Month: April 2022

今天我们要学的词是 batter. batter 作为动词的意思是连续抽打、袭击。 Hurricane Dorian entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Sunday after battering the Canadian Nova Scotia peninsula, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. 飓风多利安星期天在袭击加拿大新斯科舍省半岛后进入圣劳伦斯湾，给数十万人造成供电中断。 In recent…

今天我们要学的词是 allay. allay 的意思是缓解、平息。 The British government is planning to announce liberalization of residency rules for European nationals in Britain to allay concerns about their status should Britain leave the…

今天我们要学的词是 Wayward. wayward 是任性、固执的意思，也可以指反复无常、意想不到的。 Train service through San Francisco’s Sunset Tunnel was interrupted for about an hour when a wayward SUV entered the underground rail tunnel and exited the other…

今天我们要学的词是 binge. binge 的意思是狂欢，暴饮暴食。 Fifty-seven percent of full-time American college students had a drink in the last month, and about 38% of them were binge drinking, according to the National…

今天我们要学的词是 resonate. resonate 的意思是共鸣。 President Trump’s message resonated with rural America when he campaigned in areas often regarded as forgotten, where the jobs had left and opioids had devastated communities.…

今天我们要学的词是 peculiar. peculiar 的意思是独特的、奇特的。 A peculiar form of body art is gaining popularity in New York City – it’s protest body art where people paint slogans aimed at promoting their…

今天我们要学的词是 hefty。 hefty 的意思是巨额的、沉重的。Italy has passed a law imposing a hefty fine on rescue ships that come to its ports and disembark refugees and migrants they have picked up at…

今天我们要学的词是 douse. Douse 的意思是扑灭（大火）、用水浇灭。Under pressure from the international community to protect the environment, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dispatched two C-130 Hercules aircraft to help douse the forest fires. 在国际社会要求保护环境的压力下，巴西总统博尔索纳罗派出两架飞机协助扑灭森林大火。 The…

今天我们要学的词是 flout. flout 的意思是蔑视、藐视。 Almost two dozen former Polish ambassadors are telling U.S. President Donald Trump that Poland’s democracy is at risk, and are urging him to pressure the country’s…

今天我们要学的词是 expel. expel 的意思是开除、驱逐。 During the G-7 summit, U.S. President Donald Trump pushed for readmission of Russia into the group from which it was expelled after the 2014 annexation of…

今天我们要学的词是 immersive. immersive 的意思是沉浸其中，身临其境的。 A team of researchers came up with new immersive technologies that allow people from all over the world to experience performing arts in a breathtakingly beautiful…

今天我们要学的词是 face off. face off 的意思是对峙、对决，最后摊牌。 Former US Vice President Joe Biden is in a crowded field of two dozen others seeking the Democratic presidential nomination to face off against…

今天我们要学的词是 preempt. preempt 的意思是抢先，先发制人。 Violence was largely averted in Portland, Oregon, where police established concrete barriers, closed streets and bridges to preempt clashes between anti-fascist groups and counter-protesters. 俄勒冈州波特兰市警方为预先防范反法西斯团体和反抗议者之间发生冲突而设立水泥路障，封锁街道和桥梁，基本上避免了暴力发生。 preempt…

今天我们要学的词是 chasm. chasm 的意思是裂痕、鸿沟。 The chasm between those demanding the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his own unyielding position leaves little room for compromise. 要求叙利亚总统阿萨德下台的声音与他自己毫不退让的立场相距甚远，几乎没有折中的余地。

今天我们要学的词是 skirmish. skirmish 是指小冲突，摩擦。 Recent cross-border skirmishes between Pakistan and India have killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on the Pakistani side of the disputed Kashmir region, officials…