今天我们要学的词是 fentanyl. Fentanyl 芬太尼。U.S. President Trump said he would raise the issue of the flood of cheap and deadly fentanyl when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping. 美国总统川普说,他见到中国国家主席习近

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今天我们要学的词是 leeway. Leeway 作为名词,有余地的意思。A leaked internal email shows that Twitter plans to tighten rules on its platform and give its reviewers more leeway to remove tweets and ban offenders. 一份外漏的内部

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今天我们要学的词是 tax haven. Tax haven 避税地,避税港。EU members discussed plans for a tax haven blacklist after the release of the so-called Paradise Papers. 所谓的天堂文件公诸于众后,欧盟国家开会讨论,计划建

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今天我们要学的词是 lash out. To lash out 有猛烈抨击的意思。North Korea lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him a destroyer of peace who begged for nuclear war. 朝鲜猛烈抨击美国总统川普,称他是和平的摧

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今天我们要学的词是 escalate. Escalate 动词,有增加,升级的意思。The feud between President Trump and Senator Bob Corker escalated over Trump's tax cut plan. 美国总统川普和参议员科克围绕川普的减税计划的争执进

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今天我们要学的词是 atrocity. Atrocity 残暴的行为。Army officials in Myanmar have opened an investigation into allegations that the Myanmar army committed atrocities against the Rohingya minority. 缅甸军方官员围绕缅甸军队对罗

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今天我们要学的词是 ambush. Ambush作为名词,有埋伏、伏击的意思。Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in Niger in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants. 在尼日尔发生的一场疑似由伊

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今天我们要学的词组是ratchet up。Ratchet up,意思是激化、加剧 。North Korea's foreign minister ratcheted up tensions, saying his country had the right to shoot down U.S. planes even outside North Korean airspace. 朝鲜外交部长加

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今天我们要学的词是 crumbling。Crumbling形容词,意思是破碎的、崩塌的 。Many people living near a crumbling dam in storm-battered Puerto Rico have been evacuated, Governor Ricardo Rossello said. 波多黎各总督里卡多罗赛洛

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今天我们要学的词是 motorcade。Motorcade名词,意思是车队 。As President Donald Trump's motorcade drove to Indianapolis International Airport, a man took a knee on the sidewalk, with a folded American flag in his hand. 总统唐纳德川

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今天我们要学的词是 exhaustive。Exhaustive形容词,意思是详尽的、彻底的。The decision of pulling out US embassy staff from Cuba came after an exhaustive review of US diplomats' safety in Havana and discussions with the Cuban go

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今天我们要学的词是 capsize。Capsize动词,意思是翻船。At least 23 Rohingya refugees died when the boat they were fleeing in capsized in the Bay of Bengal, the UN's migration agency announced. 联合国的移民机构称,罗兴亚难

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今天我们要学的词是quandary。Quandary名词,意思是困境、为难 。The Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui who is applying for political asylum in the US is a diplomatic quandary for the Trump administration, which wants China's aid in iso

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今天我们要学的词是picturesque。Picturesque形容词,意思是如画一般的、别具一格的。At least 58 people died when the most powerful earthquake in over eight decades hit Mexico, with most fatalities taking place in the pictures

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今天我们要学的词组是phase out。Phase out,意思是逐渐淘汰、停止。The chief executive of General Motors cautioned against the growing trend of officials in China and a number of other countries of making plans to phase out sales

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1942 blindside 今天我们要学的词是 blind side. Blind-side 做为动词,有被蒙在鼓里,令人措手不及的意思。The TV host was blind-sided when the network decided to send him packing. 电视台决定让节目主持人走路,但是

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1928 mayhem 今天我们要学的词是 mayhem. Mayhem 是名词,意思是极度混乱。感恩节过后的黑色星期五向来都是抢购打折商品的高峰。Mayhem erupted as shoppers used fists and knives to fight over the heavily-discounte

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今天我们要学的词是 forgiveness. Forgiveness 名词,宽恕,原谅。Pope Francis begged forgiveness for the sins and failings of the church and its members during Rwanda's genocide. 教皇方济各为罗马天主教会及其成员在卢旺达

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今天我们要学的词是 well-wisher. Well-wisher 名词,祝福者。The family of an American who was killed in last week's attack in London thanked well-wishers for their generosity. 在上星期伦敦恐怖袭击中遇害的一个美国人的家

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今天我们要学的词是impoverished。Impoverished形容词,意思是贫困的、枯竭的 。North Korea, desperate for foreign currency, has sent tens of thousands of its impoverished citizens to cities and towns across Russia to work at cons

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