学个词 – 1689. deserve
今天我们要学的词是deserve. Deserve 应该得到。All workers deserve fair treatment and respect in the workplace. 在工作场所，所有人都应该得到公平的对待和尊重。You deserve some time off after all the…
学个词 – 1688. academic
今天我们要学的词是academic。Academic 学术的。Five states in America will add at least 300 hours to the academic calendar in some schools this year.…
学个词 – 1687. lackluster
今天我们要学的词是lackluster。Lackluster 意思是平淡的，没有生气的。The actor was criticized for his lackluster performance in the movie. 这个演员因为在电影里平淡的演技而受到批评。The company decided to slash the price in…
学个词 – 1686. inauguration
今天我们要学的词是inauguration。Inauguration 就职典礼。1月21号是美国总统奥巴马第二个任期的就职典礼。Security is airtight for the inauguration. 就职典礼的保安措施滴水不漏。Officials are expecting inauguration spectators to be somewhere between 600,000 and 800,000. 有关官员预计，就职仪式大约会有60万到80万人前来观礼。Tickets…
学个词 – 1685. wane
今天我们要学的词是wane。Wane, 动词，意思是衰落，变小。The flu season in the U.S. appears to be waning in some parts of the country. 流感的蔓延势头在美国的一些地方似乎已经开始减弱。Radiation checkups wane…
学个词 – 1684. forefront
今天我们要学的词是forefront。Forefront指最前列，最前沿，通常用在短语at the forefront of something, 指处于最活跃，最重要的位置。第85界奥斯卡奖提名名单出炉，Films for broader and family audiences are at the forefront of the war for this…
学个词 – 1683. literacy
今天我们要学的词是 literacy。Literacy 意思是读写能力。McDonalds stores in the UK will replace the toys which come with its Happy Meals with books to…
学个词 – 1682. inch
今天我们要学的词是 inch。大家都知道，inch 做为名词是英寸的意思，inch如果做动词，意思则是一点一点地缓慢移动。The company’s stock only inched up 0.5%, compared with a year ago. 公司的股票跟一年前相比，只少许上涨了百分之0.5. Our team inched ahead during…
学个词 – 1681. award-winning
今天我们要学的词是 award-winning。Award-winning 意思是获奖的。He is an award-winning author. 他是个获奖作家。 Award-winning artist Paul Emsley created the first official portrait of Kate Middleton,…
学个词 – 1680. intention
今天我们要学的词是 intention，Intention 意图。Five years after the assassination of Pakistan’s former Prime Minster Benazir Bhutto, her son announced his intention to…
学个词 – 1679. neighborhood
今天我们要学的词是 neighborhood。Neighborhood 居民区，小区。统计数字显示，Almost 20% of people who recently moved regarded living in a Neighborhood close to where they work as…
学个词 – 1678. blanket
今天我们要学的词是 blanket。Blanket 有总体涵盖，没有限制的意思。After only a few hours, the Pakistan government re-imposed its blanket ban on YouTube. 短短几个小时后，巴基斯坦政府就重新恢复了对YouTube网站的全面屏蔽。After carrying out a…
学个词 – 1677. unstoppable
今天我们要学的词是 unstoppable。Unstoppable 无法阻挡的。The Washington Redskins have won 7 games in a row. They’re unstoppable. 华盛顿美式足球红人队连赢七场比赛，势不可挡。Ever since the introduction of Apple’s…
学个词 – 1676. grim
今天我们要学的词是 grim。Grim 意思是残忍的，严酷的。The United Nations gave a grim count of the human costs of Syria’s civil war, putting the death…
学个词 – 1675. payout
今天我们要学的词是 payout。Payout 是支付款项的意思。Toyota will make a payout of $1 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit against it. 丰田汽车公司将支付十亿美元，了结一桩针对丰田提出的集体诉讼案。Apple CEO Tim…