学个词Learn a Word 第517期 flashpoint

今天我们要学的词是flashpoint。 A flashpoint, 是事件的爆发地点。 "An Iowa town has become a flashpoint in the debate over immigration," 爱奥华州的一个小镇成了有关移民问题辩论的热点。 "Energy turned out to be a flashpoint in the Senate race," 能源问题成了参议员竞选的热点话题。 "The Montgomery bus boycott¹ was a flashpoint for the American civil rights movement," 蒙哥马利抵制公交车事件是美国民权运动中的一大热点。好的，今天我们学习的词是flashpoint...

 

1 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。