学个词 – 3478. mock
今天我们要学的词是 mock. mock 的意思是嘲笑，嘲弄。 U.S.House Democrats laid out their impeachment case against President Donald Trump Monday while Republicans mocked their allegations. 美国众议院民主党人周一对特朗普总统提出弹劾案，而共和党人则嘲笑他们这些指控。
学个词 – 3477. accreditation
今天我们要学的词是 Accreditation. accreditation 的意思是认可，认证。 The World Anti-Doping Agency has stripped the accreditation from Russia’s anti-doping agency, a move that bars Russia from taking part in the 2020 Olympics and places…
学个词 – 3476. bluff
今天我们要学的词是 bluff. bluff 的意思是虚张声势、唬人。 U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be calling North Korea’s bluff on its end-of-year deadline for nuclear negotiations, prompting some analysts to worry that Pyongyang’s threats…
学个词 – 3475. ramshackle
今天我们要学的词是 ramshackle. ramshackle 的意思是摇摇欲坠的，东倒西歪的。 The activist group Human Rights Watch says Bangladesh has left refugee Rohingya children with little more than informal classes in ramshackle facilities often taught by unqualified…
学个词 – 3474. devaluation
今天我们要学的词是 devaluation. devaluation 的意思是贬值。US President Donald Trump said he would restore tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Brazil and Argentina because of, what he called, the “massive devaluation” of…
学个词 – 3473. hamstring
今天我们要学的词是 hamstring. hamstring 作为动词时常用于被动语态，意思是受阻、受限，不起作用。 Former California prosecutor Kamala Harris’ presidential bid was hamstrung by her failure to counter attacks regarding contradictions between her record and her policy positions. 加州前检察长哈里斯竞选总统的努力难以继续，原因是她没有回应有关她的行事记录与她的政策立场有矛盾的攻击。 In…
学个词 – 3472. foment
今天我们要学的词是 foment. foment 的意思是助长，煽动。 In Lebanon, some politicians and the press foment anger against Syrian refugees, blaming them for widespread unemployment and lack of resources. 在黎巴嫩，一些政客和新闻媒体煽动人们对叙利亚难民的愤怒情绪，指责难民造成大量失业和资源匮乏。 Writing in “Secret Empires”,…
学个词 – 3471. perish
今天我们要学的词是 perish. perish 的意思是毁灭，消亡，尤其是意外、突然的死亡。 More than 200 people have perished in east African floods and mudslides since the beginning of the rain season, which is far from over. 自非洲东部地区进入雨季以来，已有200多人在洪水和泥石流中丧生，而雨季还远未结束。
学个词 – 3470. staggering
今天我们要学的词是 staggering. staggering 的意思是惊人的。 Australia’s second-largest bank, Westpac, has been accused of 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws, which in theory could result in a fine…
学个词 – 3469. obsession
今天我们要学的词是 obsession. obsession 的意思是痴迷，固执。 South Korean startups are banking on cultural similarities with Vietnam, such as the popular obsession with education, to give them an advantage in expanding their business…
学个词 – 3468. lucrative
今天我们要学的词是 lucrative. lucrative 的意思是有利可图的。 An emerging and lucrative business has U.S. farmers buzzing to cash-in on the newly legalized cash crop, hemp, as experts say its global market may grow…
学个词 – 3467. censure
今天我们要学的词是 censure. censure 的意思是谴责，用于正式和公开的场合。 House Democrats voted last month to set aside a Republican motion to censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff “for conduct that misleads the American people.”…
学个词 – 3466. fabricate
今天我们要学的词是 fabricate。 fabricate 的意思是编造、捏造。U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has formally requested updates from the Department of Justice on four criminal referrals submitted last year of individuals who fabricated allegations against then-Judge…
学个词 – 3465. sporadic
今天我们要学的词是 sporadic. sporadic 的意思是零星的，偶尔发生的。Libya descended into chaos after the overthrow of leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Since then, thousands of people have been killed in sporadic fighting between factions in…
学个词 – 3464. barricade
今天我们要学的词是 barricade. barricade 的意思是阻塞，路障。 Hundreds of students from a university in New Delhi who were protesting an increase in student housing costs chanted slogans and tried to cross police barricades…