Month: April 2022

今天我们要学的词是 proliferate. Proliferate is spelled P-R-O-L-I-F-E-R-A-T-E, proliferate. Proliferate 的意思是激增，迅速扩散。Chinese factories with production lines making face masks are demanding full payment before shipping them. With scams proliferating, those are often unacceptable…

今天我们要学的词是 deprive. Deprive is spelled D-E-P-R-I-V-E, deprive. Deprive 的意思是夺去，剥夺。Millions of children in Pakistan are deprived of an education due to family financial reasons. Some are even forced into child labor…

今天我们要学的词是 quell. Quell is spelled Q-U-E-L-L, quell. Quell 的意思是压制，消除。In an effort to quell the spread of the coronavirus, most American universities and colleges have shifted to online learning.为了遏制冠状病毒的传播，大多数美国大学已转为网上授课。 The Kennedy…

今天我们要学的词是 alleviate. Alleviate is spelled A-L-L-E-V-I-A-T-E, alleviate. Alleviate 的意思是减轻，缓解。The medications being tested for coronavirus treatments are focused on neutralizing the virus itself, alleviating its life-threatening symptoms, and boosting a patient’s…

今天我们要学的词是 reconciliation. Reconciliation is spelled R-E-C-O-N-C-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N, reconciliation. Reconciliation 的意思是和解。 After years of civil war, Sudan’s new transitional unity government is urging citizens to work towards reconciliation and forgiving perpetrators of…

今天我们要学的词是 guardian. Guardian is spelled G-U-A-R-D-I-A-N, guardian. Guardian 的意思是守护者，监护人。 Museums across the U.S. have closed to the public due to Coronavirus concerns, but it hasn’t stopped the guardians of some…

今天我们要学的词是 en route. En is spelled E-N, en, and route, R-O-U-T-E, route, en route. En route 的意思是在途中。The US Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort departed from Norfolk, Virginia, Saturday en route…

今天我们要学的词是 scourge. Scourge is spelled S-C-O-U-R-G-E, scourge. Scourge 的意思是祸害、灾害。While the flu typically gets considerable attention in the U.S. during flu season, it is nothing close to the astounding coverage level…

今天我们要学的词是 paramount. Paramount is spelled P-A-R-A-M-O-U-N-T, paramount. Paramount 的意思是首要的，至高无上的。It was the hope that 2020 Olympics could still be held as a distraction from the COVID-19 outbreak around the world. However,…

今天我们要学的词是 mortality. Mortality is spelled M-O-R-T-A-L-I-T-Y, mortality. Mortality 的意思是死亡率，死亡数字。A scientific adviser to Italy’s minister of health said on Saturday that the coronavirus mortality rate in Italy may be exaggerated due…

今天我们要学的词是 stimulus. Stimulus is spelled S-T-I-M-U-L-U-S, stimulus. Stimulus 的意思是刺激物、刺激计划。House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed “optimism” that Congress can reach a coronavirus stimulus deal after she was criticized that the Democrats had…

今天我们要学的词是 postponement. Postponement is spelled P-O-S-T-P-O-N-E-M-E-N-T, postponement. Postponement 的意思是延期。Athletes and sporting federations from around the world reacted with a mixture of sadness, relief and goodwill to the postponement of the…

今天我们要学的词是 invoke. Invoke is spelled I-N-V-O-K-E, invoke. Invoke 的意思是调用，实行。U.S. President Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act, which would ensure that the private sector increases manufacturing and distribution of…

今天我们要学的词是 mitigate. Mitigate is spelled M-I-T-I-G-A-T-E, mitigate. Mitigate 的意思是减免，减轻。The trump administration set out to implement a sweeping economic stimulus package, including sending out checks to help Americans, to mitigate the…

今天我们要学的词是 monolithic. Monolithic is spelled M-O-N-O-L-I-T-H-I-C, monolithic. Monolithic 的意思是一整块的，整体的。In a speech at the National Religious Broadcasters annual convention in Nashville, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said the mainstream press has…