学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3380 conundrum

 今天我们要学的词是 conundrum¹.

 

conundrum 的意思是难题。 In his first speech as Britain's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson offered an optimistic vision of Britain and his administration that will “crack” the Brexit conundrum and unleash² the full potential of the country. 鲍里斯·约翰逊在他成为英国首相后首次演讲中乐观表示，英国和他的政府能够“破解”脱欧难题，充分发挥英国的潜力。

 

When the Kurdish-led SDF announced its final victory over IS in March, the question of what to do with the foreign fighters became a conundrum. 当库尔德人领导的自卫队在3月份宣布最终战胜伊斯兰国的时候，关于如何处理外国战斗人员的问题变成了一个难题。

 

1 conundrum   

n.谜语；难题

参考例句：

• Let me give you some history about a conundrum.让我给你们一些关于谜题的历史。
• Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.科学家已锁定两种解释来解开这个难题。

2 unleash   

vt.发泄，发出；解带子放开

参考例句：

• They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases,pests,and invasive species.他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
• Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.如今，大坝不时地改变水位，从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。