学个词 – 2184. renewed
今天我们要学的词是 renewed. Renewed 形容词，意思是重新开始的。今年先后有三个美国公民被伊斯兰国杀死，After the killings there has been a renewed debate in the United States about the logic of…
学个词 – 2183. entitle
今天我们要学的词是 entitle. Entitle 动词，是使某人拥有某种权利的意思。A New York appeals court decided that chimpanzees do not have legal personhood, and are not entitled…
学个词 – 2182. spree
今天我们要学的词是 spree. Spree 名词，意思是毫无节制的狂热行为。Redskins players took dozens of kids on a shopping spree in an event sponsored by a local…
学个词 – 2181. disrupt
今天我们要学的词是 disrupt. Disrupt 动词，意思是破坏，扰乱。Protesters decrying police brutality and racial bias disrupted the holiday lighting of Baltimore’s Washington Monument. 抗议警察施暴和种族歧视的抗议人群扰乱了巴尔的摩市华盛顿纪念碑的节日点灯仪式。希腊各大工会11月底发动24小时联合罢工。The strike…
学个词 – 2180. treatment
今天我们要学的词是 treatment. Treatment 做为名词，有治疗的意思。2009年到2012年的统计数字显示，美国大约8%的人患有中度或严重抑郁症，然而，Only slightly more than one third of those suffering from severe depression sought medical treatment. 严重抑郁症患者中只有三分之一多一点的人寻求治疗。A new…
学个词 – 2179. excuse
今天我们要学的词是 excuse. Excuse 借口。俄罗斯总统普京最近表示，If the recent events in Crimea had not happened, the west would have simply found another excuse…
学个词 – 2178. malware
今天我们要学的词是 malware. Malware 恶意软件, 是 malicious software 两个单词合并在一起组成的。The FBI warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malware to launch a…
学个词 – 2177. effective
今天我们要学的词是 effective. Effective 有效的。The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention says this year’s flu shot is less effective because…
学个词 – 2176. unarmed
今天我们要学的词是 unarmed. Unarmed 没带武器的，赤手空拳的。A white New York City police officer was cleared of blame over the chokehold death of an…
学个词 – 2175. double digit
今天我们要学的词是 double-digit. Double-digit 两个单词中间用横杠相连，意思是两位数字的。市场调查显示，Thanksgiving and Black Friday on-line sales enjoyed double-digit growth over the same period last year. 感恩节和黑色星期五的网上销售额跟去年同期相比，百分比增长达两位数字。The 15th…
学个词 – 2174. threat
今天我们要学的词是 threat. Threat 名词，意思是威胁。An airplane was taken to a remote area of JFK International Airport to be searched after authorities…
学个词 – 2173. brutality
今天我们要学的词是 brutality. Brutality 名词，意思是残忍，暴行。The U.N. Committee Against Torture has condemned the reported police brutality and excessive use of force in…
学个词 – 2172. criminal
今天我们要学的词是 criminal. Criminal 做为形容词，意思是刑事的，犯罪的。Federal prosecutors seized $24.7 billion connected with criminal activities this year. 联邦检察部门今年从各种犯罪行为中收缴247亿美元。An Egyptian court dismissed criminal charges…
学个词 – 2171. come forward
今天我们要学的词是 come forward. Come forward 有站出来的意思。More women have come forward in recent weeks to accuse comedian Bill Cosby of sexual…
学个词 – 2170. training
今天我们要学的词是 training. Training 名词，意思是培训。The Marine Corps has begun to explore gender-neutral training to decide whether women can enter ground combat.…