学个词 – 2529. counterweight
今天我们要学的词是 counterweight. Counterweight 用于平衡，制衡的力量。美国国防部长卡特前往印度访问。U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter tried to enhance a relatively new defense relationship with India which the…
学个词 – 2528. ratchet up
今天我们要学的词是 ratchet up. Ratchet up 提高，加剧。U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that Washington is ready to ratchet up pressure…
学个词 – 2527. border crossing
今天我们要学的词是border crossing. Border crossing 边境通道。Finland has started tightening controls at two Northern border crossings with Russia to stop illegal crossings.…
学个词 – 2526. defect
今天我们要学的词是defect. Defect动词，叛逃。South Korea confirmed that a high ranking North Korean military official defected to the South last year. 韩国证实，朝鲜一名高级军官去年脱北，投奔韩国。就在几天前，South Korea…
学个词 – 2525. acceptance rate
今天我们要学的词是 acceptance rate. Acceptance rate录取率。Harvard University’s acceptance rate sank to 5.2% this year, a record low. 哈佛大学今年的录取率跌至5.2%, 再创历史新低。Among Ivy League…
学个词 – 2524. interference
今天我们要学的词是 interference. Interference 干扰，干涉。Russia said that Turkey should stop interference into the internal affairs of its neighboring countries. 俄罗斯表示，土耳其应该停止干涉邻国内政。South Korean…
学个词 – 2523. insufficient
今天我们要学的词是 insufficient. Insufficient 形容词，不充分的。Thousands of Chicago teachers went on a one-day strike, calling on the government to address insufficient public…
学个词 – 2522. impeachment
今天我们要学的词是 impeachment. Impeachment 弹劾。South Africa’s parliament will debate a motion for President Jacob Zuma’s impeachment. 南非议会将讨论一项弹劾总统祖马的提案。Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s lawyers…
学个词 – 2521. offshore
今天我们要学的词是 offshore. Offshore 离岸的。The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism published an extensive investigation into the offshore dealings of the rich…
学个词 – 2520. upgrade
今天我们要学的词是 upgrade. Upgrade 作为名词，是更新的意思。The Nigerian Customs Service said it requires about N20 billion to do a system upgrade at the…
学个词 – 2519. restore
今天我们要学的词是 restore. Restore 动词，意思是恢复，复原。Japan lost all contacts with its latest satellite telescope and hasn’t been able to restore any communications.…
学个词 – 2518. ideology
今天我们要学的词是 ideology. Ideology 名词，意思是意识形态。U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called for Britons to defeat the ideology behind the Brussels terror attacks.…
学个词 – 2517. e prescribing
今天我们要学的词是 e-prescribing. E-prescribing 是通过电子途经开处方的意思。 这里的 e, 是 electronic 的缩写。Effective March 27, New York’s e-prescribing law went into effect. 纽约州的电子处方法从3月27号开始生效。The e-prescribing…
学个词 – 2516. scrutinize
今天我们要学的词是 scrutinize. To scrutinize 意思是仔细审查。California state lawmakers will scrutinize the state’s $64 billion high speed rail plans. 加州州议会议员将对加州兴建价值640亿美元的高铁的计划进行审查。The U.S. Treasury…
学个词 – 2515. unconventional
今天我们要学的词是 unconventional. Unconventional 形容词，非常规的，非传统的。The IMF endorsed the unconventional monetary policies of central banks in Europe and Japan. 国际货币基金组织对欧洲和日本央行的非传统性货币政策表示首肯。A Canadian personal…