学个词 – 2530. road rage
今天我们要学的词是 road rage. Road rage 路怒。Former NFL football star Will Smith was shot dead during an apparent road rage incident…
学个词 – 2529. counterweight
今天我们要学的词是 counterweight. Counterweight 用于平衡，制衡的力量。美国国防部长卡特前往印度访问。U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter tried to enhance a relatively new defense relationship with India which the…
学个词 – 2528. ratchet up
今天我们要学的词是 ratchet up. Ratchet up 提高，加剧。U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that Washington is ready to ratchet up pressure…
学个词 – 2527. border crossing
今天我们要学的词是border crossing. Border crossing 边境通道。Finland has started tightening controls at two Northern border crossings with Russia to stop illegal crossings.…
学个词 – 2526. defect
今天我们要学的词是defect. Defect动词，叛逃。South Korea confirmed that a high ranking North Korean military official defected to the South last year. 韩国证实，朝鲜一名高级军官去年脱北，投奔韩国。就在几天前，South Korea…
学个词 – 2525. acceptance rate
今天我们要学的词是 acceptance rate. Acceptance rate录取率。Harvard University’s acceptance rate sank to 5.2% this year, a record low. 哈佛大学今年的录取率跌至5.2%, 再创历史新低。Among Ivy League…
学个词 – 2524. interference
今天我们要学的词是 interference. Interference 干扰，干涉。Russia said that Turkey should stop interference into the internal affairs of its neighboring countries. 俄罗斯表示，土耳其应该停止干涉邻国内政。South Korean…
学个词 – 2523. insufficient
今天我们要学的词是 insufficient. Insufficient 形容词，不充分的。Thousands of Chicago teachers went on a one-day strike, calling on the government to address insufficient public…
学个词 – 2522. impeachment
今天我们要学的词是 impeachment. Impeachment 弹劾。South Africa’s parliament will debate a motion for President Jacob Zuma’s impeachment. 南非议会将讨论一项弹劾总统祖马的提案。Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s lawyers…
学个词 – 2521. offshore
今天我们要学的词是 offshore. Offshore 离岸的。The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism published an extensive investigation into the offshore dealings of the rich…
学个词 – 2520. upgrade
今天我们要学的词是 upgrade. Upgrade 作为名词，是更新的意思。The Nigerian Customs Service said it requires about N20 billion to do a system upgrade at the…
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Everyday Grammar Imagine you see an action movie on television. Perhaps it is the movie Predator, a famous film starring…
2022-02-03 Omicron Increases Worries about ‘Long COVID’
Nancy Rose, who contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and continues to exhibit long-haul symptoms including brain fog and memory difficulties, pauses…
2022-02-03 Young Indians Protest Widespread Unemployment
Niranjan Kumar, one of the jobless youth protesting against alleged errors in Indian Railways recruitment, checks out a notebook in…