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今天我们要学的词是spike¹. Spike 作为动词，有猛增的意思。The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that suicide rates rose in nearly every U.S. state from 1999 to 2016, with the rate spiking² by more than 30 percent in half of the country. 美国疾病控制与预防中心报告说，1999到2016年间，美国几乎所有州的自杀率都出现增长，其中一半地区的自杀率猛增30%以上。The number of families caught entering the United States illegally at its southwest border spiked³ in May, compared with the same month in 2017. 美国西南边界地带5月份因非法入境被拦截的家庭数量跟2017年同月相比大幅度增加。好的，我们今天学习的词是 spike, spike, spike ...

1 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

2 spiking   

n.尖峰形成v.加烈酒于( spike的现在分词 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• High spiking fever with chills is suggestive of a complicating pylephlebitis. 伴有寒战的高热，暗示合并门静脉炎。 来自辞典例句
• We could be spiking our own guns. 我们可能要遭到失败。 来自辞典例句

3 spiked   

adj.有穗的；成锥形的；有尖顶的

参考例句：

• The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句