学个词 – 3178. impartial
今天我们要学的词是 impartial。 Impartial 是公正、不偏不倚，After a bruising confirmation process in the Senate that bitterly divided the nation, Brett Kavanaugh became the…
学个词 – 3177. cusp
今天我们要学的词是 cusp。 Cusp 是尖端、浪尖，常用的表达方式 on the cusp of 是指正处于转变时刻。Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said he believed the U.S. economy was on…
学个词 – 3176. corroborate
今天我们学习的词是 corroborate. Corroborate 是证实、支持某一种说法、理论、结果。The FBI investigation did not find any evidence corroborating the allegations of sexual assault or misconduct against…
学个词 – 3175. christen
今天我们要学的词是 christen. Christen是指婴儿受洗时给他起名，作为进入基督教会的标志。Christened 就是命名。 The revised free trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, christened USMCA, has big…
学个词 – 3174. dire
今天我们要学的词是 dire. dire is spelled d-i-r-e, dire. Dire 是非常严峻的、极为令人担忧的意思，Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and one of…
学个词 – 3173. vanity
今天我们要学的词是 vanity. vanity的意思是虚荣，浮华，自大。Harrison Schmitt, the man who walked on the moon in the last Apollo mission, says returning to the…
学个词 – 3172. exert
今天我们要学的词是 exert. Exert 是使用，发挥，施加的意思，U.S. President Donald Trump said it was “too soon” for Washington to talk to Beijing about working…
学个词 – 3171. fraught
今天我们要学的词是 fraught. Fraught的意思是充满紧张、压力，The United States recently flew bombers over the South China Sea again, the move is likely to intensify…
学个词 – 3170. trajectory
今天我们要学的词是 trajectory。 Trajectory的意思是轨迹、轨道，President Trump told reporters after his speech at the UN general assembly that he hopes there would be…
学个词 – 3169. castigate
今天我们要学的词是 castigate。 Castigate 的意思是痛斥、鞭笞、严惩，U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley regularly castigates Tehran for its destabilizing role in Syria and Yemen and its…
学个词 – 3168. rapprochement
我们今天要学的词是rapprochement。 Rapprochement 的意思是和睦、和解，特别是指国际间的关系。The push to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula is still a work in progress, although fears of war have…
学个词 – 3167. bolster
今天我们要学的词是 bolster。 Bolster 是加强，支持的意思，The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a must-pass piece of legislation that includes…
学个词 – 3166. ominous
今天我们要学的词是 ominous. ominous is spelled o-m-i-n-o-u-s, ominous. ominous 的意思是不祥的，凶多吉少的，The United States and Britain recently issued a rare and ominous alert…
学个词 – 3165. converge
今天我们要学的词是 converge. Converge的意思是汇集、聚集，Valunteers and Red Cross workers from across the country are all converging on the Carolinas to aid Hurricane…
学个词 – 3164. keen
今天我们要学的词是 keen. Keen的意思是踊跃、热衷，常常跟一个介词联用。The United States is keen to invest in Greenland for its strategic importance to the U.S. military and…