学个词 – 2506. thumbs down
今天我们要学的词是 thumbs-down. Thumbs-down 名词，有反对的意思。German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives lost in two out of three regional state elections as German voters…
学个词 – 2505. bolster
今天我们要学的词是 bolster. Bolster 动词，有支持，支撑的意思。Two new studies bolstered evidence that feeding peanuts to babies is more likely to protect them than…
学个词 – 2504. blacklist
今天我们要学的词是 blacklist. Blacklist作为动词，有列入黑名单的意思。Four North Korean officials in charge of their country’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs have been blacklisted by…
学个词 – 2503. indispensable
今天我们要学的词是 indispensable. Indispensable 形容词，不可缺少的。欧盟和土耳其围绕难民危机召开紧急峰会。土耳其总理表示，The summit showed that Turkey was indispensable to Europe and Europe was indispensable to Turkey. 这次峰会显示，土耳其对欧洲来说是不可缺少的，土耳其同样的也离不开欧洲。美国前第一夫人南希·里根去世，享年94岁。Nancy Reagan…
学个词 – 2502. successor
今天我们要学的词是 successor. Successor 名词，继任者。U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s term expires at the end of this year, and a search for…
学个词 – 2501. preemptive strike
今天我们要学的词是 preemptive strike. Preemptive strike 先发制人，主动出击。North Korea threatened to launch a preemptive strike in response to the joint U.S-South Korea…
学个词 – 2500. push forward
今天我们要学的词是 push forward. To push forward 意思是推进。Iran will push forward with plans to pump an additional one million barrels of…
学个词 – 2499. hydro electric
今天我们要学的词是 hydro-electric. Hydro-electric 水电的。The United States urged its citizens to be ready to leave Iraq in case the country’s largest…
学个词 – 2498. confess
今天我们要学的词是 confess. To confess 有认罪的意思。According to Chinese media, four Hong Kong booksellers in Chinese police custody confessed that they illegally…
学个词 – 2497. touch off
今天我们要学的词是 touch off. To touch off 意思是引发，触发。A new report written by civil servants in Britain’s government warned that leaving the…
学个词 – 2496. Super Tuesday
今天我们要学的词是 Super Tuesday. Super Tuesday 超级星期二。Super Tuesday refers to a Tuesday during the presidential election when a large number of…
学个词 – 2495. deposition
今天我们要学的词是 deposition. Deposition 证词。Bill Cosby’s wife gave a deposition in a lawsuit against her husband for sexually assaulting women decades…
学个词 – 2494. archive
今天我们要学的词是 archive. Archive 作为名词，有档案馆的意思。 A Polish archive released documents on Monday that allegedly showed that former President Lech Walesa collaborated…
学个词 – 2493. radioactive
今天我们要学的词是 radioactive. Radioactive 放射性的。The Iraqi authorities have found some potentially deadly radioactive material that had been missing for months. 伊拉克有关当局找到了数月前丢失的一些具有潜在致命杀伤力的放射性物质。国际原子能机构负责人警告说，放射性物质落入恐怖分子手中的威胁不容忽视。The…
学个词 – 2492. unlock
今天我们要学的词是 unlock. Unlock 动词，意思是解锁。The FBI and Apple are arguing about the agency’s request that Apple help it unlock the cell…