今天我们要学的词是 intractable. intractable 的意思是顽固的，棘手的。 Called to resolve the intractable problem of Brexit, the general election delivered the British Conservative Party…
今天我们要学的词是 lag. lag的意思是落后，滞后。 In conservative Pakistan, women's sports still lag far behind those of their male counterparts, which prompts women…
今天我们要学的词是 misguided. misguided 的意思是误导的，误入歧途的。With North Korea's end-of-year threats and its misguided belief that it can influence the 2020 U.S. presidential…
今天我们要学的词是 treason. treason 的意思是叛国，叛国罪。 A special court in Pakistan has sentenced former president and military dictator Gen. Pervez Musharraf to…
今天我们要学的词是 perilous. perilous 的意思是危险的，险恶的。 Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, amid signs that…
今天我们要学的词是 Ersatz. ersatz 的意思是代用的，特别是以假代真，以次代好。Since the World Trade Organization's appeals panel is no longer operating, the European Union has been working…
今天我们要学的词是 vet. vet 用作动词的时候是指仔细审查、检查。 Voting-machine vendors could be at risk of using insecure components from overseas suppliers, which generally are…
今天我们要学的词是 decouple. decouple 的意思是断开联系，脱钩。 Russia appears to have all but dcoupled from the dollar, dumping it's US treasury holding, stockpiling…
今天我们要学的词是 illicit. illicit的意思是非法的、违法的。 The United States has designated two prominent Lebanese businessmen whose illicit financial activities, including money laundering and…
今天我们要学的词是 queer. queer 的原意是古怪的，独特的，也用来泛指除异性恋之外的其他性取向。Nearly a year and a half after India scrapped a controversial legislation criminalizing homosexuality, the Indian capital…