Month: January 2022

今天我们要学的词是forfeit. Forfeit 有“丧失，被没收”的意思。一直被美国反兴奋剂机构USADA调查的自行车手阿姆斯特朗宣布放弃与该机构的斗争，随后，The USADA said Lance Armstrong must forfeit his seven consecutive Tour de France victories. 该机构宣布，阿姆斯特朗必须放弃他连续七次取得的环法自行车手总冠军头衔。美国马里兰州八月中旬有一周的时间免收消费者的消费税，The state of Maryland had estimated that it would forfeit about $10 million by…

今天我们要学的词是overtake. Overtake 是“超过”的意思。China is projected to soon overtake Germany and the US as the country that has the most outbound global tourists. 预计，中国将很快超过德国和美国，成为世界上最大的国际游客输出国。Brazil could overtake the U.S. as the world’s…

今天我们要学的词是ridden. Ridden是形容词，意思是“满是的”，通常跟在名词的后面。比如，debt ridden就是负债累累的意思。In a move that wasted $1.2 million in printing costs, the already debt-ridden U.S. Postal Service produced 1 billion “The Simpsons” stamps but sold only 318 million. 本已负债累累的美国邮政局又浪费了120万美元的印刷费，因为邮局印了十亿张“辛普森家庭”的邮票，但只卖掉了三亿一千八百万张。今年夏天美国旱情严重，Oil…

今天我们要学的词是realistic. Realistic的意思是“现实的”。A senior UN official recently said the two-state solution was the best available and most realistic option for the Israelis and Palestinians. 一位联合国高级官员最近说，对以色列人和巴勒斯坦人来说，两国并存是最好，最现实的解决问题的方法。由于坏帐增加， The Chairman of the State Bank…

今天我们要学的词是brave. Brave当动词，意思是“勇敢地面对，冒着危险”。四肢截肢的法国人菲利普•克鲁瓦宗在白令海峡中从一座美国小岛游至俄罗斯小岛，He braved strong currents and near-freezing temperatures in a roughly four-kilometer swim. 他不畏湍急的洋流和几乎达到零度的低温，游了近四公里。上周二在美国拉斯维加斯，Several thousand republicans braved triple-digit heat to attend a campaign rally, supporting Mitt Romney’s running mate Paul…

今天我们要学的词是skirt. Skirt当动词，意思是“躲避，逃避”。美国媒体报道, Iraq has been using financial institutions and oil smuggling operations to help Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed by the international community. 伊拉克一直在利用金融机构和石油走私帮助伊朗绕过国际社会对其实施的经济制裁。U.S. stocks rose slightly after Germany and…

今天我们要学的词是bold. Bold 的意思是“大胆的”。美国共和党总统候选人罗姆尼挑选威斯康辛州联邦众议员保罗.瑞安为他的竞选伙伴，评论认为：Romney’s choice of Ryan was bold; whether it turns out to be brilliant or not remains to be seen. 罗姆尼挑选瑞安是个大胆的决定，但是不是明智的决定现在还不好说。Heavily armed Taliban fighters carried out a bold attack…

今天我们要学的词是 see something coming. See something coming是预料到某事会发生。I wasn’t surprised when the company closed down. You could see it coming. 公司关门我并不吃惊。这是意料之中的事。研究发现，美国的二氧化碳排放量降到了近20年来的最低点，Many of the world’s leading climate scientists did not see the…

今天我们要学的词是 death toll. Death toll是死亡人数。美国德州的达拉斯县西尼罗病毒肆虐，Texas officials say the statewide death toll so far is 17. 德克萨斯州官员说，全州目前已有17人死于这种病毒。Iraqi officials said the death toll in serial attacks across the country reached 93. 伊拉克官员说，在全国各地接连发生的袭击事件中，死亡人数已经达到93人。The…

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克教寺庙枪击事件中的6名死者致哀。中国的电视剧《爱情公寓》被指责抄袭美国情景喜剧《六人行》，A spokesman for the show said it…

今天我们要学的词是 flatline. Flatline的意思是“停滞不前”，可是作名词或者动词。The Bank of England has said it believes the UK economy will flat-line this year.英格兰银行说，英国经济预计今年将出现零增长。McDonald’s disclosed a surprise flatline in growth around the world in July, the gloomiest…

今天我们要学的词是 foolproof. Foolproof的意思是“简单有效的”，“不会出错的”。Social networks whose target audience is kids, acknowledge that there may be no foolproof way to block online predators. 那些以儿童为主要消费者的社交网站承认，能完全阻止网络人身侵害的方法也许并不存在。As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once proposed a…

今天我们要学的词是 favorite. Favorite当名词，可以指比赛中被认为会得胜的一方。The United States women’s volleyball team is the favorite to win the gold medal. 美国女排队是夺金大热门。Right now Brazil is the only favorite left in the men’s Olympic soccer tournament.…

今天我们要学的词是 dead set. Dead set的意思是铁了心的，坚决的。She wanted to move to Los Angeles but her parents were dead set against it. 她想搬去洛杉矶住，但她父母坚决反对。畅销小说《格雷的50道阴影》要被搬上大银幕，Angelina Jolie is said to be dead set on landing a…