Month: April 2022

今天我们要学的词是 hearsay. hearsay 的意思是传闻，道听途说。 The US intelligence community secretly eliminated a requirement that whistleblowers provide direct, first-hand knowledge of alleged wrongdoings, and allowed whistleblowers to use ‘hearsay’ when filing a…

今天我们要学的词是 whistle-blower. whistle-blower 是指举报人。 A phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s leader is at the center of a debate between Congress and the White House over a…

今天我们要学的词是 null. null 的意思是废止，无效。The British Supreme Court declared Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to ask Queen Elizabeth II to prorogue, or suspend, parliament “null and of no effect,” saying it…

今天我们要学的词是 forge. forge 的意思是锻造，伪造。 A Michigan official has been charged with six election fraud felonies for allegedly altering absentee ballots and forging records during the November 2018 midterm elections. 密歇根州一名官员因涉嫌在2018年11月的中期选举中更改缺席选票和伪造记录而被控犯有6项选举欺诈罪。…

今天我们要学的词是 espouse. espouse 是信奉、拥护的意思。 President Trump’s comments on Crowdstrike in his conversation with the Ukrainian President appears to be referencing a theory espoused by the conservatives that the cyber-security company’s…

今天我们要学的词是 herald. herald 是指传递消息的信使，作为动词有预报、传达的意思。 State-news media heralded the possibility that China’s most advanced weapons will make an appearance during the National Day celebrations in Beijing on October 1. 中国官方媒体传达消息说，中国最先进武器有可能在今年10月1号的北京国庆节庆典上亮相。 The…

今天我们要学的词是 Distinguish. Distinguish 的意思是区分、辨别。 Vaping-product manufacturers have sought to distinguish their goods from counterfeits blaming them for health problems associated with the smoking alternative. 电子烟产品制造商一直试图将他们的商品与假冒产品区分开来，他们将与吸烟替代品相关的健康问题归咎于这些产品。

今天我们要学的词是 culprit. culprit 的意思是罪魁祸首。 In a tweet about the attacks on oil processing centers in Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “There is reason to believe we know the…

今天我们要学的词是 peg. peg 的原意是木钉，木栓。作动词时是指钉住。 President Donald Trump has pegged his re-election bid on the strength of the U.S. economy while pushing for more growth by floating another potential round of…

今天我们要学的词是 spate. spate 的意思是泛滥的，常用的表达方式是spate of，指一阵的、一大批的。 UN Special Rapporteur Clément Voule is in Zimbabwe to assess the country’s human rights situation, at a time when rights groups are worried about a…

今天我们要学的词是 protracted. protracted 的意思是旷日持久的，经久不衰的。 China has announced a tariff exemption withdrawing duties as high as 72 percent on U.S.-produced pork, one of many tariffs Beijing imposed on American agricultural products…

今天我们要学的词是 mired. Mired 的意思是陷入泥潭，深陷。 Senate Appropriations Committee has abandoned plans to mark up two spending bills that have become mired in a partisan dispute over abortion policy. 参议院拨款委员会已经放弃了修订两项支出法案的计划，这两项法案已经深陷有关堕胎政策的党派争端中。 Securing the…

今天我们要学的词是 xenophobic. xenophobic 的意思是排外的、仇外的。 For years, South African politicians who fuel xenophobic sentiments refuse to acknowledge that many of these migrants from conflict-ridden countries are simply seeking a safe and…

今天我们要学的词是 projectile. projectile 的意思是发射体，抛射物。North Korea tested two short-range projectiles hours after offering to resume nuclear talks with the United States, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. 据韩国参谋长联席会议称，朝鲜在提出与美国恢复核谈判后数小时试射了两枚短程射弹。 Archaeologists…

今天我们要学的词是 scramble. scramble 的意思是匆忙行动、争夺。 As migrants and asylum-seekers have crossed America’s southern border in record numbers this year, the U.S. Border Patrol has scrambled to adapt. 由于今年有创纪录人数的移民和寻求庇护者跨越美国南部边境，美国边境巡逻队一直穷于应对。 The Democrats’ scramble…