今天我们要学的词是halfway。 Halfway, 一半的地方。 The project has reached its halfway point, 这个项目已经做到了一半。 The show is halfway through, 演出已经进行了一半。 We are more than halfway through winter, 冬天...
今天我们要学的词是straw poll。 Straw poll, 是指决定民意或参选人实力的非正式投票。美国保守派政治行动大会上周末在华盛顿举行。 Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the Presidential straw poll for the second ti...
今天我们要学的词是suspend。 Suspend, 暂停。 Three high school students were suspended for gang-related activities, 三名高中学生因为参加帮派活动被学校暂停学籍。 Egypt's military dissolved the country's parliament and...
今天我们要学的词是fiscal。Fiscal, 财政方面的。 President Obama released the fiscal year 2012 budget on Monday, 美国总统奥巴马星期一公布了2012财政年度的预算。 The current fiscal year 2011 ends on September 30th, 眼下...
今天我们要学的词是trademark。 Trademark, 商标。据中国媒体报道， China registered 4.6 million trademarks by the end of 2010, 中国截止到2010年年底，总计注册了460万个商标。 Former Republican vice presidential cand...
今天我们要学的词是trim。 Trim, 动词，有削减的意思。 The local school district plans to trim $2 million from its annual budget, 当地校区计划将年度预算削减两百万美元。监狱开销给美国各州带来沉重的财政...
今天我们要学的词是acquisition。 Acquisition, 收购。美国互联网公司美国在线出价3.15亿美元，收购时政资讯网站赫芬顿邮报。 This acquisition will help AOL gain a strong foothold in the online media world, 这起收...
今天我们要学的词是injury。 Injury, 伤病。 He sustained a foot injury during the first quarter of the game, 他比赛第一节脚就受了伤。 He is out for the entire season due to a knee injury, 他因为膝部受伤，整个赛季都不...
今天我们要学的词是opposition。Opposition, 有反对派的意思。 Egypt's Vice President met with opposition groups for the first time on Sunday and offered sweeping concessions, 埃及副总统星期天首次与反对派团体会面，表示...
今天我们要学的词是dietary。 Dietary, 跟饮食有关的。 The U.S. Federal government released new dietary guidelines on Monday, 美国联邦政府星期一公布了最新饮食指南。 The dietary recommendations call for cutbacks in sal...
今天我们要学的词是make-up。 Make-up, 补做的某件事。 The two teams will play their make-up game at the end of the season, 这两个球队将在赛季最后补赛。 My English tutor called me to cancel today's lesson, but offered to s...
今天我们要学的词是paramedic。 Paramedic, 急救医务工作者。 Paramedics arrived at the scene within 10 minutes after receiving the 911 call, 接到求救电话十分钟内，急救医务人员就赶到了事发现场。 苏格兰的一个...
今天我们要学的词是charter。 Charter, 有包租的意思。 The major multi-car pileup was caused by a charter bus, 这起严重连环车祸是由一辆包租的大客车引起的。 The airline significantly expanded its charter service cli...
今天我们要学的词是paralyze。 Paralyze, 有让某件事情或是某个地区陷入瘫痪的意思。 The whole area was paralyzed by the earthquake, 这次地震让整个地区陷入了瘫痪状态。 All major airports were paralyzed by the...
今天我们要学的词是outgoing。 Outgoing, 除了有性格外向的意思，还可以指即将离任的。谷歌公司首席执行官埃里克.施密特不久前突然宣布准备离职。 Google will give a $100 million equity award to outgoin...
