Month: February 2022

今天我们要学的词是 reconnaissance. Reconnaissance 名词，意思是侦察。U.S. military officials say the American forces ambushed in Niger were on a reconnaissance patrol. 美国军方官员说，在尼日尔遭遇伏击的美军当时正在执行侦察任务。Reports say an Israeli aircraft was on a routine reconnaissance mission over…

今天我们要学的词是 round up. To round up 有赶在一起，围捕的意思。Gay and transgender people were rounded up in recent weeks in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Indonesia. 同性恋和跨性别者最近几周在阿塞拜疆、埃及和印度尼西亚遭到了围捕。Federal investigators rounded up 33 gang members of three…

今天我们要学的词是 atrocity. Atrocity 残暴的行为。Army officials in Myanmar have opened an investigation into allegations that the Myanmar army committed atrocities against the Rohingya minority. 缅甸军方官员围绕缅甸军队对罗兴亚少数族裔犯下暴行的指控展开调查。Western diplomats are pushing to establish an…

今天我们要学的词是 signatory. Signatory 名词，签约国，签约方。美国总统川普宣布不认证伊朗核协议后，Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the 2015 nuclear deal could not be revoked and urged all signatories to honor their commitments. 伊朗总统鲁哈尼说，2015年伊朗核协议不能被废除，并敦促所有签约方遵守承诺。Arizona governor Doug Ducey signed a…

今天我们要学的词是 ordeal. Ordeal 折磨，痛苦经历。A western couple and their three kids were rescued after a five-year ordeal as Taliban prisoners. 西方国家的一对夫妇被塔利班关押五年后，和他们的三个孩子一起获得营救。A battlefield photographer who was kidnapped in Syria in 2013 recounted…

今天我们要学的词是 fire back. To fire back意思是还击。Iranian President Hassan Rouhani fired back at the Trump administration for decertifying the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. 伊朗总统鲁哈尼对川普政府不认证2015年伊朗核协议的决定予以还击。The mayor of San Juan fired back at…

今天我们要学的词是 accommodate. To accommodate有容纳的意思。Bangladesh plans to build a single, huge refugee camp to accommodate 800,000 Rohingya refugees. 孟加拉国计划修建一个巨大的难民营，把80万罗兴亚难民全部安置在那里。Facebook will add three floors to its Chicago office building to accommodate hundreds…

今天我们要学的词是 secessionist. Secessionist 作为形容词，有分离主义的意思。Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy asked Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont to clarify whether he declared independence. 西班牙首相霍伊要求加泰罗尼亚分离主义领导人普伊格蒙特澄清，他到底有没有宣布独立。The latest independence votes in parts of Iraq and Spain…

今天我们要学的词是 ambush. Ambush作为名词，有埋伏、伏击的意思。Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in Niger in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants. 在尼日尔发生的一场疑似由伊斯兰国武装分子制造的伏击中，美国陆军特种部队有三名士兵遇害，两名士兵受伤。Two staff members of a technical college…

今天我们要学的词是 turmoil. Turmoil名词，意思是混乱、骚动。Shares in Sabadell, the second-biggest bank in Catalonia and the fifth largest in Spain, have fallen 10% as the independence turmoil between Catalonia and Madrid escalated. 加泰罗尼亚独立诉求使其与马德里政府间的紧张关系升级之际，当地第二大、西班牙全国第五大的萨瓦德尔银行股票已经下跌了10%。Low-cost long-haul…

今天我们要学的词是 elusive. Elusive形容词，意思是难以捉摸的。Investigators say the reason why Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured hundreds more before taking his own life remains elusive. 调查人员表示，依旧令人难以捉摸的是为什么史蒂芬·帕多克在结束自己的生命前要杀害58人，并导致数百人受伤。One of the most elusive species of…

今天我们要学的词组是 joint venture。Joint venture，意思是合资企业。China is closing North Korean joint ventures and ordering North Korean companies to leave by January. 中国正在关闭中朝合资企业，并要求朝鲜公司在一月前撤出中国。Boeing Company will invest $33 million for a majority stake in…

今天我们要学的词是 capsize。Capsize动词，意思是翻船。At least 23 Rohingya refugees died when the boat they were fleeing in capsized in the Bay of Bengal, the UN’s migration agency announced. 联合国的移民机构称，罗兴亚难民逃难乘坐的船在孟加拉湾翻船，至少23人死亡。Investigators have confirmed that a…

今天我们要学的词是 exhaustive。Exhaustive形容词，意思是详尽的、彻底的。The decision of pulling out US embassy staff from Cuba came after an exhaustive review of US diplomats’ safety in Havana and discussions with the Cuban government. 从古巴撤回美国大使馆员工的决定是在对哈瓦那的美国外交官安全进行了彻底的检查，以及和古巴政府讨论后做出的。The body…

今天我们要学的词是 motorcade。Motorcade名词，意思是车队 。As President Donald Trump’s motorcade drove to Indianapolis International Airport, a man took a knee on the sidewalk, with a folded American flag in his hand. 总统唐纳德·川普的车队向印第安纳波利斯国际机场驶去时，一名男子手持叠着的美国国旗在人行道上跪着。An Indianapolis…