学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2508 flood

今天我们要学的词是 flood. Flood 作为名词，是洪水的意思，作为动词，则有似洪水般汹涌而至的意思。Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Brazil last Sunday, calling for President Dilma Rouseff’s removal. 数以万计的巴西人上周日似洪水般涌上街头，要求总统罗赛夫下台。A Donald Trump¹ campaign event was cancelled last Friday due to security concerns after protesters flooded the area. 川普上星期五的一次竞选活动因为抗议者的汹涌而至，出于安全考虑，被迫取消。好的，我们今天学习的词是 flood，flood, flood...

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n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。