Month: February 2022

今天我们要学的词是 christen. Christen是指婴儿受洗时给他起名，作为进入基督教会的标志。Christened 就是命名。 The revised free trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, christened USMCA, has big implications for Donald Trump’s trade war with China. 修订后的美国、加拿大和墨西哥之间的自由贸易协定被命名为USMCA，它对特朗普与中国的贸易战有重大喻意。 Congressman…

今天我们要学的词是 dire. dire is spelled d-i-r-e, dire. Dire 是非常严峻的、极为令人担忧的意思，Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and one of China’s richest men, gave a dire warning that the escalating…

今天我们要学的词是 vanity. vanity的意思是虚荣，浮华，自大。Harrison Schmitt, the man who walked on the moon in the last Apollo mission, says returning to the moon is more than a national vanity project. 哈里森-施密特是在最后一次阿波罗行动中登上月球的人，他认为重返月球不仅仅是为了国家荣誉。Barbara Bush…

今天我们要学的词是 exert. Exert 是使用，发挥，施加的意思，U.S. President Donald Trump said it was “too soon” for Washington to talk to Beijing about working out a trade deal, suggesting U.S. tariffs have yet to…

今天我们要学的词是 fraught. Fraught的意思是充满紧张、压力，The United States recently flew bombers over the South China Sea again, the move is likely to intensify the already fraught tension between Beijing and Washington. 美军轰炸机最近再次飞跃南中国海上空，这可能会加剧北京和华盛顿之间已经充满紧张的关系。 Theresa…

今天我们要学的词是 trajectory。 Trajectory的意思是轨迹、轨道，President Trump told reporters after his speech at the UN general assembly that he hopes there would be “the same trajectory” for Iran as the U.S. has had…

今天我们要学的词是 castigate。 Castigate 的意思是痛斥、鞭笞、严惩，U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley regularly castigates Tehran for its destabilizing role in Syria and Yemen and its support for the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah，美国驻联合国大使黑莉经常痛斥德黑兰在叙利亚和也门起到的不稳定作用及其对激进组织哈马斯和真主党的支持。It’s easy to…

我们今天要学的词是rapprochement。 Rapprochement 的意思是和睦、和解，特别是指国际间的关系。The push to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula is still a work in progress, although fears of war have given way to dreams of rapprochement，推动朝鲜半岛无核化的工作仍在进展中，尽管和解的梦想已经取代了对战争的恐惧。The potential deal between Vatican…

今天我们要学的词是 bolster。 Bolster 是加强，支持的意思，The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a must-pass piece of legislation that includes a provision that would dramatically bolster American funding for global…

今天我们要学的词是 ominous. ominous is spelled o-m-i-n-o-u-s, ominous. ominous 的意思是不祥的，凶多吉少的，The United States and Britain recently issued a rare and ominous alert charging Russia with ramping up cyber attacks on American and…

今天我们要学的词是 converge. Converge的意思是汇集、聚集，Valunteers and Red Cross workers from across the country are all converging on the Carolinas to aid Hurricane Florence victims，来自全美各地的志愿者和红十字会工作人员都聚集在南、北卡罗莱纳州，为飓风佛罗伦萨受害者提供帮助。Science students from across Africa converge in Zimbabwe’s capital…

今天我们要学的词是 keen. Keen的意思是踊跃、热衷，常常跟一个介词联用。The United States is keen to invest in Greenland for its strategic importance to the U.S. military and its ballistic missile early warning system. 美国热衷于在格陵兰岛投资，因为那里对美国军方及其弹道导弹预警系统具有战略重要性。Moscow is keen on…

今天我们要学的词是 foster. Foster是指培育、培养、促进。North and South Korea opened a joint liaison office aimed at fostering cross-border communications and relations，朝鲜和韩国开放了一个联合联络处，目的是促进跨境通讯和朝韩关系。Convinced that smaller schools with specific interests could foster better, more motivated learning,…

今天我们要学的词是 barometer。 Barometer的意思是气压表、晴雨表，When a hurricane hits, ‘Waffle House’ becomes a barometer，当飓风来袭时，华夫饼屋就成了晴雨表。什么意思呢？就是这家餐饮店是否开门显示了飓风的严重程度。Democrats have already captured several races this year that were seen as barometers of the electorate, and the party is…

今天我们要学的词是 impasse. Impasse的意思是僵局，The United States has imposed sanctions on two North Korean-controlled IT companies amid an impasse between the two countries over the pace of North Korea’s dismantling of its…