学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2509 prominent

今天我们要学的词是 prominent. Prominent形容词，著名的。U.S. President Barack Obama promised one of Cuba’s prominent dissident groups that he would raise the issue of freedom of speech and assembly when he meets Cuban President Raul Castro. 美国总统奥巴马向古巴一个著名异议人士团体承诺，见到古巴总统卡斯特罗一定会提出言论和结社自由的问题。A prominent auction¹ house executive in the U.S. pleaded guilty to smuggling² wildlife products. 美国一个业界有名的拍卖行高管承认走私野生动物产品。好的，我们今天学习的词是 prominent, prominent, prominent...

1 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

2 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。