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今天我们要学的词是 airtight。Airtight 严密的，无懈可击的。Our team played airtight defense tonight. 我们球队今天晚上的防守无懈可击。His argument appeared virtually airtight. 他的论证听上去滴水不漏。Security for the Super Bowl in New Orleans was airtight. 在新奥尔良举行的美式足球超级杯上，球场保安滴水不漏。The U.S. Anti-doping agency had an airtight…
今天我们要学的词是 unstoppable。Unstoppable 不可阻挡的。Justin Bieber scored his fifth No. 1 album in the U.S. He’s unstoppable. 贾斯汀.比伯的唱片第五次荣登美国排行榜首，他简直就是所向披靡，势不可挡。世界经济论坛不久前结束，Participants remained pessimistic about issues including ballooning national debt, unstoppable unemployment and environmental deterioration. 与会人员对日益膨胀的国债，难以阻挡的高失业率，以及环境的不断恶化等一系列问题的前景表示悲观。好的，今天我们学习的词是…
今天我们要学的词是 cutback。Cutback 做为名词，意思是减少，削减。When the budget is tight, one of the first things to happen is a cutback in travel. 预算紧张的时候，最先被取消的就是出差经费。Apple’s stock has fallen from a cutback on its orders to…
今天我们要学的词是 inappropriate。Inappropriate 不合适的，不恰当的。网络安全问题专家说，Children can be as little as three clicks away from inappropriate content on Youtube. 小孩子上Youtube, 三次点击页面转换就可能看到不符合孩子年龄的内容。University of Texas is reviewing its policies regarding inappropriate relationships between employees and…
今天我们要学的词是 large-scale。Large-scale 大规模的。The police busted a large-scale drug-trafficking ring. 警察捕获了一个大型毒品走私集团。Russia said that it is not planning a large-scale evacuation of its citizens living in Syria. 俄罗斯表示，没有计划大规模疏散叙利亚境内的俄罗斯人。Toyota announced a large-scale recall…
今天我们要学的词是 root cause。Root cause 根本原因。世界经济论坛说，The lack of competitiveness in Europe is the root cause of financial instability and rising unemployment numbers in the region. 缺乏竞争力是欧洲经济不稳定和失业率高的根本原因。波音787梦幻客机全面停飞。The root cause for the Dreamliner’s…
今天我们要学的词是dual。Dual 双重的。 A number of Taiwan residents who hold dual citizenships have chosen to renounce their American citizenship to avoid paying taxes under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. 一些拥有双重国籍的中国台湾省人决定放弃美国国籍，以免交按照海外帐户税收法案必须缴纳的税款。…
今天我们要学的词是exclusion。Exclusion 意思是排除在外。The Boy Scouts of America will consider ending its policy of exclusion of gay leaders and scouts. 美国童子军将考虑取消禁止同性恋加入童子军或是担任童子军领队的政策。不久前，The Pentagon eliminated the exclusion of women from ground combat roles. 美国五角大楼取消了禁止女性参加地面战斗的规定。The…
今天我们要学的词是expansion。Expansion 扩展，扩充。The Kennedy Arts Center unveiled a $100 million expansion plan. 肯尼迪艺术中心宣布扩展计划，耗资一亿美元。President Obama supported the expansion of H1B visas from 65,000 to 115,000 a year. 美国总统奥巴马支持将每年的外籍人员工作签证发放数量从六万五千个增加到11万五千个。The Pentagon is moving toward…
今天我们要学的词是outsize。Outsize，形容词，是特别大的意思。美国房屋市场出现复苏，新房供应量下降，Though new homes represent less than 20 percent of housing sales, they have an outsized impact on the economy. 虽然新住房只占整个房屋市场销售的百分之20，但它们对整体经济的影响非常大。美国财政部长盖特纳说，Preserving Wall Street’s outsized role in the economy was one of…
今天我们要学的词是pitch。Pitch可以是推销的意思，既可以作名词也可以作动词。At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a strong pitch for foreign investment in Russia. 在达沃斯世界经济论坛上，俄罗斯总理梅德韦杰夫积极鼓励外国投资人到俄罗斯投资。The Indian oil ministry is said to be ready…
今天我们要学的词是lip sync。Lip sync 是lip synchronization的简称，意思是对口型，假唱。Pop singer Beyonce is alleged to have lip synced the national anthem at President Obama’s second inauguration. 流行歌手碧昂丝被指在奥巴马总统的连任就职典礼上以对口型的方式演唱美国国歌。Lip syncing, once considered an industry taboo, has become…
今天我们要学的词是vent。 Vent，作动词是发泄情感的意思。美国加州塔夫特高中发生枪击案后，Parents attended an information meeting at the school and vented their fury over the school’s inaction prior to the shooting. 家长们参加学校的信息发布会，对学校在出事前的无所作为表示愤怒。 A Taiwanese woman who vented on Facebook about…
今天我们要学的词是commission。Commission是佣金，抽成的意思。比如，He gets an 8% commission on every sale he makes. 他每做成一笔生意就能提取8%的佣金。最近，美国的梅西百货表示，Great deals and the convince of shopping online is hurting some salespeople at the mall who work on commission.网络购物的折扣和方便减少了商店里一些推销员的收入，因为这些人是靠提成挣钱的。智能手机iPhone自带的语音助理程序Siri 是由一个网络公司开发的，最初，The…
今天我们要学的词是counseling。Counseling 是名词，有咨询的意思。比如，financial counseling 金融咨询。Despite extensive support and counseling, 349 U.S. service members committed suicide in 2012. 尽管能够得到广泛的支持和心理咨询，2012年还是有349名美国军人自杀。有研究显示，While the number of overweight and obese Americans is on the rise, the amount…