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学个词 – 2519. restore
今天我们要学的词是 restore. Restore 动词，意思是恢复，复原。Japan lost all contacts with its latest satellite telescope and hasn’t been able to restore any communications.…
学个词 – 2518. ideology
今天我们要学的词是 ideology. Ideology 名词，意思是意识形态。U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called for Britons to defeat the ideology behind the Brussels terror attacks.…
学个词 – 2517. e prescribing
今天我们要学的词是 e-prescribing. E-prescribing 是通过电子途经开处方的意思。 这里的 e, 是 electronic 的缩写。Effective March 27, New York’s e-prescribing law went into effect. 纽约州的电子处方法从3月27号开始生效。The e-prescribing…
学个词 – 2516. scrutinize
今天我们要学的词是 scrutinize. To scrutinize 意思是仔细审查。California state lawmakers will scrutinize the state’s $64 billion high speed rail plans. 加州州议会议员将对加州兴建价值640亿美元的高铁的计划进行审查。The U.S. Treasury…
学个词 – 2515. unconventional
今天我们要学的词是 unconventional. Unconventional 形容词，非常规的，非传统的。The IMF endorsed the unconventional monetary policies of central banks in Europe and Japan. 国际货币基金组织对欧洲和日本央行的非传统性货币政策表示首肯。A Canadian personal…
学个词 – 2514. avert
今天我们要学的词是 avert. Avert 动词，有避免的意思。The New Jersey transit authority reached a tentative deal with the rail unions, averting what would have…
学个词 – 2513. recruit
今天我们要学的词是 recruit. RecrRecruit 作为名词，有新兵，被招募的新成员的意思。据英国媒体报道，Leaked Islamic State documents have reportedly revealed the identities of 22,000 recruits. 被泄漏的伊斯兰国激进组织的文件据称暴露了两万两千名被招募人员的身份。A Pentagon report shows that…
学个词 – 2512. suspend
今天我们要学的词是 suspend. Suspend 动词，有暂停的意思。The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement suspended drilling operations at a rig in the Gulf…
学个词 – 2511. detention
今天我们要学的词是 detention. Detention名词，扣押。The Australian government has contacted Malaysia over the detention of two Australian journalists. 澳大利亚政府已经跟马来西亚联系，询问两名澳大利亚记者被扣押的问题。Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio…
学个词 – 2510. Olympian
今天我们要学的词是 Olympian. Olympian 作为名词，有奥林匹克选手的意思。Organizers of a Texas art festival apologized to U.S. Olympian Ibitihaj Muhammad after a volunteer at the…
学个词 – 2509. prominent
今天我们要学的词是 prominent. Prominent形容词，著名的。U.S. President Barack Obama promised one of Cuba’s prominent dissident groups that he would raise the issue of…
学个词 – 2508. flood
今天我们要学的词是 flood. Flood 作为名词，是洪水的意思，作为动词，则有似洪水般汹涌而至的意思。Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Brazil last Sunday, calling for President Dilma Rouseff’s…
学个词 – 2507. shortlist
今天我们要学的词是 shortlist. Shortlist 名词，最终候选人名单。President Obama has reportedly cut his shortlist for Supreme Court nominees down to three federal appeals judges.…