今天我们要学的词是 fizzle. fizzle 的原意是渐弱的嘶嘶声，引申出来就是逐渐消失，悄悄失败。Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido called for the military to join him and oust dictator Nicolas Maduro,…
今天我们要学的词是 poised. poised 的一个意思是准备好了，常常与 to 或者 for 联用。 Astronomers are poised to release new images that they say show glowing…
今天我们要学的词是 tyranny. tyranny 的意思是专制统治，暴政。In the heated gun-ownership debate, some people don't realize that the 2nd Amendment isn't about sport shooting…
今天我们要学的词是 pretense. pretense 的意思是伪装，借口。Those parents who handed large sum of money to college athletics officials to get their kids into…
今天我们要学的词是 galore. galore 常用在名词后面，形容量大，丰富。 Among more than a dozen Democratic candidates, there will be outsiders galore participating in the presidential…
今天我们要学的词是 spearhead. spearhead 直译过来就是矛头，引申出来指的是带头行动，做先锋。 France is spearheading a new higher education plan aimed at making it a more attractive destination…
今天我们要学的词是 endemic. endemic 的意思是地方性的，当地流行的（疾病等）。 Supporters say Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy's landslide victory in the presidential runoff reflects public dismay with…
今天我们要学的词是 rebuff. rebuff 可以用作名词或动词，意思是断然拒绝，回绝。 Russia has rebuffed calls from U.S. President Donald Trump to remove all military personnel from Venezuela,…
今天我们要学的词是 exert. exert 的意思是发挥（作用），施加（力量）。 The Trump administration continues to exert diplomatic and economic pressure on Maduro's regime as part of…
今天我们要学的词是 thwart. thwart 的意思是阻碍，阻挠。U.S. Federal investigators have thwarted what they say could've been a massive terrorist attack after they discovered…