学个词 – 2926. reconnaissance
今天我们要学的词是 reconnaissance. Reconnaissance 名词，意思是侦察。U.S. military officials say the American forces ambushed in Niger were on a reconnaissance patrol. 美国军方官员说，在尼日尔遭遇伏击的美军当时正在执行侦察任务。Reports say…
学个词 – 2925. round up
今天我们要学的词是 round up. To round up 有赶在一起，围捕的意思。Gay and transgender people were rounded up in recent weeks in Azerbaijan, Egypt and…
学个词 – 2924. atrocity
今天我们要学的词是 atrocity. Atrocity 残暴的行为。Army officials in Myanmar have opened an investigation into allegations that the Myanmar army committed atrocities against…
学个词 – 2923. signatory
今天我们要学的词是 signatory. Signatory 名词，签约国，签约方。美国总统川普宣布不认证伊朗核协议后，Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the 2015 nuclear deal could not be revoked and urged all signatories…
学个词 – 2922. ordeal
今天我们要学的词是 ordeal. Ordeal 折磨，痛苦经历。A western couple and their three kids were rescued after a five-year ordeal as Taliban prisoners. 西方国家的一对夫妇被塔利班关押五年后，和他们的三个孩子一起获得营救。A…
学个词 – 2921. fire back
今天我们要学的词是 fire back. To fire back意思是还击。Iranian President Hassan Rouhani fired back at the Trump administration for decertifying the 2015 Iran…
学个词 – 2920. accommodate
今天我们要学的词是 accommodate. To accommodate有容纳的意思。Bangladesh plans to build a single, huge refugee camp to accommodate 800,000 Rohingya refugees. 孟加拉国计划修建一个巨大的难民营，把80万罗兴亚难民全部安置在那里。Facebook will add…
学个词 – 2919. secessionist
今天我们要学的词是 secessionist. Secessionist 作为形容词，有分离主义的意思。Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy asked Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont to clarify whether he declared independence.…
学个词 – 2918. ambush
今天我们要学的词是 ambush. Ambush作为名词，有埋伏、伏击的意思。Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in Niger in an ambush by…
学个词 – 2917. turmoil
今天我们要学的词是 turmoil. Turmoil名词，意思是混乱、骚动。Shares in Sabadell, the second-biggest bank in Catalonia and the fifth largest in Spain, have fallen 10% as…
学个词 – 2916. elusive
今天我们要学的词是 elusive. Elusive形容词，意思是难以捉摸的。Investigators say the reason why Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured hundreds more before taking his own…
学个词 – 2915. joint venture
今天我们要学的词组是 joint venture。Joint venture，意思是合资企业。China is closing North Korean joint ventures and ordering North Korean companies to leave by January. 中国正在关闭中朝合资企业，并要求朝鲜公司在一月前撤出中国。Boeing…
学个词 – 2914. capsize
今天我们要学的词是 capsize。Capsize动词，意思是翻船。At least 23 Rohingya refugees died when the boat they were fleeing in capsized in the Bay of Bengal,…
学个词 – 2913. exhaustive
今天我们要学的词是 exhaustive。Exhaustive形容词，意思是详尽的、彻底的。The decision of pulling out US embassy staff from Cuba came after an exhaustive review of US diplomats’ safety…
学个词 – 2912. motorcade
今天我们要学的词是 motorcade。Motorcade名词，意思是车队 。As President Donald Trump’s motorcade drove to Indianapolis International Airport, a man took a knee on the sidewalk,…