今天我们要学的词是go south。 说一件事情to go south意思是出了问题。The stock market went south after a brief morning rally, 股票市场早上短暂上涨后迅速走跌。The secret mission went south and was immediately called...
今天我们要学的词是costly。 Costly, 有成本太高，或是代价惨重的意思。虽然赢了比赛，但却损失了四名首发队员。It's a costly victory, 这场胜利代价惨重。His decision turned out to be costly for the compa...
今天我们要学的词是in the wake of。 In the wake of, 意思是某件事情发生后。The company decided to lay off 25,000 employees in the wake of the second quarter loss, 第二季度亏损后，公司决定裁员两万五千人。美国偶像...
今天我们要学的词是timing。 Timing, 时机。中文里说，赶得早不如赶得巧。英文里说, Timing is everything. 时机决定一切。The timing of his marriage proposal was perfect, 他求婚的时机恰到好处。 目前就业市场...
今天我们要学的词是cyber Monday。 Cyber Monday, 网络星期一。感恩节过后有Black Friday, 黑色星期五，是购物高潮，随着网上购物的便利，感恩节过后的星期一也逐渐发展成Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is no...
今天我们要学的词是cold turkey。 星期四是感恩节，我们也来说火鸡。不过，cold turkey, 可不是冷火鸡的意思，而是指突然停止某些已经成瘾的坏习惯。He quit heavy drinking cold turkey, 他没靠任何帮助...
今天我们要学的词是bottleneck。 Bottleneck, 瓶颈，堵塞。The project will eliminate the bottleneck by widening the road, 这个项目要通过加宽道路来解决交通堵塞的问题。 感恩节是美国人坐飞机旅行的高峰期。...
今天我们要学的词是sequel。 Sequel, 续集。The director announced that a sequel is in the works, 导演宣布，他们正在拍续集。The vampire smash Twilight sequel New Moon has proved to be a huge hit at the box office. 吸血鬼大片...
今天我们要学的词是holdout。 Holdout, 指坚决不肯让步的人。Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas was the last Democratic holdout to agree to a full floor debate on the health care bill in the Senate, 阿肯色州的林肯参议员是最后一个...
今天我们要学的词是doomsday。 Doomsday, 世界末日。The doomsday scenario is a repeated theme for science fiction and Hollywood movies, 世界末日是很多科幻小说和好莱坞电影不断重复的主题。The new disaster movie 2012...
今天我们要学的词是divided。 Divided, 存在分歧的。New Yorkers are evenly divided over whether the five alleged 9/11 plotters should be tried in Manhattan, 策划九一一恐怖袭击的五个嫌疑人是否应该在曼哈顿受审？对此...
今天我们要学的词是guarded。 Guarded, 谨慎的。最新民调显示，Most Americans expressed guarded optimism on President Obama's ability to come up with a successful strategy for Afghanistan, 大多数美国人对奥巴马找到策略，成...
今天我们要学的词是donation。 Donation, 捐赠。Four million people give the gift of life through blood donation, 四百万人通过献血奉献生命的礼物。 全球有多达十亿人面临饥饿。The United Nations launched an online...
今天我们要学的词是oversight。 Oversight, 有监督的意思。美国地铁最近事故频发。Unlike airplanes and highways, the subway system is not under federal oversight, 跟飞机和高速公路不同的是，地铁不受联邦政府监...
今天我们要学的词是finger pointing。 Finger pointing, 是指责的意思。The coach established a no finger-pointing rule at post game meetings, 教练规定，赛后开会时，队员不许相互指责 There is plenty of finger pointing re...
