学个词 – 2311. tout
今天我们要学的词是 tout. Tout 动词，有过份夸奖，兜售的意思。Florida Governor Rick Scott went to Paris for the International Air Show to tout his state and…
学个词 – 2310. under performing
今天我们要学的词是 under-performing. Under-performing 形容词，表现不佳的。HSBC plans to cut about 50,000 jobs globally as it sells several under-performing businesses. 汇丰银行准备出售一些业绩不佳的部门，全球裁员约五万人。The State of…
学个词 – 2309. birthplace
今天我们要学的词是 birthplace. Birthplace 出生地。The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would have allowed American citizens born in Jerusalem…
学个词 – 2308. manhunt
今天我们要学的词是 manhunt. Manhunt 名词，意思是搜捕。A massive manhunt is underway after two convicted killers fled a maximum security prison in New York…
学个词 – 2307. keynote speech
今天我们要学的词是 keynote speech. Keynote speech 主题演讲。Apple’s CEO Tim Cook delivered the keynote speech at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. 苹果公司首席执行官库克在苹果公司全球开发者大会上发表主题演讲。Cisco’s outgoing…
学个词 – 2306. parole
今天我们要学的词是 parole. Parole 做为名词，有假释的意思。Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole after serving 10 months of…
学个词 – 2305. official
今天我们要学的词是 official. Official, 大家都知道，official 做为名词，是官员的意思，做为形容词，则有正式的意思。It’s official: Windows 10 will be released on July 29th. 正式消息称，视窗十7月29日发行。It’s official: former Maryland Governor Martin…
学个词 – 2304. incarcerate
今天我们要学的词是 incarcerate. Incarcerate 动词，意思是监禁。The U.S. federal government spends $7 billion a year to incarcerate about 200,000 inmates. 美国联邦政府每年支出70亿美元，用于监禁大约20万名囚犯。美国人口只占全球人口总数的百分之五，囚犯人数却占全球囚犯总数的百分之25。The President of…
学个词 – 2303. hawkish
今天我们要学的词是 hawkish. Hawkish 形容词，意思是鹰派的，强硬派的。Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a hawkish confidant to run the Foreign Ministry. 以色列总理内塔尼亚胡任命自己的鹰派亲信出现国防部长。South Carolina Senator…
学个词 – 2302. estate
今天我们要学的词是 estate. Estate 名词，有全部财产的意思。The family members of the late actor Robin Williams’ are fighting over how to split his estate.…
学个词 – 2301. white paper
今天我们要学的词是 white paper. White paper 白皮书。South Korea sounded the alarm in a defense white paper that North Korea might soon…
学个词 – 2300. emerging
今天我们要学的词是 emerging. Emerging 形容词，意思是新兴的，新浮现出来的。FTSE Group will include China’s stocks in two new emerging-market indices. 富时集团将把中国股市纳入两个新的新兴市场股票指数当中。美国和古巴关系出现改善之际，A team of lawyers from Florida…
学个词 – 2299. portray
今天我们要学的词是 portray. Portray 做为动词，有刻画，饰演的意思。John Nash, a mathematician who was portrayed in the movie “A Beautiful Mind” died in a taxi…
学个词 – 2298. shootout
今天我们要学的词是 shootout. Shootout 名词，有枪战的意思。Forty-two suspected gang members and one Federal police officer were killed in a shootout in Western Mexico.…
学个词 – 2297. berate
今天我们要学的词是 berate. Berate 动词，有责骂，痛斥的意思。A Saudi religious policeman berated a veiled woman and barred her from entering a shop for not…