今天我们要学的词是 hand off. Hand off 的愿意是橄榄球中的传球，引申下来就是交出、传递意思。 Former US President Obama claimed that he handed off a booming economy to President Trump at a recent rally for Democrats in...
今天我们要学的词是 ambiguity。 ambiguity 的意思是不明确，模棱两可的。Ambiguity over what the Brexit deal might be has pushed investors to protect themselves aginst or make money from - further falls in the pound. 对于英国脱...
今天我们要学的词是 rekindle. rekindle 的意思是重燃，重新喚起。U.S. President Donald Trump recently rekindled his criticism of California's wildfire prevention steps. 美国总统特朗普最近再度提起他对加利福尼亚州野...
今天我们要学的词是 grapple. grapple 的原意是扭打，搏斗，grapple with 就是设法应付，努力克服的意思。U.S. tech giants such as Facebook and Google in recent months have grappled with high-profile data breaches that have...
今天我们要学的词是 repercussion. Repercussion 是指影响，反响，恶果。Many immigrants in the U.S. see this midterm election as different because a change in control in congress would have huge repercussions for immigrant communities...
今天我们要学的词是 high-stakes. High-stakes 原意是赌注高，风险大，引申下来是指事关重大。Harvard University is fighting accusations that its admissions office racially discriminated against Asian-American students in a h...
今天我们要学的词是 falter. falter 是减弱，动摇，畏缩不前的意思。Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, whose well-funded bid is to unseat GOP Sen. Ted Cruz has faltered in the polls in recent weeks. 得克萨斯州众议员奥罗克竞选资...
今天我们要学的词是 coy。 Coy的意思是害羞，腼腆，闭口不谈。US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley stayed coy on her reasons for quitting, saying only that it was important to understand when it's time to stand aside. 美...
今天我们要学的词是 impartial。 Impartial 是公正、不偏不倚，After a bruising confirmation process in the Senate that bitterly divided the nation, Brett Kavanaugh became the newest US Supreme Court Justice and pledged to be 'Independ...
今天我们要学的词是 cusp。 Cusp 是尖端、浪尖，常用的表达方式 on the cusp of 是指正处于转变时刻。Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said he believed the U.S. economy was on the cusp of a historically rare era of ultra-low unem...
今天我们学习的词是 corroborate. Corroborate 是证实、支持某一种说法、理论、结果。The FBI investigation did not find any evidence corroborating the allegations of sexual assault or misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, now the...
今天我们要学的词是 christen. Christen是指婴儿受洗时给他起名，作为进入基督教会的标志。Christened 就是命名。The revised free trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, christened USMCA, has big i...
今天我们要学的词是 dire. dire is spelled d-i-r-e, dire. Dire 是非常严峻的、极为令人担忧的意思，Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and one of China's richest men, gave a dire warning that the escalating tra...
今天我们要学的词是 vanity. vanity的意思是虚荣，浮华，自大。Harrison Schmitt, the man who walked on the moon in the last Apollo mission, says returning to the moon is more than a national vanity project. 哈里森-施密特是在最...
今天我们要学的词是 exert. Exert 是使用，发挥，施加的意思，U.S. President Donald Trump said it was too soon for Washington to talk to Beijing about working out a trade deal, suggesting U.S. tariffs have yet to exert enough pressu...
