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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…