学个词 – 3084. invitation
今天我们要学的词是invitation. Invitation 名词，意思是邀请，邀请函。Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accepted an invitation to visit North Korea last month. 俄罗斯外交部长拉夫罗夫上个月接受了出访朝鲜的邀请。The United States withdrew…
学个词 – 3083. repeal
今天我们要学的词是repeal. To repeal 意思是废止，放弃。Voters in Ireland went to the polls last Friday to decide whether to keep or repeal a…
学个词 – 3082. partner
今天我们要学的词是partner. Partner伙伴。Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that his country will formally become NATO’s first Latin American “global partner,” beginning…
学个词 – 3081. call off
今天我们要学的词是call off. Call off意思是取消。President Donald Trump called off his planned June 12th summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim…
2022-02-08 Report Examines Teaching, Learning During COVID in 11 Countries
A teacher welcomes back students during a classroom lesson on day one of re-opening schools in Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 10,…
2022-02-08 UN Experts Warn North Korea Stealing Millions Online
FILE – Portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il sit in downtown Pyongyang, North…
2022-02-08 Former Pope Admits ‘Errors’ in Handling of Sex Abuse Cases
FILE – Pope Benedict XVI during a visit in Freising, Germany, June 22, 2020. Retired pope Benedict XVI has admitted…
2022-02-08 The Doctor Is in the Olympics
Elsa Desmond, of Ireland, prepares to start for the luge women’s singles run 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday,…
2022-02-08 Factory Surroundings Get Attention for Olympic ‘Big Air’ Event
Finn Bilous (NZL) in the Men’s Freestyle skiing Big Air Qualifying during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at Big…
2022-02-08 English in a Minute – Come Rain or Shine
Every language has weather-related expressions. Two common types of weather are rainy and sunny. Come Rain or Shine Well, this…
2022-02-08 English in a Minute – Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty
Welcome to English in a Minute … from home!Things like this peanut butter lid screw on to the right and…
学个词 – 3080. nosedive
今天我们要学的词是nosedive. Nosedive作为动词，是大跌，暴跌的意思。New CDC research shows that birth rates for teens in the United States continued to nosedive in 2017, dropping…
学个词 – 3079. downward
今天我们要学的词是downward. Downward作为形容词，有向下的意思。The U.S. prison population extended an eight-year downward trend that has been driven by federal and state sentencing reforms…