学个词Learn a Word 第1346期 announce

　　今天我们要学的词是announce。Announce, 宣布。苹果公司宣布iPhone5即将上市。 "Apple announced that it will be introducing the new features of the iPhone 5 on October 4th," 苹果公司宣布，10月4日正式介绍iPhone 5的新功能。 "After months of speculation¹, Amazon announced it's new Kindle² Fire, a tablet with a $199 price tag," 经过数月的等待，亚马逊公司宣布，平板电脑Kindle Fire即将上市，售价199美元。 "U.S. insurance companies announced that health care benefit costs will go up 5.4% next year," 美国的保险业公司宣布，明年的健康保险费用将上涨5.4%。好的，今天我们学习的词是announce...

1 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

2 kindle   

v.点燃，着火

参考例句：

• This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。
• A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。