今天我们要学的词是double check。 Double check, 是复核的意思。The teacher told her students to double check their answers before handing in the exam, 老师告诉学生们，交卷之前应该反复检查自己的答案。They double...
今天我们要学的词是catastrophe。 Catastrophe, 是灾难的意思。 Humanitarian catastrophe, 就是人道主义灾难。缅甸发生强热带风暴后，国际慈善机构乐施会警告说，缅甸已经处于一场公共健康灾难的边缘...
今天我们要学的词是pamper。 Pamper, 是娇惯，纵容的意思。I will pamper myself with a hot bath after a long day at work, 忙碌一整天后，我决定泡个热水澡，好好放松一下自己。Even as the economy lags, pet owners...
今天我们要学的词是handpick。 Handpick, 是亲自挑选的意思。The new actor was handpicked by the director for the role, 导演亲自挑选了这名新演员出演这个角色。星期三，德米特里.梅德韦杰夫宣誓就任俄罗斯...
今天我们要学的词是decisive。 Decisive, 是决定性的。A decisive victory, 决定性胜利。A decisive moment, 关键时刻。He controls the decisive vote, 他掌握着关键性的一票。His final shot won the decisive game for his te...
今天我们要学的词是surpass。 Surpass, 是超过的意思。The play's success surpassed everyone's expectations, 这个剧目的成功超过了所有人的预期。In 2007, the number of international visitors to the United States is expecte...
今天我们要学的词是gimmick。 Gimmick 是诡计、花招的意思。A political gimmick, 就是政治花招。A publicity gimmick, 就是公关的伎俩。They give away free gifts as a marketing gimmick, 他们免费赠送礼物，作为一种...
今天我们要学的词是affordable。 Affordable, 是指能够负担得起。 Affordable housing, 是住得起的房子；affordable health care, 是指能够负担的医疗保健费用。The state government is discussing plans to make state coll...
今天我们要学的词是bedrock。 Bedrock, 是基础、基石的意思。Middle-class families and older Americans are the bedrock of support for Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, 中产阶级家庭和老年人是民主党总统参...
今天我们要学的词是trend。 Trend, 是趋势、倾向的意思。There is a downward trend in sales this year, 今年销售额有下滑的趋势。A new report says media freedom has declined around the world, continuing a six-year trend, 一份...
今天我们要学的词是adoption。 Adoption, 是收养的意思。Vietnam is ending an infant adoption agreement with the United States, 越南决定终止跟美国达成的儿童收养协议。The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam released a report last w...
今天我们要学的词是rebate。 Rebate, 是部分退款的意思。美国总统布什上星期宣布，The tax rebate will start going out on Monday, 星期一开始退还税款。The first rebates will be directly deposited into people's bank a...
今天我们要学的词是prime time。 Prime time, 是黄金时段的意思。 A prime time soap opera, 指黄金时段的肥皂剧。A prime time news anchor, 是黄金时段的新闻主播。The interview will be broadcast during prime time, 采访...
今天我们要学的词是personality。 Personality, 是性格的意思。She has a strong personality, 意思是她特别有个性。Split personality, 就是心理学里说的人格分裂。The two team members have a major personality conflict, 这...
今天我们要学的词是swing。 Swing, 有摇摆不定的意思. Swing voters, 是尚未做出决定的选民。美国民主党总统参选人希拉里.克林顿星期二赢得了宾夕法尼亚州初选的胜利，Hillary Clinton won in the larg...
