的。An anonymous donor has pledged $9 million for the construction of two new Planned Parenthood health centers in West Texas. 一名匿名捐款人捐赠900万美元,用于在得克萨

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今天我们要学的词是suspected. Suspected形容词,被怀疑的,疑似的。UN investigators are in Syria, trying to verify the nature of the suspected gas attack on April 7th. 联合国调查人员目前正在叙利亚,努力核实4月7日

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今天我们要学的词是 resuscitate. Resuscitate的意思是复苏、复活,A possible second meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un is encouraging for South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, who has called on the two leaders to resuscita

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今天我们要学的词是 scrap。 Scrap 用作动词的时候是取消、作废的意思。China is mulling scrapping its controversial birth restrictions, reversing nearly four decades of family planning policies as birth rates fall,由于出生率

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今天我们要学的词是curtail。 Curtail 的意思是减少、缩短,削减。China's education ministry moves to curtail screen time for games to prevent myopia among students,中国教育部采取措施减少学生玩电子游戏时间,以

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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 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 contingent upon. Contingent upon 意思是视某前提条件而定。South Korea plans to expand tourism ties with North Korea, contingent upon the lifting of economic sanctions. 韩国计划扩大与朝鲜的旅游联系,

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今天我们要学的词是 ominous. ominous is spelled o-m-i-n-o-u-s, ominous. ominous 的意思是不祥的,凶多吉少的,The United States and Britain recently issued a rare and ominous alert charging Russia with ramping up cyber attacks on

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今天我们要学的词是 dire. dire is spelled d-i-r-e, dire. Dire 是非常严峻的、极为令人担忧的意思,Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and one of China's richest men, gave a dire warning that the escalating tra

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今天我们要学的词是 resume. Resume 动词,意思是恢复、重新开始。Classes have resumed at the Florida school where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting nearly two weeks ago. 两周前发生了一起大型枪击案导致17人丧生

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今天我们要学的词是scrutinize。Scrutinize动词,意思是仔细检查。US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump's international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter. 据两名了解情

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