学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3616 burnish

 今天我们要学的词是 burnish¹. Burnish is spelled B-U-R-N-I-S-H, burnish.

 

burnish 的意思是擦亮，增色。 Twitter has been important in burnishing² the image of President Donald Trump³, but the social media company has recently begun to flag Trump's tweets when they are deemed misleading. 推特对于为特朗普总统的形象增色一直很重要，但是最近这家社交媒体公司在认为特朗普总统的推文具有误导性时，开始为他的推文加上警告标示。

 

Some analysts⁴ suspect Kim Yo Jong, sister to North Korea's leader, may now be raising tensions with South Korea in order to burnish her military credentials⁵ and alleviate⁶ concerns about her rise within the country's leadership. 一些分析人士怀疑，朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正现在可能正在加剧与韩国的紧张关系，以提高她在军事方面的资历并减少人们对她在朝鲜领导层中升迁的担忧。

 

好的，我们今天学习的词是 burnish, burnish, burnish ...

 

1 burnish   

v.磨光；使光滑

参考例句：

• Many people,fearful for their jobs,are trying to burnish their contacts at other firms.许多人因为担心自己的工作，正在努力抹去和其他公司接触的痕迹。
• I burnish joyful sparks from my sorrows.我从伤痛里擦亮喜悦的火花。

2 burnishing   

n.磨光，抛光，擦亮v.擦亮（金属等），磨光( burnish的现在分词 )；被擦亮，磨光

参考例句：

• Taps, reamers, drills, saws, milling cutters, burnishing tools, and so on, have all been successfully plated. 丝锥、铰刀、钻头、锯片、铣切刀具、磨光工具以及其它等等，所有这些方面的片镀都是很成功的。 来自辞典例句
• Pure white was obtained by entirely effacing burnishing the plate. 光白部份则把芒刺激完全磨去。 来自互联网

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

5 credentials   

n.证明，资格，证明书，证件

参考例句：

• He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。
• Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。

6 alleviate   

v.减轻，缓和，缓解(痛苦等)

参考例句：

• The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。