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Today's key word is: Recruit

It means: To enroll¹ someone as a member or worker in an organization or as a supporter of a cause

招聘，招收

Here's an example：

The company has planned to recruit more staff later this year.

公司在今年晚些时候还计划招聘更多新员工。

延伸：

Now let’s learn the word in the news:

With the scores of China's college entrance examination officially being released, the country's top universities including Tsinghua University and Peking University are vying² for recruiting the high-score students.

The two universities have vied for top middle school graduates of this year's exam in several

provinces across China. Teachers of both universities even travel to high schools nationwide to try to convince potential applicants³.

(嘉宾：-David Moser, Visiting Academic and director of CET in Capital Normal University in Beijing)

Notes:

-清华北大负责招生的部门在微博上掀起“骂”战。

-互相指责对方用钱“买”高考状元。

-广州一名高考状元被清华和北大的招生老师堵在楼道里动弹不得。

-有消息指出，招生老师曾因为“好”学生被抢走而扣奖金。

-中国两大最高学府这样“骂来骂去”真的好吗？

1 enroll   

v.招收；登记；入学；参军；成为会员（英)enrol

参考例句：

• I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
• They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。

2 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。

3 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。