学个词 – 2589. backlog
今天我们要学的词是 backlog. Backlog 作为名词，有积压的意思。A latest report says the backlog at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has skyrocketed 1400 percent…
学个词 – 2588. trial
今天我们要学的词是 trial. Trial 作为名词，有选拔赛的意思。Michael Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. swimming trials, earning a trip to his fifth…
学个词 – 2587. malnutrition
今天我们要学的词是 malnutrition. Malnutrition 营养不良。The United Nations Children’s Fund said nearly 250,000 Nigerian children are suffering from “severe acute malnutrition.” 联合国儿童基金会说，尼日利亚有将近25万儿童“严重急性营养不良”。A…
学个词 – 2586. date back
今天我们要学的词是 date back. Date back 追溯到。An Australian commission is investigating complaints about students at a military academy being sexually abused…
学个词 – 2585. orderly
今天我们要学的词是 orderly. Orderly 形容词，有序的，有条不紊的。President Obama said that Britain is committed to an orderly transition out of the European Union. 美国总统奥巴马说，英国决心要有条不紊地过渡脱离欧盟。与此同时，U.S.…
学个词 – 2584. genocide
今天我们要学的词是 genocide. Genocide 名词，种族灭绝。Pope Francis called the Ottoman-era slaughter of some 1.5 million Armenians a genocide and urged the world…
学个词 – 2583. overturn
今天我们要学的词是 overturn. Overturn 动词，推翻。The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell. 美国联邦最高法院推翻了前维吉尼亚州长麦克唐纳贪污受贿的判决。A British opposition…
学个词 – 2582. flash flooding
今天我们要学的词是 flash flooding. Flash flooding 名词，骤发洪水。President Obama declared a major disaster in West Virginia after flash flooding left at least…
学个词 – 2581. mistreatment
今天我们要学的词是 mistreatment. Mistreatment 名词，有虐待的意思。Pope Francis said Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from gays for previous mistreatment.…
学个词 – 2580. sweeping
今天我们要学的词是 sweeping. Sweeping 形容词，有全面彻底的意思。India announced sweeping reforms to ease foreign investment in defense, civil aviation and a number of other…
学个词 – 2579. boycott
今天我们要学的词是 boycott. Boycott 动词，抵制。The leaders of the world’s Orthodox Christian churches met on the Greek island of Crete for a…
学个词 – 2578. restrict
今天我们要学的词是 restrict. Restrict 动词，限制。China is restricting TV shows based on foreign formats such as “The Voice of China,” hoping to…
学个词 – 2577. time frame
今天我们要学的词是 time frame. Time frame 时限。Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country backs ratification of a treaty banning nuclear…
学个词 – 2576. running mate
今天我们要学的词是 running mate. Running mate 竞选伙伴。The Wall Street journal reported that Hillary Clinton is considering U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren for…
学个词 – 2575. permission
今天我们要学的词是 permission. Permission 名词，许可。Six U.S. airlines won permission to resume scheduled commercial flights from the U.S. to Cuba for the…