学个词 – 2708. headquarters
今天我们要学的词是 headquarters. Headquarters 总部。Boeing has announced its decision to move the headquarters of its defense unit to Washington DC. 波音公司宣布，将负责国防的部门总部迁往首都华盛顿特区。A…
学个词 – 2707. confirmation
今天我们要学的词是 confirmation. Confirmation 确认，批准。Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions’ senate confirmation hearing is set for early January. 美国司法部长提名人选塞申斯定于一月初参加参议院为确认其提名举行的听证会。President elect Donald Trump…
学个词 – 2706. equivalent
今天我们要学的词是 equivalent. Equivalent 等同于，相当于，可以是名词也可以是形容词。Former acting director of the CIA Mike Morell called Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections “the political…
学个词 – 2705. operative
今天我们要学的词是 operative. Operative 作为名词，有间谍，特工的意思。A U.S. drone attack killed a French ISIS operative suspected of conducting a terrorist attack on a…
学个词 – 2704. market economy
今天我们要学的词是 market economy. Market economy 市场经济。The Obama administration has decided it won’t grant China official market economy status. 奥巴马政府决定，不会承认中国正式的市场经济地位。China subsequently…
学个词 – 2703. stumbling block
今天我们要学的词是 stumbling block. Stumbling block 名词，障碍。The release of political prisoners continues to be a major stumbling block for peace negotiations…
学个词 – 2702. shutdown
今天我们要学的词是 shutdown. Shutdown 名词，有关闭，停止运作的意思。The Senate cleared a bill to fund the government just before midnight last Friday, narrowly averting a…
学个词 – 2701. intelligence
今天我们要学的词是 intelligence. Intelligence 名词，意思是情报。President elect Donald Trump rejected U.S. intelligence findings that Russia worked hard to help him win the…
学个词 – 2700. in exchange for
今天我们要学的词是 in exchange for. In exchange for 作为交换。In exchange for keeping a thousand jobs in Indiana, the heating and air…
学个词 – 2699. human shield
今天我们要学的词是 human shield. Human shield 人体盾牌。ISIS militants have reportedly taken civilians captive and used them as human shields. 伊斯兰国激进分子据报抓捕平民，用他们做自己的人体盾牌。Some 2,000…
学个词 – 2698. incentives
今天我们要学的词是 incentives.Incentives 名词，奖励措施，激励机制。Heating and air-conditioning maker Carrier said incentives offered by Indiana were key in its decision to keep 1,000…
学个词 – 2697. come forward
今天我们要学的词是 come forward. To come forward 有站出来的意思。Around 350 victims have come forward to say that they were sexually abused as…
学个词 – 2696. repeal
今天我们要学的词是 repeal. Repeal 作为动词，有废止，废除的意思。President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to repeal Obamacare on the campaign trail. 美国当选总统川普在竞选期间，多次誓言要废除奥巴马医改。然而，The latest poll shows that…
学个词 – 2695. divided
今天我们要学的词是 divided. Divided 形容词，有分裂的意思。A new poll shows that 85 percent of Americans believe the country is more divided on major…
学个词 – 2694. conflicts of interest
今天我们要学的词是 conflicts of interest. Conflicts of interest 利益冲突。President-elect Donald Trump has been facing questions about conflicts of interest for not…