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今天我们要学的词是 loosen. Loosen 动词,意思是放松。 Taiwan is considering loosening regulations on work permits for foreign white collar workers coming to Taiwan.…
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今天我们要学的词是 loosen. Loosen 动词,意思是放松。 Taiwan is considering loosening regulations on work permits for foreign white collar workers coming to Taiwan.…
今天我们要学的词是 indefinite. Indefinite 形容词,意思是不明确的,无限期的。The head coach has decided to take an indefinite leave of absence to care for his sick…
今天我们要学的词是 relieved. Relieved 形容词,意思是感到放松的,松了一口气的。Wall Street was relieved after a deal was struck to avoid a U.S. default. 避免美国政府债务违约的协议达成后,华尔街总算松了一口气。The local community…
今天我们要学的词是 back pay. Back pay 意思是补发工资。All federal employees furloughed during the partial government shutdown will get back pay. 美国政府部门部分停摆期间所有被迫休假的联邦雇员都将补发工资。与此同时,某些州政府雇员的工作也因为联邦政府关门而受到影响。一些州议员呼吁,State employees…
今天我们要学的词是 oblivious. Oblivious 形容词,不在意的,未察觉的。旧金山地铁发生枪击案,在拥挤的站台上,居然没有人注意到枪手多次掏枪瞄准。All the passengers standing near the shooter were engrossed with their smart phones or tablets, completely oblivious…
今天我们要学的词是 critic. Critic 名词,批评者。A Russian court ordered a critic of President Putin to be committed to a psychiatric hospital. 俄罗斯的一家法院裁定,将总统普京的一名批评者送进精神病院。越南一家法院以逃税的罪名,判处一位著名人权活动人士两年半刑期。美国使馆发表声明说,The…
今天我们要学的词是 dysfunctional. Dysfunctional 形容词,意思是失常的,失调的。One in three Americans believe the dysfunctional government is the country’s biggest problems. 三个美国人里就有一个人认为,政府运作失调是美国所面临的最大问题。A recent study revealed…
今天我们要学的词是 impasse. Impasse 名词,意思是僵局。The International Monetary Fund thinks an ongoing debt impasse in Congress could be catastrophic. 国际货币基金组织认为,美国国会在借贷上限问题上处于僵持不下的局面会带来灾难性后果。The United States…
今天我们要学的词是 partial. Partial 形容词,部分的。麻萨诸塞州一份研究显示,The partial government shutdown is costing the U.S. $160 million each business day. 美国政府部分停摆,每个工作日造成的经济损失达1.6亿美元。A California wildfire forced…
今天我们要学的词是 grope for. Grope for, 探索。美国急需提高债务上限以避免破产,Both sides of congress groped for a possible solution as concerns over the need to…
今天我们要学的词是 hold up. Hold up, 指一种理论经得起检验。A new study found the theory that eye contact is an effective method of persuasion,…
今天我们要学的词是 scores of. Scores of, 意思是大量的,许多的。上个星期, Scores of African migrants are dead after their boat capsized off the Italian island…
今天我们要学的词是interfere. Interfere, 干预,干涉。美国政府部分关闭导致很多国家出资的景点关闭,其中之一是华盛顿二战纪念碑。然而前来参观的老兵不顾停止开放的牌子坚持进入:Parks police did not interfere with the World War II veterans entering the site. 公园警察没有干涉二战老兵进入二战纪念碑广场。谷歌近日宣布将购买手机导航App Waze. The Federal…
今天我们要学的词是stalemate. Stalemate, 僵局。由于美国国会两党无法就预算达成统一,美国政府陷入停滞状态。不过,The budget stalemate put 800,000 government workers out of a job. 预算僵局使得80万政府雇员都暂时失业。然而由于民主共和两党都毫不退让,The next step in resolving the stalemate…
今天我们要学的词是 hail from. Hail from, 来自于。最新的世界小姐冠军上个星期出炉。2013 Miss World Megan Young competed as Miss Philippines, but she hails from the United…