学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3253 unrivaled

今天我们要学的词是 unrivaled.

 

unrivaled 的意思是无敌的，无以伦比的。Declaring that space is the new warfighting domain¹, President Donald Trump² vowed³ the U.S. will develop an unrivaled missile defense⁴ system to protect against threats from competitors and adversaries⁵. 美国总统特朗普宣布太空是一个新的作战领域，并誓言美国将研发无与伦比的导弹防御系统，以防范来自竞争对手和敌手的威胁。

 

U.S. officials regard Saudi cooperation on counter-terrorism as invaluable⁶ given the human intelligence Saudi operatives provide by exploiting an unrivaled network of connections. 美国官员认为沙特在反恐方面的合作非常宝贵，因为沙特特工人员可以利用他们无与伦比的关系网提供情报。

1 domain   

n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围

参考例句：

• This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
• This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

2 trump   

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。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 adversaries   

n.对手，敌手( adversary的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• That would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
• Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的，始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句

6 invaluable   

adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的

参考例句：

• A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
• This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。