Category: 学个词 (Learn a Word)

今天我们要学的词是 decry. Decry is spelled D-E-C-R-Y, decry. decry 的意思是大声反对，谴责。 Police in Hong Kong had banned the annual candlelight gathering for the first time in three decades, citing public health concerns…

今天我们要学的词是 temptation. Temptation is spelled T-E-M-P-T-A-T-I-O-N, temptation. temptation 的意思是诱惑。 With travel restrictions lifted and countries starting to compete for tourists as they seek to rebuild their economies, the temptation to…

今天我们要学的词是 viable. Viable is spelled V-I-A-B-L-E, viable. viable 的意思是可行的。 West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said the United States needs to focus on investing in new mining and mineral processing methods…

今天我们要学的词是 recapture. Recapture is spelled R-E-C-A-P-T-U-R-E, recapture. recapture 的意思是收复，夺回。 Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin are three industrial states Donald Trump narrowly won on his path to the White House in 2016…

今天我们要学的词是 outcry. Outcry is spelled O-U-T-C-R-Y, outcry. outcry 的意思是呐喊，大声疾呼。 An outcry following a draft amendment of Afghanistan’s Mass Media Law has led the Presidential Palace to announce it will recall…

今天我们要学的词是 eviscerate. Eviscerate is spelled E-V-I-S-C-E-R-A-T-E, eviscerate. eviscerate 的原意是切除内脏，引申出来是抽取精华，掏空的。 Critics who are opposed to the whole concept of legislation targeted at ‘hate crimes’ and ‘hate speech’ argue that these laws…

今天我们要学的词是 egregious. Egregious is spelled E-G-R-E-G-I-O-U-S, egregious. egregious 的意思是过分的，极其严重的。 White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany called the New York Times’ report on President Trump’s knowledge of Russian bounties against U.S.…

今天我们要学的词是 emblem. Emblem is spelled E-M-B-L-E-M, emblem. emblem 的意思是徽章、象征。Mississippi’s House and Senate took historic votes on Sunday to remove a Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, more than a…

今天我们要学的词是 drubbing. Drubbing is spelled D-R-U-B-B-I-N-G, drubbing. drubbing 的意思是敲打，重创。 Frenchance President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party received a drubbing Sunday in municipal elections, as the Greens celebrated victories in several big…

今天我们要学的词是 condone. Condone is spelled C-O-N-D-O-N-E, condone. condone 的意思是宽容，宽恕。 IBM is no longer offering general purpose facial recognition or analysis software. The company says it will not condone uses of…

今天我们要学的词是 disengage. Disengage is spelled D-I-S-E-N-G-A-G-E, disengage.disengage 的意思是脱离，解除。 After marathon talks, Indian and Chinese military officials agreed to disengage their forces in a disputed area where a bloody clash between…

今天我们要学的词是 spawn. Spawn is spelled S-P -A-W-N, spawn. spawn 的原意是产卵。 A team at Tokyo University has successfully used stem cells to spawn some 1,700 rainbow trout from a single fish,…

今天我们要学的词是 moniker. Moniker is spelled M-O-N-I-K-E-R, moniker. moniker 的意思是绰号。 France has weathered multiple crises in recent years. While successive governments champion the country’s revolution-era moniker as the land of human…

今天我们要学的词是 burnish. Burnish is spelled B-U-R-N-I-S-H, burnish. burnish 的意思是擦亮，增色。 Twitter has been important in burnishing the image of President Donald Trump, but the social media company has recently begun to…

今天我们要学的词是 preliminary. Preliminary is spelled P-R-E-L-I-M-I-N-A-R-Y, preliminary. preliminary 的意思是初步的，预备的。 Afghanistan’s warring sides have agreed to open a preliminary round of peace negotiations later this month for a sustainable cease-fire and…