学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3111 poison

今天我们要学的词是poison. Poison作为动词，是下毒的意思。A British couple were left in critical condition after exposure to an unknown substance a few miles from where a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent a few months ago. 一对英国夫妇接触“不明物质”后生命危急，事发几英里外就是数月前原俄罗斯间谍和他的女儿遭受神经毒剂袭击的地方。German authorities have arrested a man suspected of killing¹ 21 co-workers by poisoning their food. 德国有关当局逮捕了一名男子，他涉嫌在食物里下毒，杀死了21名同事。好的，我们今天学习的词是poison, poison, poison ...

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n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。