Month: January 2022

今天我们要学的词是 bittersweet. Bittersweet 苦中带甜的。刚退役的美国体操运动员肖恩.约翰逊说，能去伦敦报道奥运会很高兴，然而，Attending her first Opening Ceremony as a non-athlete is bittersweet. 第一次做为非参赛运动员参加奥运开幕式心里甜苦参半。韩国三星电子公司成为亚洲最知名品牌，第二季度盈利比去年同期增长近百分之80。然而，Experts say Samsung’s success is bittersweet because it’s facing several headwinds, including the possibility of slowing sales…

今天我们要学的词是 unbeatable. Unbeatable 无敌的，打不垮的。Japanese researchers created a robot that is unbeatable at the game of rock-paper-scissors. 日本科研人员研制出一种机器人，玩石头剪子布永远不会输。After 5 exhibition games, though the U.S. men’s basketball team was unbeaten, They were…

今天我们要学的词是charge. Charge做为动词，有起诉的意思。默多克新闻集团窃听丑闻的最新进展是，Eight of Rupert Murdoch’s editors and reporters have been charge with hacking the voice mailboxes of more than 600 people over a period of five years. 默多克手下的八个记者和编辑受到起诉，罪名是在五年时间里，非法窃听了600多人的电话录音。Bogu Kailai was…

今天我们要学的词是restriction. Restriction是限制的意思。President Obama vowed to implement new measures to curb violence in American cities, including reasonable restrictions on gun ownership. 美国总统奥巴马誓言，要减少美国的城市暴力，包括对枪支所有权加以合理限制。The Pentagon approved a plan to lift flight restrictions on…

今天我们要学的词是ride out. Ride out的意思是经受得住，挺过难关。The sailboat rode out the storm. 帆船抵挡住了暴风雨的袭击。There are signs that a global economic slowdown is hitting U.S. companies that rode out the recession fairly well. 有迹象显示，全球经济放缓正影响到那些本已平安挺过经济衰退期的美国公司。United Parcel…

今天我们要学的词是lavish. Lavish, 形容词，意思 “大方的，铺张浪费的”。雅虎公司以7100万美元的高薪聘请玛丽莎.迈耶出任CEO, Mayer’s pay package is by far the most lavish that Yahoo has offered to its recent string of CEOs. 到目前为止，迈耶的综合薪金是雅虎最近几任CEO中最高的。美国公共服务管理局再爆丑闻，It has been revealed that the General…

今天我们要学的词是 roll back. Roll back 意思是后退，退步。国际艾滋病大会星期天在华盛顿开幕，The participants called for governments not to roll back progress made against the epidemic even though they’re facing tight budgets. 与会代表呼吁各国政府，虽然面临预算压力，也不要让打击艾滋病的进展退步。美联航上周五国内机票涨价，业界专家说，United could be forced to…

今天我们要学的词是 haggle. Haggle 意思是争论，讨价还价，后面经常跟介词 over. The city council continues to haggle over the budget proposal. 市政委员会继续围绕预算提案讨价还价。As the U.S. Congress continues to haggle over how to fix the struggling U.S. Postal…

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 woman CEOs in the tech world, and because she is expecting her first child. 她的任命引起了外界的极大关注，不光是因为她是高科技业界为数不多的女性首席执行官之一，而且也因为她正怀着自己的第一个孩子。The…

今天我们要学的词是 next-generation. Next-generation 下一代的，新一代的。Possible images of the next-generation iPhone keep popping up online. 网络上不断出现可能是新一代苹果手机的图片。Intel is committing $4.1 billion to the research of next-generation chip technology. 因特尔公司保证投入41亿美元，用于新一代芯片技术的研究。Toyota will debut the next-generation…

今天我们要学的词是 per se. Per se是自身，本身的意思。Google claims that Google+ is not a social media per se. 谷歌声称，Google+ 并非完全意义上的社交媒体。Web bloggers are not journalists per se. 网络博主们并非真正意义上的媒体人。His goal is not to make money…

今天我们要学的词是 fulfilling. Fulfilling令人满意的。I had the most fulfilling lunch. 我午饭吃得太满意了。The old couple had a long-lasting and fulfilling marriage. 这对老夫妇的婚姻长长久久，幸福美满。Volunteering at the soup kitchen was the most fulfilling experience for me. 对我来说，在食物救济站做义工，是收获最多的经历。有关专家说，Living…

今天我们要学的词是 law-abiding. Law-abiding遵纪守法的。The new policy had law-abiding citizens worried about their privacy. 这个新政策让遵纪守法的公民感到担心，怕自己的隐私受到伤害。The released ex-con promised to live the life of a law-abiding citizen. 这个获释的犯人保证要做一个遵纪守法的人。美国总统奥巴马前一段时间宣布，The deportations of law-abiding illegal immigrants…

今天我们要学的词是 sign. 大家都知道，sign有签字的意思，今天我们这里要讲的是签约。The New York Knicks signed NBA veteran Jason Kidd to a three year deal. 纽约尼克斯队跟NBA资深球员贾森.基德签了三年约。与此同时，The Houston Rockets proposed a deal worth $29m to sign Jeremy Lin. 休斯顿火箭队提出，愿意跟林书豪签约，开价2900万美元。为了让纽约队球迷们感到放心，Coach Mike…

今天我们要学的词是 sunburn. Sunburn 晒伤。When summer arrives, so do the sunburns. 夏天来临，被太阳晒伤的情况就会出现。比如，周末去海边没擦防晒油，I got a bad sunburn on my back. 我后背严重晒伤。In order to prevent sunburns, you should put on sunscreen half an…