Month: January 2022

今天我们要学的词是 donor. Donor 是捐赠者的意思。Mitt Romney’s campaign offered some supporters the opportunity to fly with the candidate on his charter plane as a donor prize. 罗姆尼竞选团队说，某些支持者可以乘坐罗姆尼的专机，做为对竞选捐赠者的奖励。在美国，More than 100 million Americans are…

今天我们要学的词是 ranking. Ranking 是排名的意思。Harvard and Princeton remain tied for No.1 on the U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Colleges Ranking”. 美国新闻与世界报道杂志公布的最新美国大学排名，哈佛大学和普林斯顿大学并列第一。在另外一项世界大学排名中，MIT took first place, knocking Britain’s University of Cambridge into…

今天我们要学的词是 storm. 大家都知道，storm作为名词是风暴的意思。而作为动词，是冲击。Sudanese demonstrators angry over a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad stormed the Germany embassy in Khartoum. 愤怒的苏丹抗议者冲击了驻喀土穆的德国使馆，起因是一部他们认为侮辱了先知穆罕默德的影片。在此之前，Hundreds of rioters stormed the U.S. embassy in Yemen, hurling logs…

今天我们要学的词是 pre-order. Pre-order 预购。iPhone5问世了。The iPhone5 went on pre-order just after midnight Pacific time last Friday. iPhone5 于美国西部时间上星期五凌晨12点一过开始预售。Roughly one hour after the iPhone5 went on pre-order , they sold out on…

今天我们要学的词是 star power. Star power 指名人的影响力。Former President Bill Clinton brought star power to the democratic convention. 美国前总统克林顿在民主党大会上充分施展了名人魅力。中国是世界上最大的象牙消费市场，退役篮球明星姚明八月份前往肯尼亚拍摄反对非法狩猎的纪录片。 Yao Ming is trying to use his star power to fight against illegal…

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。This opportunity is once in a lifetime. Don’t squander it. 这是千载难逢的好机会，千万别浪费了。美国医药协会在一份最新报告中指出，The…

今天我们要学的词是 household. Household 是家庭，一家一户的意思。American gymnast Gaby Douglas made a household name out of herself with her gold medal win at the London Games. 美国女子体操选手Gaby Douglas在伦敦奥运会上赢得金牌，变得家喻户晓。美国农业部公布的报告显示，Almost 18 million American households struggled…

今天我们要学的词是 spell out. To spell out 意思是具体说明。In his acceptance speech, President Obama spelled out his goals for a second term. 美国总统奥巴马在接受总统候选人提名的讲话中，详细阐述了他在第二个任期内的执政目标。The Democratic and Republican Party Platforms spelled out how each…

今天我们要学的词是 electrify. Electrify 动词，是让别人觉得兴奋，振奋的意思。美国前总统克林顿在民主党大会上发表讲话。The former President electrified the Democratic Convention with a passionate speech. 前总统克林顿在民主党大会上激情讲话，振奋了整个会场。Jamaican runner Usain Bolt electrified the London Games by becoming the first man to win back-to-back…

今天我们要学的词是stressful. Stressful 意思是压力很大的。Starting a new job can be exciting and stressful at the same time. 开始一份新工作可能既令人兴奋，又让人倍感压力。有调查显示，Law enforcement agents, taxi drivers and corporate executives are among the most stressful jobs in…

今天我们要学的词是unthinkable. Unthinkable 意思是无法想象的。U.S. companies are preparing for the once-unthinkable, that Greece might leave the eurozone. 美国公司为希腊可能离开欧元做准备，这本来是无法想象的事情。美式足球NFL的很多后卫球队一贯以大块头著称。然而如今，体重对身体的压力让很多球员难以承受。Many super-sized NFL players are now doing the unthinking: they are on a diet. 很多大块头的NFL球员如今开始控制饮食，这在以前本来是无法想象的。好的，今天我们学习的词是unthinkable,…

今天我们要学的词是top-tier. Top-tier 意思是一流的。The University of Iowa’s football team is looking to return to the top-tier teams in the Big 10 this season. 爱奥华大学美式足球校队鹰眼队本赛季将努力重新成为美国大学联盟Big Ten里的一流球队。美国名校耶鲁大学的校长理查德.莱文Richard Levin最近宣布，本学年结束后即将离任。Richard Levin’s 20 year tenure as…

今天我们要学的词是 eject. Eject 是赶走, 逐出的意思。At the GOP convention last week, two people were ejected for throwing peanuts at a black CNN camerawoman.上星期美国共和党召开全国代表大会期间, 两个与会代表因为向CNN一个黑人女摄像扔花生被逐出会场。美式足球协会NFL对球迷在赛场内的无礼表现采取措施。NFL teams are requiring any fan who gets…

今天我们要学的词是infringe. Infringe 是侵权的意思。A Japanese court ruled that Samsung’s synchronizing technology that allows media players to share data with personal computers did not infringe on Apple’s patents. 日本一家法院裁决，三星公司使用的允许媒体播放器和个人电脑分享数据的同步技术没有侵犯苹果公司的专利。 在此之前，A federal jury…

今天我们要学的词是disgruntled. Disgruntled 是“不满意的，不高兴的”。A disgruntledformer employee opened fire near New York’s Empire State Building, leaving two dead and nine injured. 一名心怀不满的下岗职员在纽约帝国大厦附近开枪，导致两人死亡，九人受伤。The Wall Street Journal has reported that increasing numbers of Groupon…