学个词 – 2169. set off
今天我们要学的词是 set off. To set off 是引起,引发的意思。Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off a new controversy, declaring that women are…
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今天我们要学的词是 set off. To set off 是引起,引发的意思。Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off a new controversy, declaring that women are…
今天我们要学的词是 fraternity. Fraternity 兄弟会。The University of Virginia has suspended all fraternities and their social activities until Jan. 9th 2015. 维吉尼亚大学宣布,在明年一月九号以前,暂停学校各兄弟会及其一切社交活动。在这之前,A…
今天我们要学的词是 pile up. Pile up 是堆积,积累的意思。With the losses piling up, the chances for the team to make the post season…
今天我们要学的词是 executive. Executive 意思是行政的。President Obama signed two executive orders that would delay deportation for millions of illegal immigrants. 美国总统奥巴马签署了两项行政命令,允许数百万非法移民暂时不被遣返。Republicans have…
今天我们要学的词是 wrongful. Wrongful 形容词,意思是错误的。Two men who spent 16 years in prison for wrongful convictions accepted a $9 million settlement. 因为误判被关押16年的两名男子同意和解,获得900万美元的赔偿。A…
今天我们要学的词是 trade-off. Trade-off 两个单词中间用横杠相连,做名词,有交换,折衷的意思。最新调查发现,人们对数据媒体保护个人隐私的能力越来越不信任,然而,They seem to accept the security concerns as trade-offs of living in the digital world. 他们似乎愿意接受这些安全隐患,因为它们是生活在数字世界里的代价。加州通过新法,给选民更多的时间邮寄选票,The trade-off…
今天我们要学的词是 overstate. Overstate 做为动词,有夸大的意思。Korean auto makers Hyundai and Kia will pay the U.S. government a $100 million penalty for overstating…
今天我们要学的词是 in line with. In line with something 意思是符合,一致。联合国禁毒署负责人表示,Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line…
今天我们要学的词是 tariff. Tariff 关税。China and the United States reached an agreement to phase out tariffs on a wide range of…
今天我们要学的词是 relaxation. Relaxation 缓和,放松。The relaxation of China’s one-child policy since last November hasn’t produced the predicted baby boom. 中国自去年11月放松一胎化政策以来,尚未出现预料中婴儿出生率猛增的现象。劳逸结合有利身心,然而最新研究发现,美国人每天只有不到百分之5的时间用于休闲,更有趣的是,Relaxation causes…
今天我们要学的词是 unacceptable. Unacceptable 不能接受的。美国联邦调查局探员为追踪一名嫌疑人,2007年时曾伪装成美联社记者。The Associated Press slammed the tactic as unacceptable. 美联社称这种做法是不能接受的。British Prime Minister David Cameron called the demand for…
今天我们要学的词是 defect. Defect 做为动词,有叛变,倒戈的意思。In the past four months, 10 percent of New York City’s taxi drivers have defected to Uber,…
今天我们要学的词是 galvanize. Galvanize 动词,有刺激的意思。美国总统奥巴马不久前说,The United States is the only country that can galvanize the world community to take action against…
今天我们要学的词是 unilateral. Unilateral 形容词,意思是单方面的。House Speaker John Boehner warned President Obama against unilateral action on immigration reform. 美国国会众议院议长博纳警告奥巴马总统,不要在移民改革的问题上单独采取行动。UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon…
今天我们要学的词是 harbinger. Harbinger 名词,有先驱,前兆的意思。很多业内人士认为,Cloud computing is the harbinger of the next stage in the Internet revolution. 云计算是因特网革命下一个阶段的先驱。一项最新研究认为,丧失嗅觉可能意味着健康亮红灯。这项研究的负责人说,Inability to sense odors…