Month: February 2022

今天我们要学的词是 national anthem. National anthem 国歌。The NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to halt enforcement of new rules regarding the national anthem. 美国全国橄榄球联盟和NFL球员协会达成协议，暂停实施有关国歌的新规定。In 2016, then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began…

今天我们要学的词是 bolster. Bolster 作为动词，有支持，加强的意思。The U.S. Defense Department says it will give $200 million to Ukraine to help bolster its military’s defensive capabilities. 美国国防部表示，将向乌克兰提供两亿美元，支持乌克兰军方加强防御能力。The leaders of Egypt and Sudan have agreed…

今天我们要学的词是 call center. Call center 客户服务中心。The U.S. government has sentenced 21 people to jail terms for their involvement in a call center scam based in India that targeted U.S. victims.…

今天我们要学的词是 seminarian. Seminarian 名词，神学院学生。Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, one of the most respected U.S. cardinals, was accused of sexually abusing both boys and adult seminarians. 美国最受尊敬的主教之一，红衣主教麦卡瑞克被控性侵男童和成年的神学院学生。Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of…

今天我们要学的词是 vigilante. Vigilante 名词，指的是自发维护治安的人。Suspected vigilantes killed a Muslim man transporting two cows in India, spotlighting the growing influence of pro-Hindu fringe groups. 印度一个穆斯林男子在运送两头牛的途中被据信是自发维护治安的人杀害，凸显了支持印度教的边缘团体日益增加的影响力。A growing network of vigilantes in China are…

今天我们要学的词是 wage. Wage 作为动词，有发动的意思。A top CIA expert on Asia said that China is waging a “quiet kind of cold war” against the United States. 中央情报局一位亚洲问题专家说，中国正在对美国发动一场“静悄悄的冷战”。The Philippine military estimates that about…

今天我们要学的词是 contract. Contract作为动词，有收缩的意思。South Korea’s central bank estimated that North Korea’s economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017. 韩国中央银行估计，朝鲜2017年的经济出现了20年最大幅度的收缩。Government statistics show Argentina’s economy contracted 0.9 percent in…

今天我们要学的词是 compel. Compel 动词，有强迫的意思。U.S. Democratic lawmakers are trying to compel a government interpreter to testify about what was discussed during President Donald Trump’s one-on-one meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.…

今天我们要学的词是 covert. Covert 形容词，隐秘的。Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov complained to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the arrest of a Russian woman on allegations of being a covert agent.…

今天我们要学的词是 breastfeeding. Breastfeeding 母乳喂养。U.S. government officials disputed a New York Times report that the government opposed a WTO resolution supporting breastfeeding. 美国政府官员否认纽约时报关于美国政府反对世界卫生组织支持母乳喂养决议案的报道。The WTO says breastfeeding all babies for the first…

今天我们要学的词是 high-resolution. High-resolution 高分辨率的。Using high-resolution satellite images, researchers estimate 84 percent of the world’s population live in urban areas. 研究人员依靠高分辨率的卫星图像估计，世界上84%的人口都居住在城镇地区。Researchers have captured the highest-resolution image to date of the Zika…

今天我们要学的词是lobby. Lobby 做为动词，意思是游说。China tried to step up pressure on Washington in their growing tariff war by suggesting that U.S. companies should lobby American leaders. 在日益升级的美中关税战中，为了对华盛顿施加压力，中国建议美国公司出面游说美国领导人。Environmentalists lobbied the Auckland council to…

今天我们要学的词是conspiracy. Conspiracy 阴谋。A federal grand jury indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers with conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. 一个大陪审团对12名俄罗斯军方情报官员提出起诉，罪名是阴谋干预2016年美国总统大选。A jailed Ukrainian filmmaker who was sentenced to 20…

今天我们要学的词是alliance. Alliance 联盟。NATO leaders agreed to formally invite Macedonia to begin accession talks to join the Western alliance. 北约各国领导人一致同意，正式邀请马其顿围绕加入这个西方联盟组织展开谈判。Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has accused a covert military-judiciary alliance…

今天我们要学的词是tit-for-tat. Tit-for-tat意思是针锋相对，以牙还牙。Islamist militants’ attacks and tit-for-tat violence between rival ethnic groups have cast doubt on Mali’s upcoming elections. 伊斯兰国激进分子的袭击和对立族群间针锋相对的暴力冲突给马里即将举行的选举带来了不确定性。 The tit-for-tat tariffs between Washington and Beijing are sending tremors through…