今天我们要学的词是exceed。 Exceed, 超过。 The team opened the season with three wins, exceeding everyone's expectations, 球队赛季一开始就连赢三场，超过了所有人的预期。美国加州一个郡发生水污染。 Test re...
今天我们要学的词是play out。 To play out, 可以指事态的进一步发展。 Much of the scandal is yet to play out, 这场丑闻才刚刚开始，好戏还在后面呢。 I cannot wait to see how the plot will play out, 我急着想知道剧...
今天我们要学的词是boiling point。 Boiling point, 沸点，引伸为爆发的那一瞬间。 The battle between the two teams reached its boiling point yesterday as five players were ejected because of a fight, 这两支球队之间的冲突昨...
今天我们要学的词是endanger。 Endanger, 意思是带来威胁。维基揭密公布了大批美国机密外交电文。 The White House condemned the release and said the disclosures might endanger U.S. informants abroad, 白宫对维基揭密公...
今天我们要学的词是celebrity。 Celebrity, 名人。还记得参加美国达人并一举成名的歌手亚当.兰伯特吗？ Adam Lambert was named the sexiest male celebrity of 2010, 亚当.兰伯特荣获了2010年最性感男星的称号。...
今天我们要学的词是brick-and-mortar。 Brick-and-mortar, 意思是实实在在存在的， The community college operates both brick-and-mortar schools and online instruction programs, 这所社区大学既有自己的校园，又同时在网上...
今天我们要学的词是season。 Season, 大家都知道，season 是季节，春夏秋冬，但是season还可以用来指其他时间段， The holiday season is finally upon us, 节假季节终于到了。 Pennsylvania's deer-hunting season st...
今天我们要学的词是extension。 Extension, 延长。 The soccer player just signed a five-year contract extension, 这个足球运动员刚刚签了五年的延期合同。 U. S. senators of both parties say they are likely to reach a comprom...
今天我们要学的词是urgency。 Urgency, 紧迫。在比赛中场落后的情况下， We felt a strong sense of urgency to play better offensively in the second half, 我们有一种强烈的紧迫感，下半场比赛一定要在进攻方面加...
今天我们要学的词是trump。 Trump, 胜过。 Florida Republican governor-elect Rick Scott said the nation's deficit trumped his own state's unemployment rate, 佛罗里达州新当选的共和党籍州长斯科特说，国家赤字比本州失业...
今天我们要学的词是doable。 Doable, 可行的，可以做到的。 It's a difficult task, but absolutely doable, 这项工作很不好做，但是绝对可以做得到。 The management gave a green light to the proposal because they conside...
今天我们要学的词是subscriber。 Subscriber, 订阅用户。 The magazine has reached the one million subscriber mark, 这份杂志的订户人数达到了一百万。 Groupon, which has at least 20 million subscribers, rejected Google's $6 b...
今天我们要学的词是hurdle。 Hurdle, 障碍，难关。 The economy is improving, but there are still many hurdles to overcome, 经济正在好转，但还是有很多障碍需要克服。 With yesterday's win, the team got over the first hur...
今天我们要学的词是responsible。 Responsible, 有事发原因的意思。 Firefighters believe that vagrants were responsible for the downtown fire, 消防队员认为，市中心大火的肇事者是居无定所的游民。 最新研究发现...
今天我们要学的词是collapse。 Collapse, 坍塌。 The main building of the factory collapsed because of the fire, 大火造成工厂主楼的坍塌。 Nearly a foot and a half of snow fell in Minneapolis last Saturday, causing the roof of Vi...
