学个词 – 2221. anchor
今天我们要学的词是 anchor. Anchor 做为名词，有主播的意思。The President of Estonia refused to be interviewed on live TV after a British news anchor got his name wrong. 爱沙尼亚总统因为一个英国电视主播把他的名字叫错而拒绝接受电视实况采访。NBC news anchor Brian Williams decided to…
学个词 – 2220. jogging
今天我们要学的词是 jogging. Jogging 慢跑。一项最新研究指出，Too much jogging may be as bad as no jogging at all. 跑得太多可能跟根本不跑对身体一样糟糕。The study shows that jogging at five miles per hour, two to three days a…
学个词 – 2219. opt out of
今天我们要学的词是 opt out of. To opt out of 意思是选择退出。Republican Mitt Romney decided to opt out of the 2016 Presidential race after considering running for a third time. 曾考虑第三次参选的共和党人罗姆尼最终还是决定不参加2016的总统大选。美国最近麻疹的流行再次使疫苗接种成为焦点话题。In every state…
学个词 – 2218. presumed
今天我们要学的词是 presumed. Presumed 形容词，意思是假定的，推测的。Malaysia officially declared the disappearance of flight MH370 an accident and all people aboard were presumed dead. 马来西亚正式宣布MH370航班的消失是一起事故，机上所以人都推定死亡。A cat that was hit by a car and presumed…
学个词 – 2217. cruelty
今天我们要学的词是 cruelty. Cruelty 残酷的行为。A couple were charged with second-degree cruelty to children for leaving their toddlers in the car while attending a wine tasting event. 一对夫妇把自己两岁上下的孩子留在车里，自己去参加品酒活动，因此被指控犯有二级虐待儿童罪。A former Baltimore Ravens football…
学个词 – 2216. genocide
今天我们要学的词是 genocide. Genocide 种族灭绝。The International Court of Justice ruled that Serbia and Croatia didn’t commit genocide against each other’s people during their war in the 1990’s. 国际法院裁决，塞尔维亚和克罗地亚在九十年代的战争中没有对彼此人民犯下种族灭绝罪。According to the ruling,…
学个词 – 2215. tax break
今天我们要学的词是 tax break. Tax break 意思是减税优惠。President Obama proposed to expand a tax break for working parents with children under 5. 美国总统奥巴马提议扩大有五岁以下孩子的在职父母可以享受的减税优惠。与此同时，White House officials are seeking to end tax breaks on…
学个词 – 2214. exonerate
今天我们要学的词是 exonerate. Exonerate 动词，是免除罪则的意思。DNA evidence helped to exonerate a North Carolina man who served 37 years behind bars for two murders he didn’t commit. 美国北卡罗来纳州一名男子因为两起谋杀罪被关押37年后，DNA证据替他洗清了罪名。统计数字显示，美国历年来共有300多名在押犯依靠DNA证据被证明无罪。Twenty people were sentenced to death…
学个词 – 2213. deface
今天我们要学的词是 deface. Deface 动词，意思是对外表进行涂改和破坏。奥斯卡提名影片“美国狙击手”在美国引起争议。A billboard for the film “American Sniper” in Los Angeles was defaced with the word “Murder!” in red paint. 洛杉矶一块电影“美国狙击手”的广告牌被人用红色油漆涂抹上了“谋杀”的字眼。Hackers defaced the Malaysia Airlines website and threatened…
学个词 – 2212. firearm
今天我们要学的词是 firearm. Firearm 枪支，武器。The Transportation Security Administration discovered 2,212 firearms in passenger’s carry-on bags or on their bodies last year. 美国运输安全局去年在乘客身上或是他们随身携带的行李里发现了2212件枪支武器。Women are the fastest growing demographic of firearm owners. 女性是枪支所有者增长速度最快的人群。最近一份研究显示，Self-defense…
学个词 – 2211. speaker
今天我们要学的词是 speaker. Speaker 做为名词，有议长的意思。Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York assembly, was arrested and charged with taking bribes. 任职多年的美国纽约州众议院议长谢尔登.西尔弗被捕，被控收受贿赂。Sheldon Silver, who has been speaker since 1994, is the…
学个词 – 2210. a string of
今天我们要学的词是 a string of. A string of 一连串的。Hyundai Motors is set to release a string of brand-new models, targeting young consumers in their 20s and 30s. 现代汽车公司计划推出一系列新款汽车，目的是吸引二三十岁的年轻顾客。Uber, the app-based car…
学个词 – 2209. underrepresented
今天我们要学的词是 underrepresented. Underrepresented 形容词，意思是未得到充分代表的。皮尤研究中心的一份调查结果显示，Americans with no religious affiliation are the most underrepresented group in Congress. 没有宗教归属的美国人在国会里是最没有得到充分代表的人群。研究说，美国民众中20%的人没有宗教归属，但是国会议员里只有一个人说自己没有宗教归属，占议员总数的 0.2%。好的，今天我们学习的词是 underrepresented, underrepresented, underrepresented…
学个词 – 2208. conspire
今天我们要学的词是 conspire. Conspire 动词，意思是串通，图谋。Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe have agreed to pay $415 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged they conspired in their hiring practices. 苹果，谷歌，英特尔和奥多比公司同意支付4.15亿美元，这四家公司被控在雇人时串通一气。Saudi Arabia’s oil minister…
学个词 – 2207. crowdfunding
今天我们要学的词是 crowdfunding. Crowdfunding 众筹。A new generation of scientists are leveraging crowdfunding and social media to raise money for research. 新一代科学家开始利用众筹和社交媒体为研究项目集资。Duke University researcher Kathleen Pryer raised $22,000 from crowdfunding to study…