学个词 – 1292. drought
今天我们要学的词是drought。 Drought, 干旱。7月来,美国各地遭受热浪袭击。 “Experts say the heat wave over America can potentially cause a drought scenario,” 专家认为,席卷美国的热浪可能会导致干旱。 “A food crisis…
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今天我们要学的词是drought。 Drought, 干旱。7月来,美国各地遭受热浪袭击。 “Experts say the heat wave over America can potentially cause a drought scenario,” 专家认为,席卷美国的热浪可能会导致干旱。 “A food crisis…
今天我们要学的词是mingle with。 Mingle, 本身是混合的意思, mingle with作为词组,意思是与某人接触,交往。英国新婚的威廉王子夫妇不久前来到美国洛杉矶。 “The royal couple mingled with children at an arts education center in an impoverished…
今天我们要学的词是interfaith。 Interfaith, 跨宗教的。美国社会跨宗教婚姻日益普遍。 “Some interfaith couples are creating their own wedding ceremonies to embrace traditions from both sides,” 很多来自不同宗教的伴侣都开始自己设计结婚仪式,以求涵盖双方的宗教文化传统。 “Interfaith…
今天我们要学的词是knock out。 Knock out, 有毁坏的意思。 “The Japanese government is conducting stress tests on all its nuclear plants following the March…
今天我们要学的词是spark。 Spark, 作为动词,意思是导致,引起。纽约市和罗德岛最近先后通过了允许同性恋结婚的法律。 “The trend of legalizing gay marriage sparked an intensive debate over the meaning of marriage,” 这股同性婚姻合法化的热潮引发了人们对婚姻意义的激烈争论。 最近发生了一系列针对互联网的攻击。…
今天我们要学的词是disgusting。 Disgusting, 令人作呕的, 令人厌恶的。 “China’s largest egg processing company is demanding an apology from CNN for describing the Chinese Pi…
今天我们要学的词是passionate。 Passionate, 意思是热切的,强烈的。 “Thousands of South Koreans gathered in a passionate display of excitement after learning the city of Pyeongchang…
今天我们要学的词是uphold。 Uphold, 支持,支撑。 “President Obama said the U.S. needs an immigration reform that upholds the nation’s tradition as a land…
今天我们要学的词是burgeoning。 Burgeoning, 迅速发展的。纽约市最近通过了允许同性恋婚姻的法律。 “New York is expected to benefit from the burgeoning gay and lesbian wedding industry,” 纽约市估计会从发展迅速的同性恋婚礼业中获益。 “A number…
今天我们要学的词是defend。 Defend, 辩护,辩解。 “President Obama defended U.S. involvement in Libya, saying the international operation has protected thousands of people in…
今天我们要学的词是obesity。 Obesity, 肥胖症。 “A new study finds that comparing to the reduction of food intake, food choices are more important…
今天我们要学的词是soaring。Soaring, 意思是剧增的,飞速上涨的。 “The austerity measure is designed to reduce the soaring Greek deficit in the next few years,” 希腊实行银根紧缩措施,目的是在未来几年里削减飞涨的政府赤字。 “Many…
今天我们要学的词是motivational。 Motivational, 意思是激励人心的。 “U.S. first lady Michelle Obama delivered a motivational speech to Africa’s young leadership, calling them to take…
今天我们要学的词是adjust。 Adjust, 调整,适应。 “Federal Reserve members are adjusting their views of 2012 economic growth after seeing weak data over the…
今天我们要学的词是wind down。 Wind down, 是逐渐结束的意思。美国总统奥巴马宣布,今年七月开始从阿富汗撤军,他对全国人民说: “It was the beginning, but not the end, of our effort to wind down this…