学个词 – 969. recycling
今天我们要学的词是recycling。 Recycling, 意思是回收。随着近年来人们环保意识的加强, “Recycling has come a long way,” 废物回收也取得了显著进展。 为了庆祝星期四的世界地球日四十周年, “There will be many electronics recycling events around the…
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今天我们要学的词是recycling。 Recycling, 意思是回收。随着近年来人们环保意识的加强, “Recycling has come a long way,” 废物回收也取得了显著进展。 为了庆祝星期四的世界地球日四十周年, “There will be many electronics recycling events around the…
今天我们要学的词是make strides。 To make strides, 意思是取得进展。 “The new coach has already made strides in his first week of coaching,” 新教练第一个星期执教,就取得了显著进展。…
今天我们要学的词是fine。 Fine, 做为名词,有罚款的意思。 “The basketball player is facing a hefty fine of $100,000 for misconduct,” 这个篮球运动员因为不当行为可能要受到十万美元的大笔罚款。 “Toyota agreed to pay…
今天我们要学的词是affect。 Affect, 做为动词,有影响的意思。上星期冰岛火山爆发,产生的火山灰云层造成了欧洲空中交通的瘫痪。 “The airspace shutdowns have affected millions of travelers,” 空中交通的停顿影响到了数以百万计的飞机乘客。 日本丰田汽车公司又宣布了两项召回通知。 “The recalls will affect about 270,000 two-wheel…
今天我们要学的词是fix。 Fix, 做为名词,指注射毒品消除毒瘾,但也常被用来指得到其它特别上瘾的东西。 “I got my coffee fix every morning in the nearby coffee shop,” 我每天早上一定要在附近的咖啡店买咖啡喝。 “He receives his daily…
今天我们要学的词是contention。 Contention, 是争夺,竞争的意思。 “The team was knocked out of playoff contention with three weeks to go in the regular season,”…
今天我们要学的词是sign up。 To sign up, 是报名的意思。 “I signed up for the book club,” 我报名参加这个读书俱乐部。 “The deadline to sign up is…
今天我们要学的词是game plan。 Game plan, 是行动策略、战术的意思。 “The coach told his players to stick to the game plan,” 教练告诉队员,按照既定战术打。 “The couple followed…
今天我们要学的词是commitment。 Commitment, 是承诺的意思。 “The company has made strong commitments to using clean energy,” 这家公司保证要使用清洁能源。国际核安全峰会星期一在美国首都华盛顿召开。 “U.S. President Obama said he expected…
今天我们要学的词是allergy。 Allergy, 是过敏的意思。最新研究发现, “Flu shots are harmless to most kids who suffer from egg allergies,” 流感疫苗对大多数鸡蛋过敏的孩子不会带来伤害。 “Spring allergy season is…
今天我们要学的词是quality time。 Quality time, 意思是高品质的时光。 “The newly weds tried to spend quality time together despite busy work schedules,” 尽管工作很忙,但是这对新婚燕尔的夫妇还是想方设法在一起渡过高品质的恩爱时光。 “Spending…
今天我们要学的词是grounds。 Grounds, 有理由、根据的意思。 “The governor vetoed the bill on security grounds,” 州长以安全为由,否决了这项议案。 “More than 20% of the ballots were invalidated…
今天我们要学的词是thriller。 Thriller, 惊险的事情,多用来指书籍、故事、剧情或是比赛等等。 “I finished the thriller in just one day,” 我只用了一天的时间,就读完了这本惊险小说。 “The suspenseful thriller was based on an international…
今天我们要学的词是Easter。 Easter, 复活节。 “Shoppers are expected to spend $13 billion this Easter,” 今年复活节,消费者预计要花130亿美元。英国航空公司机组服务人员可能举行罢工。 “The walkouts scheduled ahead of the busy…
今天我们要学的词是junk food。 Junk food, 指那些没营养的垃圾食物。美国第一夫人米歇尔.奥巴马呼吁食品工业多生产健康食品。 “She urged the major food makers to produce more healthy food, rather than junk food,…