今天我们要学的词是 paralyze. paralyze 的意思是瘫痪。Japan began recovery efforts Sunday after a powerful typhoon hit the central island killing more than 30 people and briefly paralyzing Tokyo. 一场强台风袭击日本中部岛屿,...
今天我们要学的词是 bizarre. bizarre 的意思是怪异的,异乎寻常的。 North and South Korea played to a Zero-zero draw at a virtually empty Stadium in Pyongyang in what was surely one of the most bizarre qualifying matches in World...
今天我们要学的词是 burgeoning. burgeoning 的意思是新兴的,迅速发展的。 Rabbit meat is a slowly growing part of Africa's diet, with a burgeoning industry in South Africa and Nigeria that promotes the meat as cheap, healthy and e...
今天我们要学的词是 unravel. Unravel 的原意是拆解(线团等),引申出来是指揭开谜团,弄清事实。 也有计划、成就被破坏的意思。 The office-sharing startup WeWork had been counting on an initial public offe...
今天我们要学的词是 Congenial. congenial 的意思是友善的,情投意合的。 Some are surprised and find it odd to learn that liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg had a congenial relationship with the late Justice Antonin...
今天我们要学的词是 Rebuke. rebuke 的意思是斥责、谴责。...
今天我们要学的词是 infringe. infringe 的意思是违反,侵权。 The European Union is helping countries in Africa create biometric ID cards that could make it easier for people in the region to access government services, but critics fe...
今天我们要学的词是 rudimentary. rudimentary 的意思是初步的,起码的。 A groundbreaking new device is helping blind people perceive the world around them in a rudimentary fashion that can boost their quality of life. 一个具有突破...
今天我们要学的词是 fiasco. fiasco 的意思是彻底失败,惨败。 The date and terms of Brexit remain uncertain three years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, but British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is determined to end t...
今天我们要学的词是 vigor. vigor 的意思是活力,生机。 Some observers believe that North Korea's Juche ideology of self-reliance has been embraced in recent years with renewed vigor by leader Kim Jong Un, the third generation of his...
今天我们要学的词是 hamper. hamper 的意思是阻碍,妨碍。 New research has found that limited seed availability and dry climate is hampering post-wildfire forest recovery in the western U.S.. 新的研究发现,有限的树种供应和...
今天我们要学的词是 evade. evade 的意思是逃避、推脱。 British-registered companies have facilitated North Korean efforts to evade international sanctions, according to an investigation by the London-based Royal United Services Insti...
今天我们要学的词是 insinuate. insinuate 的意思是暗示,含沙射影。House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez recently insinuated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a racist for criticizing her. 众议员科特兹最近暗示众议院议长...
今天我们要学的词是 hearsay. hearsay 的意思是传闻,道听途说。...
今天我们要学的词是 whistle-blower. whistle-blower 是指举报人。 The University of Massachusetts Amherst paid over $2 million to acquire the papers of whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg who distributed the Pentagon Papers in 1971. 马萨诸塞...