学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2329-brief

今天我们要学的词是 brief. Brief 做为动词，有简报，摘要汇报的意思。President Obama made a rare visit to the Pentagon to be briefed on operations against the terrorist group Islamic State. 美国总统奥巴马罕见地前往五角大楼，听取美国打击恐怖组织伊斯兰国行动的简报。美国联邦人事管理局网络系统受到黑客袭击。Rep. Barbara Comstock, whose personal information was also compromised during the attack, wanted to be briefed by OPM on how and why the hack¹ was carried out. 美国联邦众议员康斯托克的个人信息在这次袭击中也被窃，她要求联邦人事管理局向她提供简报，说明这次袭击为什么会发生，是怎么发生的。好的，今天我们学习 的词是 brief, brief, brief...

1 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。