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今天我们要学的词是sweltering。Sweltering形容词，意思是闷热的、酷热的。Besides the eight undocumented immigrants that were found dead inside a sweltering truck in San Antonio, two more people who had been hospitalized have died, making it one of the deadliest human smuggling¹ cases in recent history. 除了在圣安东尼奥一辆闷热卡车里发现的八名已经死亡的无证移民外，另有两人在入院就医后死亡，使这成为了近来历史上死亡最惨重的人口走私案件之一。St. Louis will install temporary air conditioners in a sweltering city jail after temperatures in the city topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit², triggering protests outside the prison. 圣路易斯将在酷热的城市监狱里安装临时空调，此前该城市温度达到100华氏度（约38摄氏度），在监狱外引发了抗议活动。 好的，我们今天学习的词是sweltering, sweltering, sweltering...

1 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。

2 Fahrenheit   

n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)

参考例句：

• He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
• The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。