今天我们要学的词是 binge. binge 的意思是狂欢,暴饮暴食。 Fifty-seven percent of full-time American college students had a drink in the last month, and about 38% of them were binge drinking, according to the National Institute on...
今天我们要学的词是 resonate. resonate 的意思是共鸣。...
今天我们要学的词是 peculiar. peculiar 的意思是独特的、奇特的。 A peculiar form of body art is gaining popularity in New York City it's protest body art where people paint slogans aimed at promoting their causes. 一种奇特的人体...
今天我们要学的词是 hefty。 hefty 的意思是巨额的、沉重的。Italy has passed a law imposing a hefty fine on rescue ships that come to its ports and disembark refugees and migrants they have picked up at sea. 意大利通过了一项法...
今天我们要学的词是 douse. Douse 的意思是扑灭(大火)、用水浇灭。Under pressure from the international community to protect the environment, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dispatched two C-130 Hercules aircraft to help dou...
今天我们要学的词是 flout. flout 的意思是蔑视、藐视。 Almost two dozen former Polish ambassadors are telling U.S. President Donald Trump that Poland's democracy is at risk, and are urging him to pressure the country's government to...
今天我们要学的词是 expel. expel 的意思是开除、驱逐。 Alabama Republicans approved a resolution calling for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to be expelled from Congress, citing her persistent anti-American and anti-Semitic rhetoric. 阿拉巴...
今天我们要学的词是 immersive. immersive 的意思是沉浸其中,身临其境的。 A team of researchers came up with new immersive technologies that allow people from all over the world to experience performing arts in a breathtakingly b...
今天我们要学的词是 face off. face off 的意思是对峙、对决,最后摊牌。...
今天我们要学的词是 preempt. preempt 的意思是抢先,先发制人。 Violence was largely averted in Portland, Oregon, where police established concrete barriers, closed streets and bridges to preempt clashes between anti-fascist groups...
今天我们要学的词是 chasm. chasm 的意思是裂痕、鸿沟。 The chasm between those demanding the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his own unyielding position leaves little room for compromise. 要求叙利亚总统阿萨德下...
今天我们要学的词是 skirmish. skirmish 是指小冲突,摩擦。 Recent cross-border skirmishes between Pakistan and India have killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on the Pakistani side of the disputed Kashmir region, officials s...
今天我们要学的词是 bespoke. bespoke 的意思是定制的、预先定好的。 Through Artificial Intelligence, machines are teaching themselves how to recognize faces, but the systems they have come up with are bespoke. 机器通过人工智能...
今天我们要学的词是 flashpoint. flashpoint 的意思是燃点、爆发点。 The Pakistani Prime Minister accused India of planning military action in the disputed Kashmir region that has long been a flashpoint between the two nuclear-armed n...
今天我们要学的词是 wield. Critics say the International Olympic Committee must continue to wield a big stick' to clean up illicit doping in the sport of weightlifting. 批评人士说,国际奥委会必须继续挥舞大棒,清理举重运...