Month: February 2022

今天我们要学的词是 tug-of-war. tug-of-war 指的是拔河游戏，常用来指双方的争夺战。 The tug-of-war between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration for further information and material pertaining to the Russia probe is expected to continue. 国会民主党人与特朗普政府之间还会为了有关俄罗斯调查的进一步信息和材料进行更多的拉锯战。 Western diplomats…

今天我们要学的词是 poach. poach 的原意是偷猎。 South Africa, which has the largest population of rhinos in the world, has been the country hit hardest by poaching. 世界上犀牛最多的国家南非是发生偷猎行为最严重的国家。 poach 引申出来是指用不当手段盗走、挖走。

今天我们要学的词是 austerity. austerity 在新闻用语中常指开支紧缩。 Thousands of Puerto Ricans marched at a May Day event to protest austerity measures and demand the ouster of a federal control board overseeing the U.S.…

今天我们要学的词是 plight. plight 的意思是困境。 White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said the White House’s new immigration plan could touch on the plight of thousands who were brought to the U.S. illegally…

今天我们要学的词是 contempt. contempt 的意思是藐视，不尊敬，常见用法是in contempt of。 House Democrats are threatening to hold key Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over information or to testify about…

今天我们要学的词是 sidestep. sidestep 的意思是偏离，回避。 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a program for federal-local collaboration that would sidestep sanctuary city restrictions by delegating arrest powers to local officers. 美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）启动了一项联邦与地方合作计划，通过将逮捕权下放给当地警方来避开庇护城市的限制。…

今天我们要学的词是 scathing. Scathing 用来形容言语尖刻、甚至带有伤害性。 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch directed scathing criticism at the Ukrainian government, urging authorities to replace a senior anti-corruption official. 美国驻乌克兰大使伊万诺维奇向乌克兰政府发出严厉批评，敦促当局替换一名反腐高级官员。 A scathing 2018 report…

今天我们要学的词是 fizzle. fizzle 的原意是渐弱的嘶嘶声，引申出来就是逐渐消失，悄悄失败。Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido called for the military to join him and oust dictator Nicolas Maduro, but the coup appeared to have fizzled a day later.…

今天我们要学的词是 poised. poised 的一个意思是准备好了，常常与 to 或者 for 联用。 Astronomers are poised to release new images that they say show glowing hot gas and plasma being drawn into a black hole.…

今天我们要学的词是 tyranny. tyranny 的意思是专制统治，暴政。In the heated gun-ownership debate, some people don’t realize that the 2nd Amendment isn’t about sport shooting or even self-defense, it was designed to prevent government tyranny.…

今天我们要学的词是 pretense. pretense 的意思是伪装，借口。Those parents who handed large sum of money to college athletics officials to get their kids into prestigious colleges on the pretense of joining the sports team…

今天我们要学的词是 galore. galore 常用在名词后面，形容量大，丰富。 Among more than a dozen Democratic candidates, there will be outsiders galore participating in the presidential debates this year. 在十几位民主党参选人中，将有很多圈外人参加今年的总统辩论。 Controversies galore around Facebook didn’t impact…

今天我们要学的词是 spearhead. spearhead 直译过来就是矛头，引申出来指的是带头行动，做先锋。 France is spearheading a new higher education plan aimed at making it a more attractive destination for foreign students – but also a more expensive one.…

今天我们要学的词是 endemic. endemic 的意思是地方性的，当地流行的（疾病等）。 Supporters say Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s landslide victory in the presidential runoff reflects public dismay with the country’s endemic corruption, a weak economy, and a five-year-old…

今天我们要学的词是 rebuff. rebuff 可以用作名词或动词，意思是断然拒绝，回绝。 Russia has rebuffed calls from U.S. President Donald Trump to remove all military personnel from Venezuela, saying that they had sent their specialists as part of…