学个词 – 2920. accommodate
今天我们要学的词是 accommodate. To accommodate有容纳的意思。Bangladesh plans to build a single, huge refugee camp to accommodate 800,000 Rohingya refugees. 孟加拉国计划修建一个巨大的难民营，把80万罗兴亚难民全部安置在那里。Facebook will add…
学个词 – 2919. secessionist
今天我们要学的词是 secessionist. Secessionist 作为形容词，有分离主义的意思。Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy asked Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont to clarify whether he declared independence.…
学个词 – 2918. ambush
今天我们要学的词是 ambush. Ambush作为名词，有埋伏、伏击的意思。Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in Niger in an ambush by…
学个词 – 2917. turmoil
今天我们要学的词是 turmoil. Turmoil名词，意思是混乱、骚动。Shares in Sabadell, the second-biggest bank in Catalonia and the fifth largest in Spain, have fallen 10% as…
学个词 – 2916. elusive
今天我们要学的词是 elusive. Elusive形容词，意思是难以捉摸的。Investigators say the reason why Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured hundreds more before taking his own…
学个词 – 2915. joint venture
今天我们要学的词组是 joint venture。Joint venture，意思是合资企业。China is closing North Korean joint ventures and ordering North Korean companies to leave by January. 中国正在关闭中朝合资企业，并要求朝鲜公司在一月前撤出中国。Boeing…
学个词 – 2914. capsize
今天我们要学的词是 capsize。Capsize动词，意思是翻船。At least 23 Rohingya refugees died when the boat they were fleeing in capsized in the Bay of Bengal,…
学个词 – 2913. exhaustive
今天我们要学的词是 exhaustive。Exhaustive形容词，意思是详尽的、彻底的。The decision of pulling out US embassy staff from Cuba came after an exhaustive review of US diplomats’ safety…
学个词 – 2912. motorcade
今天我们要学的词是 motorcade。Motorcade名词，意思是车队 。As President Donald Trump’s motorcade drove to Indianapolis International Airport, a man took a knee on the sidewalk,…
学个词 – 2911. backlog
今天我们要学的词是 backlog。Backlog名词，意思是存货、积压 。A representative of the Puerto Rican Governor said, part of the reason for the supply distribution backlog is…
学个词 – 2910. crumbling
今天我们要学的词是 crumbling。Crumbling形容词，意思是破碎的、崩塌的 。Many people living near a crumbling dam in storm-battered Puerto Rico have been evacuated, Governor Ricardo Rossello said.…
学个词 – 2909. far right
今天我们要学的词是 far-right。Far-right形容词，意思是极右派的 。With the lower vote of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and a stronger showing than expected by Germany’s…
学个词 – 2908. ratchet up
今天我们要学的词组是ratchet up。Ratchet up，意思是激化、加剧 。North Korea’s foreign minister ratcheted up tensions, saying his country had the right to shoot down U.S.…
学个词 – 2907. dire
今天我们要学的词是dire。Dire形容词，意思是可怕的、极端的。President Donald Trump threatened to destroy North Korea if the US has to defend itself or its allies against the…
学个词 – 2906. scrap
今天我们要学的词是scrap。Scrap动词，意思是废弃、拆毁。President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from six majority-Muslim nations will reportedly be scrapped and replaced with more targeted restrictions…