Month: January 2022

今天我们要学的词是refute. Refute is spelled r-e-f-u-t-e, refute. Refute 的意思是驳斥，反驳。比如，I was able to refute his argument. 我反驳了他的观点。A new discovery by archaeologists refutes the idea that the Mayans predicted the world will end…

今天我们要学的词是bearing. Bearing is spelled b-e-a-r-i-n-g, bearing. Bearing 意思是关系，意义。我们常用 to have bearing on something 意思就是同某事有关系，对某事有影响。The decision had much bearing on the way the company was run. 这个决定对公司的管理运营有很大影响。His private life has no…

今天我们要学的词是hammer。Hammer, 作为名词是榔头，作为动词则是猛击，击败的意思。美国四月的就业报告显示，就业情势有所恶化。 “Seizing on April’s slower job growth, Republicans hammered President Obama for his economic policies,” 共和党人抓住四月份放缓的就业增长数字，以此抨击奥巴马的经济政策。 “US drones continued to hammer al Qaeda targets in Yemen,” 美国无人驾驶飞机继续攻击也门的基地组织目标。Hammer这个词也经常用在体育比赛中，比如， “The Denver…

今天我们要学的词是scathing。 Scathing, 形容词，意思是严厉的，尖刻的。雅虎CEO斯科特.汤普森最近麻烦上身。 “A major Yahoo shareholder wrote a scathing letter to the board, stating that Scott Thompson lied about his degree in computer science,” 雅虎的一个股东向董事会呈交了一封尖刻的信件，说斯科特.汤普森的计算机学位是个谎言。 “British Parliament criticized Murdoch…

今天我们要学的词是bulk up。Bulk up, 是增加，积累的意思。美国四月份就业报告出台，就业集中增加在一些低薪资行业。 “Hiring by retailers rebounded, and food services and temporary-help agencies also bulked up,” 零售业就业有所好转，餐饮业和临时工种就业也有所增长。 演员Zac Efron为出演新角色健身。 “Zac Efron has been bulking up for his new movie,…

今天我们要学的词是mince words。Mince, 是切碎，to mince words 就是把话说得婉转。这个短语通常用在否定句里，not to mince words, 就是说话直接，不兜圈子。 “A frank person never minces words,” 一个坦诚的人从来都是想什么说什么。 “Tell me what you think, and don’t mince your words,” 告诉我你的真实想法，直说，别兜圈子。弗朗索瓦.奥朗德击败现任总统萨科齐，当选法国总统。此前， “The two…

今天我们要学的词是debris。 Debris, 意思是残骸。 “Pieces of debris from last year’s Japanese tsunami, carried by the currents, have begun to show up on the west coast of the United States and Canada,”…

今天我们要学的词是hasten。Hasten, 的意思是催促，加速。 “A new study found that exposure to bullying and child abuse hastens children’s biological aging,” 一项新研究发现，霸凌和虐待会加快儿童的生理衰老。 “Australia’s prime minister said her country will hasten troop withdrawal from Afghanistan,”…

今天我们要学的词是spew。 Spew, 意思是喷出，涌出。 “As Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano continues to spew ash plumes, water vapor and hot rocks, some of the local schools have canceled classes,” 由于墨西哥的波波卡特佩特火山继续喷射火山灰，水气和热石块，一些当地学校已经停课。 美国联邦检察官指控两年前BP石油公司漏油案涉案的一名前工程师删掉了300多条手机短信。 “The messages indicated…

今天我们要学的词是upswing。 Upswing意思是上升。 “Apple reported that it nearly doubled its earnings as compared to the same quarter a year ago, prompting a rapid upswing in its stock price,” 苹果公司业绩报告说，公司本季度的利润比去年同期几乎增长了一倍，使苹果的股价迅速升高。 一些重要经济研究机构认为， “Germany…

今天我们要学的词是reins。Reins, 是名词rein的复数形式，rein是缰绳的意思，reins则指统治权，控制权。 “Russia Prime Minister Putin said he will step down as chairman of United Russia and hand the reins of the parliamentary majority to President Medvedev,” 俄罗斯总理普京表示，他将辞去统一俄罗斯党主席的职务，将这一俄杜马多数党的控制权交给了总统梅德韦杰夫。 “The founder…

今天我们要学的词是luxury。Luxury, 意思是奢侈。luxury brand 奢侈品牌，luxury hotel豪华酒店。2012年北京国际车展开幕， “Global luxury auto makers are piling in to tap the Chinese market,” 全球各地的豪华车品牌争先恐后来开发中国市场。 “Most affluent consumers are downloading luxury brands’ apps and using them to…

今天我们要学的词是prolonged。Prolonged. 意思是持续很久的。 “The International Monetary Fund says the euro zone is risking a prolonged period of deflation if it doesn’t do more to address the vicious circles that its debt…

今天我们要学的词是immune。Immune, 的意思是免疫的，比如，immune system就是指免疫系统， immune disease则是免疫系统疾病。Immune还可以指”免除的”,”不受影响的”. “Apple’s OS X, which has long been considered immune to viruses, was recently hit by a malicious software called Flashback,” 苹果电脑的OS X操作系统一向被认为百毒不侵，可是最近，该系统遭到一种名叫Flashback的恶意软件的袭击。 “The IMF says…

今天我们要学的词是explicitly。Explicitly, 副词，意思是明确地，清晰地。印度成功试射远程导弹， “The White House declined to explicitly criticize India’s missile test, yet it sharply condemned North Korea’s rocket launch just a week ago,” 美国白宫没有明确批评印度的导弹试射；仅在一周前，白宫才严厉谴责过朝鲜的火箭试射行为。 “The Alaska House of Representatives…