学个词 – 3297. buttress
今天我们要学的词是 buttress. Buttress 的意思是支持。 Russia has launched a social media-based information campaign to buttress it claims of innocence as well…
学个词 – 3296. protégé
今天我们要学的词是 protégé. protégé 来自法语，意思是门徒、门生。 A regional bloc of Latin American countries once called on Maduro, a protégé of the late…
学个词 – 3295. impetus
今天我们要学的词是 impetus. Impetus 的意思是原动力。 Turkey’s EU membership bid was initially the impetus for Ankara improving relations with EU member Greece.…
学个词 – 3294. liaison
今天我们要学的词是 liaison. Liaison 指的是联络人，联络处。 North and South Korean officials have set up a joint liaison office near the demilitarized zone…
学个词 – 3293. adulterate
今天我们要学的词是 adulterate. adulterate 的意思是掺杂，掺假。 Many drug dealers in the U.S. have started to adulterate heroin with fentanyl, not recognizing that…
学个词 – 3292. skeptical
今天我们要学的词是 skeptical. Skeptical 的意思是怀疑的、存有疑问的。 While Democrats are skeptical about the new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, President Donald Trump…
学个词 – 3291. exonerate
今天我们要学的词是 exonerate. Exonerate 是开脱、平反的意思。 Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report did not conclude that President Trump committed a crime on the…
学个词 – 3290. clarion
今天我们要学的词是 clarion. Clarion 是指中世纪时期的一种铜号，因在战场上使用而引申为号角的意思。 Clarion常与call连用，意思是号召： Nobel laureates and experts, in a clarion call on Sunday, urged governments to promote active…
学个词 – 3289. creeping
今天我们要学的词是 creeping. Creeping 的动词形式creep，是爬行、蔓延的意思，creeping引申出来就是缓慢、悄然进行的。 Internet-connected “smart” devices are creeping into cars, refrigerators, thermostats, toys and just about everything else in…
学个词 – 3288. xenophobia
今天我们要学的词是 xenophobia. Xenophobia 的意思是排外主义。 The deadly mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques has rekindled dialogue and reflection about confronting…
学个词 – 3287. premature
今天我们要学的词是 premature. Premature 的意思是尚未成熟、为时过早的。 South Korean officials think it is premature to tell whether the recent activity at some of…
学个词 – 3286. exasperate
今天我们要学的词是 exasperate. Exasperate 的意思是激怒，让人气恼。British lawmakers’ rejection of a proposed deal on the terms of the U.K.’s exit from the European…
学个词 – 3285. fissure
今天我们要学的词是 fissure. Fissure 的意思是狭长的裂缝、裂痕。 The recent Anti-Semitic tweets by a handful of House Democratic freshman highlight fissures in the Democratic…
学个词 – 3284. indigenous.
今天我们要学的词是 indigenous. Indigenous 的意思是土著的，土生土长的。 The New Zealand government has set a goal of taking out all non-native predators by 2050…
学个词 – 3283. encryption
今天我们要学的词是 encryption. Encryption 的意思是加密。 Amnesty International is calling on internet companies to develop and adopt technologies, such as encryption, to…