学个词 – 3509. malfunction
今天我们要学的词是 malfunction. malfunction 的意思是发生故障，失灵。 Manhattan’s Metro Transportation Authority has announced that more than 300 subway cars were being pulled from service due to malfunctions, which raised questions about how the…
学个词 – 3508. tout
今天我们要学的词是 tout. tout 的意思是吹捧、大加赞扬。 President Trump touted his economic record in front of world leaders at the 50th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying his administration had created…
学个词 – 3507. harbinger
今天我们要学的词是 harbinger. harbinger 的意思是预兆、先驱。 If the Producers Guild Award is a true harbinger of the Oscars’ best film category, then the World War I film “1917” is poised to come…
学个词 – 3506. trough
今天我们要学的词是 trough. trough 的意思是槽，低谷。As global manufacturing slowed down due to geopolitical changes, major central banks across the world are easing their monetary policy in hopes of generating a mini-cycle trough…
学个词 – 3505. salvage
今天我们要学的词是 salvage. salvage的意思是拯救、营救。 Iran’s admission that its armed forces shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner appeared to be intended to salvage its credibility at a time of heightened international tension…
学个词 – 3503. afield
今天我们要学的词是 afield. afield 是远离（家园、话题）的意思。 A Nasa satellite tracking the Australian bush fires has shown that the smoke shrouding many of the country’s major cities has moved as far afield as…
学个词 – 3502. proxy
今天我们要学的词是 proxy. proxy 的意思是代理，代理人。 The Iranian military commander who was killed recently in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad was instrumental in expanding Iran’s influence and reach beyond its borders through…
学个词 – 3501. ravage
今天我们要学的词是 ravage. ravage 的意思是破坏，摧残。 Australia’s bushfires have ravaged more than 63-thousand square kilometers of land there, and current estimates put the animal death toll at an astounding 1.25 billion and…
学个词 – 3500. homogenize
今天我们要学的词是 homogenize. homogenize 的意思是均质化，同质化。 Disagreement is a foundational point of our democracy. We should welcome opposing viewpoints, and we should not homogenize the thoughts of a nation whose beauty lies…
学个词 – 3499. clandestine
今天我们要学的词是 clandestine. clandestine 的意思是秘密的，尤其是指非法行动的保密。 The recent drone strike on Qassem Soleimani killed the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force which is primarily responsible for military and clandestine operations…
学个词 – 3498. entourage
今天我们要学的词是 entourage. entourage 的意思是随行人员。Meghan Markle was seen with entourage in London just hours before news that she and Prince Harry are stepping back as senior members of the royal family.…
学个词 – 3497. careen
今天我们要学的词是 careen. careen 的意思是顺着某个方向倾斜，冲入。The standoff between Washington and Tehran has careened from one crisis to another since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal and imposed crippling…
学个词 – 3496. upend
今天我们要学的词是upend. upend 的意思是上下颠倒，掀翻。Opposition politicians in Africa face tough challenges as they struggle to upend decades of rule by the parties that originally brought liberation from colonialism. 非洲的反对派政治人士面临着艰巨的挑战，他们在努力推倒最初将非洲从殖民统治中解放出来的政党数十年的统治。 The Trump administration…
学个词 – 3495. connectivity
今天我们要学的词是 connectivity. connectivity 是指设备、系统等的联通性。 Technology companies Apple, Google, Amazon and others are pushing for a new connectivity standard to make household devices like smart bulbs, thermostats and refrigerators work together…
学个词 – 3494. inroad
今天我们要学的词是 inroad. inroad 的意思是进军、进展，成功进入。 Researchers are beginning to make inroads in diagnosing pancreatic cancer – one of the deadliest kinds of cancer as its symptoms only show up when the…