学个词 – 3417. spate
今天我们要学的词是 spate. spate 的意思是泛滥的，常用的表达方式是spate of，指一阵的、一大批的。 UN Special Rapporteur Clément Voule is in Zimbabwe to assess the country’s human rights situation,…
学个词 – 3416. protracted
今天我们要学的词是 protracted. protracted 的意思是旷日持久的，经久不衰的。 China has announced a tariff exemption withdrawing duties as high as 72 percent on U.S.-produced pork,…
学个词 – 3415. mired
今天我们要学的词是 mired. Mired 的意思是陷入泥潭，深陷。 Senate Appropriations Committee has abandoned plans to mark up two spending bills that have become mired…
学个词 – 3414. xenophobic
今天我们要学的词是 xenophobic. xenophobic 的意思是排外的、仇外的。 For years, South African politicians who fuel xenophobic sentiments refuse to acknowledge that many of these…
学个词 – 3413. projectile
今天我们要学的词是 projectile. projectile 的意思是发射体，抛射物。North Korea tested two short-range projectiles hours after offering to resume nuclear talks with the United States,…
学个词 – 3412. scramble
今天我们要学的词是 scramble. scramble 的意思是匆忙行动、争夺。 As migrants and asylum-seekers have crossed America’s southern border in record numbers this year, the U.S.…
学个词 – 3411. batter
今天我们要学的词是 batter. batter 作为动词的意思是连续抽打、袭击。 Hurricane Dorian entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Sunday after battering the Canadian Nova Scotia…
学个词 – 3410. allay
今天我们要学的词是 allay. allay 的意思是缓解、平息。 The British government is planning to announce liberalization of residency rules for European nationals in Britain…
学个词 – 3409. wayward
今天我们要学的词是 Wayward. wayward 是任性、固执的意思，也可以指反复无常、意想不到的。 Train service through San Francisco’s Sunset Tunnel was interrupted for about an hour when a wayward…
学个词 – 3408. binge
今天我们要学的词是 binge. binge 的意思是狂欢，暴饮暴食。 Fifty-seven percent of full-time American college students had a drink in the last month, and about…
学个词 – 3407. resonate
今天我们要学的词是 resonate. resonate 的意思是共鸣。 President Trump’s message resonated with rural America when he campaigned in areas often regarded as forgotten,…
学个词 – 3406. pepcliar
今天我们要学的词是 peculiar. peculiar 的意思是独特的、奇特的。 A peculiar form of body art is gaining popularity in New York City – it’s protest…
学个词 – 3405. hefty
今天我们要学的词是 hefty。 hefty 的意思是巨额的、沉重的。Italy has passed a law imposing a hefty fine on rescue ships that come to its ports…
学个词 – 3404. douse
今天我们要学的词是 douse. Douse 的意思是扑灭（大火）、用水浇灭。Under pressure from the international community to protect the environment, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dispatched two C-130…
学个词 – 3403. flout
今天我们要学的词是 flout. flout 的意思是蔑视、藐视。 Almost two dozen former Polish ambassadors are telling U.S. President Donald Trump that Poland’s democracy is…