今天我们要学的词是unanimous。 Unanimous, 是全体通过，一致赞成的意思。 Newspaper front pages around the world were unanimous Wednesday in celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration as U.S. President, 世界各地报纸头版星期三...
今天我们要学的词是bear the brunt of。 Bear the brunt of, 是首当其冲，受到影响最大的意思。 The area that bore the brunt of the storm got the lion's share of the federal relief funds, 风暴受灾最严重的地区得到了联邦...
今天我们要学的词是lineup。 Lineup, 是名单、阵容的意思。 The basketball player returned to the starting lineup after sitting out for two months due to a knee injury, 这名篮球队员因为膝盖受伤休息了两个月后，重新出...
今天我们要学的词是camp。 Camp, 有阵营的意思。 Opposition camp, 反对派阵营。 Political camp, 政治派系的阵营。美国的政治版图不断发生变化。 Many Americans do not fit well within either the conservative or the...
今天我们要学的词是pragmatic。 Pragmatic, 是务实的意思。美国国务卿提名人选希拉里.克林顿星期二参加国会参议院的确认听证会。 Hillary Clinton promised that she would take a pragmatic approach to diplomacy a...
今天我们要学的词是cash in on。 cash in on, 大家都知道，cash 是现金的意思，cash in on something, 就是靠某件事情去赚钱的意思。美国费城橄榄球队老鹰队季后赛已经连闯两关。 Philadelphia-area bars ar...
今天我们要学的词是unknown。 Unknown, 不知道的，没名气的。在星期天美国金球奖颁奖典礼上，影片《贫民百万富翁》包揽了提名的四项大奖。The film features an unknown cast in the story of an orphan boy i...
今天我們要學的詞是sold out。 Sold out, 是全部售出的意思。The Disney show was sold out. 迪斯尼這場演出的票已經全部售出。 Nintendo's game Wii Fit hit retailers across the country last May and was sold out in two hours...
今天我们要学的词是double-edged sword。 Double-edged sword, 双刃剑，指一件事情有利有弊。 The holiday break is a double-edged sword for the football team, because the championship game is on Jan. 2nd, 年底的假期对球队来说...
今天我们要学的词是off-guard。 Off-guard, 是没有提防，缺乏警惕的意思。以色列炮轰加沙后，联合国在加沙地区的一位高级官员说， We were caught off-guard by the operation, 这次行动让我们丝毫没有防备...
今天我们要学的词是ball。 Ball, 是球的意思。不过，ball 作为名词，在英语里还有一个常用的意思，指正式舞会。 After being sworn in as the first-ever African American president, Barack Obama and his wife Michele...
今天我们要学的词是choke up。 Choke up, 意思是心情激动，一时说不出话来。 He choked up and could not finish the sentence, 他话讲到一半就激动得说不下去了。 She still chokes up every time she looks at her late hu...
今天我们要学的词是memoir。 Memoir, 回忆录。 A Vietnam war veteran's memoir will be made into a movie, 一名越战老兵的回忆录将被拍成电影。 The publisher of a Holocaust memoir canceled the book after the author admitted th...
今天我们要学的词是crossroads。 Crossroads, 十字路口。 I have reached a crossroads in my career, 我在事业上面临着一个十字路口。不久前，几内亚总统孔戴病逝。 Guinea is at the crossroads again, facing the daunt...
今天我们要学的词是usher in。 Usher in, 是迎来的意思。新年新气象。 Many states will usher in the New Year with new laws, including Maine's new law that grants adult adoptees full access to their birth certificates, 很多新的州...
