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今天我们要学的词是 boundary. Boundary 做为名词，有界线的意思。Senate investigators accused the CIA of inflicting suffering on al-Qaida prisoners beyond America’s legal boundaries. 美国国会参议院调查人员指责美国中央情报局对基地在押者施加酷刑的做法超越了美国法律许可的限度。针对美国总统奥巴马发表的移民行政令，Opponents say…
今天我们要学的词是 vegetarian. Vegetarian 做为名词，意思是素食者。Two percent of American adults are current vegetarians or vegans. 在美国，一般吃素的人和更为严格的素食主义者占成年人人口比例的2%。A recent study has revealed that four…
今天我们要学的词是 residential. Residential 形容词，意思是居住的，居民区的。美国加州洛杉矶市中心发生大火。The fire burned a tall residential building under construction. 这场大火烧毁了一栋正在建设当中的高层居民楼。After a foiled jailbreak, authorities of a Pakistan…
今天我们要学的词是 elusive. Elusive 形容词，意思是难以捕捉的。美国十一月份增加了32万个就业机会，然而，Sought-after jobs remain elusive. 抢手的工作还是很难找到。最新报告显示，美国各大城市教师的薪资水平很不一致。The report highlighted how the middle-class lifestyle is elusive for teachers in certain…
今天我们要学的词是 delivery. Delivery 做为名词，有送货上门的意思。MillerCoors LLC has started a beer delivery service in New York, Boston, Seattle and Washington. 米勒康胜公司在纽约，波士顿，西雅图和华盛顿四个城市开始提供将啤酒送货上门的服务。The U.S.…
今天我们要学的词是 shorten. Shorten 动词，是缩短的意思。A new study has found that obesity can shorten your life by as many as 8 years.…
今天我们要学的词是 mammoth. Mammoth 做为形容词，意思是庞大的，巨大的。A mammoth effort is underway to digitally publish tens of thousands of Albert Einstein’s letters, papers, postcards,…
今天我们要学的词是 renewed. Renewed 形容词，意思是重新开始的。今年先后有三个美国公民被伊斯兰国杀死，After the killings there has been a renewed debate in the United States about the logic of…
今天我们要学的词是 entitle. Entitle 动词，是使某人拥有某种权利的意思。A New York appeals court decided that chimpanzees do not have legal personhood, and are not entitled…
今天我们要学的词是 spree. Spree 名词，意思是毫无节制的狂热行为。Redskins players took dozens of kids on a shopping spree in an event sponsored by a local…
今天我们要学的词是 disrupt. Disrupt 动词，意思是破坏，扰乱。Protesters decrying police brutality and racial bias disrupted the holiday lighting of Baltimore’s Washington Monument. 抗议警察施暴和种族歧视的抗议人群扰乱了巴尔的摩市华盛顿纪念碑的节日点灯仪式。希腊各大工会11月底发动24小时联合罢工。The strike…
今天我们要学的词是 treatment. Treatment 做为名词，有治疗的意思。2009年到2012年的统计数字显示，美国大约8%的人患有中度或严重抑郁症，然而，Only slightly more than one third of those suffering from severe depression sought medical treatment. 严重抑郁症患者中只有三分之一多一点的人寻求治疗。A new…
今天我们要学的词是 excuse. Excuse 借口。俄罗斯总统普京最近表示，If the recent events in Crimea had not happened, the west would have simply found another excuse…
今天我们要学的词是 malware. Malware 恶意软件, 是 malicious software 两个单词合并在一起组成的。The FBI warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malware to launch a…
今天我们要学的词是 effective. Effective 有效的。The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention says this year’s flu shot is less effective because…