今天我们要学的词是top-tier. Top-tier 意思是一流的。The University of Iowa's football team is looking to return to the top-tier teams in the Big 10 this season. 爱奥华大学美式足球校队鹰眼队本赛季将努力重新成为美国...
今天我们要学的词是 eject. Eject 是赶走, 逐出的意思。At the GOP convention last week, two people were ejected for throwing peanuts at a black CNN camerawoman.上星期美国共和党召开全国代表大会期间, 两个与会代表因...
今天我们要学的词是infringe. Infringe 是侵权的意思。A Japanese court ruled that Samsung's synchronizing technology that allows media players to share data with personal computers did not infringe on Apple's patents. 日本一家法院裁...
今天我们要学的词是disgruntled. Disgruntled 是不满意的，不高兴的。A disgruntled former employee opened fire near New York's Empire State Building, leaving two dead and nine injured. 一名心怀不满的下岗职员在纽约帝国大...
今天我们要学的词是forfeit. Forfeit 有丧失，被没收的意思。一直被美国反兴奋剂机构USADA调查的自行车手阿姆斯特朗宣布放弃与该机构的斗争，随后，The USADA said Lance Armstrong must forfeit his seven...
今天我们要学的词是overtake. Overtake 是超过的意思。China is projected to soon overtake Germany and the US as the country that has the most outbound global tourists. 预计，中国将很快超过德国和美国，成为世界上最大的...
今天我们要学的词是ridden. Ridden是形容词，意思是满是的，通常跟在名词的后面。比如，debt ridden就是负债累累的意思。In a move that wasted $1.2 million in printing costs, the already debt-ridden U.S. Postal Ser...
今天我们要学的词是realistic. Realistic的意思是现实的。A senior UN official recently said the two-state solution was the best available and most realistic option for the Israelis and Palestinians. 一位联合国高级官员最近说，...
今天我们要学的词是brave. Brave当动词，意思是勇敢地面对，冒着危险。四肢截肢的法国人菲利普?克鲁瓦宗在白令海峡中从一座美国小岛游至俄罗斯小岛，He braved strong currents and near-freezing temp...
今天我们要学的词是skirt. Skirt当动词，意思是躲避，逃避。美国媒体报道, Iraq has been using financial institutions and oil smuggling operations to help Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed by the international community. 伊拉...
今天我们要学的词是bold. Bold 的意思是大胆的。美国共和党总统候选人罗姆尼挑选威斯康辛州联邦众议员保罗.瑞安为他的竞选伙伴，评论认为：Romney's choice of Ryan was bold; whether it turns out to be...
今天我们要学的词是 see something coming. See something coming是预料到某事会发生。I wasn't surprised when the company closed down. You could see it coming. 公司关门我并不吃惊。这是意料之中的事。研究发现，美国...
今天我们要学的词是 death toll. Death toll是死亡人数。美国德州的达拉斯县西尼罗病毒肆虐，Texas officials say the statewide death toll so far is 17. 德克萨斯州官员说，全州目前已有17人死于这种病毒。I...
今天我们要学的词是 homage. Homage的意思是敬意。Thousands of mourners gathered to pay homage to the six people killed during a shooting rampage at a Wisconsin Sikh temple. 数千名悼念者们聚集在一起，向美国威斯康辛州锡...
今天我们要学的词是 flatline. Flatline的意思是停滞不前，可是作名词或者动词。The Bank of England has said it believes the UK economy will flat-line this year.英格兰银行说，英国经济预计今年将出现零增长。...
