Month: April 2022

今天我们要学的词是 incursion. incursion 的意思是侵袭，入侵，尤其是突然或短暂的行动。 EU governments have been fiercely divided over how to react to Turkey’s military incursion into northern Syria amid a US draw down from the region. 在美国从叙利亚撤军之际，欧盟各国一直在如何对土耳其短暂军事入侵叙利亚北部的问题上发生激烈争执。…

今天我们要学的词是 appease. appease 的意思是安抚，讨好。 Germany hopes to reduce its carbon footprint and appease the young climate activists by rolling out new and innovative trains. 德国希望通过推出有创新性的新火车来减少碳排放，并安抚年轻的气候问题活动人士。 Critics point out that American…

今天我们要学的词是 paralyze. paralyze 的意思是瘫痪。Japan began recovery efforts Sunday after a powerful typhoon hit the central island killing more than 30 people and briefly paralyzing Tokyo. 一场强台风袭击日本中部岛屿，造成30多人丧生，并导致东京短暂瘫痪之后，日本周日开始了重建工作。 V iolent attacks and…

今天我们要学的词是 bizarre. bizarre 的意思是怪异的，异乎寻常的。 North and South Korea played to a Zero-zero draw at a virtually empty Stadium in Pyongyang in what was surely one of the most bizarre qualifying…

今天我们要学的词是 burgeoning. burgeoning 的意思是新兴的，迅速发展的。 Rabbit meat is a slowly growing part of Africa’s diet, with a burgeoning industry in South Africa and Nigeria that promotes the meat as cheap, healthy…

今天我们要学的词是 unravel. Unravel 的原意是拆解（线团等），引申出来是指揭开谜团，弄清事实。 也有计划、成就被破坏的意思。The whistleblower’s complaint on the Trump-Ukraine phone call that has all but unraveled, sparked the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. 举报人对特朗普总统与乌克兰总统电话通话的指控几乎还没有搞清楚，就引发了众议院民主党人的弹劾问询。 The office-sharing startup WeWork had been…

今天我们要学的词是 Congenial. congenial 的意思是友善的，情投意合的。 President Trump described the telephone call with the Ukrainian president, which lawmakers in the House of Representatives are investigating, “congenial” and said there was no pressure…

今天我们要学的词是 Rebuke.rebuke 的意思是斥责、谴责。 President Donald Trump’s decision to remove U.S. forces from northern Syria received a rare bipartisan rebuke from top lawmakers. 特朗普总统决定从叙利亚北部撤出美军部队，这一决定遭到了罕见的来自两党重量级议员们的谴责。

今天我们要学的词是 infringe. infringe 的意思是违反，侵权。 The European Union is helping countries in Africa create biometric ID cards that could make it easier for people in the region to access government services,…

今天我们要学的词是 rudimentary. rudimentary 的意思是初步的，起码的。 A groundbreaking new device is helping blind people perceive the world around them in a rudimentary fashion that can boost their quality of life. 一个具有突破性的新设备帮助盲人可以初步感知周围世界，从而提高他们的生活质量。 Many…

今天我们要学的词是 fiasco. fiasco 的意思是彻底失败，惨败。 The date and terms of Brexit remain uncertain three years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, but British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is determined…

今天我们要学的词是 vigor. vigor 的意思是活力，生机。 Some observers believe that North Korea’s Juche ideology of “self-reliance” has been embraced in recent years with renewed vigor by leader Kim Jong Un, the third…

今天我们要学的词是 hamper. hamper 的意思是阻碍，妨碍。 President Trump has criticized the Federal Reserve’s enormous power to speed up or slow down the economy and complained about the Fed when he perceived it…

今天我们要学的词是 evade. evade 的意思是逃避、推脱。 British-registered companies have facilitated North Korean efforts to evade international sanctions, according to an investigation by the London-based Royal United Services Institute. 总部位于伦敦的皇家三军研究所进行的一项调查显示，在英国注册的公司为朝鲜设法逃避国际制裁提供了便利。 Tufts University will…

今天我们要学的词是 insinuate. insinuate 的意思是暗示，含沙射影。House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez recently insinuated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a racist for criticizing her. 众议员科特兹最近暗示众议院议长佩洛西对她进行批评，是一名种族主义者。 insinuate 也有谄媚，巴结上的意思。How Jeffrey Epstein, a rich, self-proclaimed hedge-fund…