今天我们要学的词是 fraught. Fraught的意思是充满紧张、压力，The United States recently flew bombers over the South China Sea again, the move is likely to intensify the already fraught tension between Beijing and Washington. 美军轰...
今天我们要学的词是 trajectory。 Trajectory的意思是轨迹、轨道，President Trump told reporters after his speech at the UN general assembly that he hopes there would be the same trajectory for Iran as the U.S. has had with North Kore...
今天我们要学的词是 castigate。 Castigate 的意思是痛斥、鞭笞、严惩，U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley regularly castigates Tehran for its destabilizing role in Syria and Yemen and its support for the militant groups Hamas and Hezbolla...
我们今天要学的词是rapprochement。 Rapprochement 的意思是和睦、和解，特别是指国际间的关系。The push to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula is still a work in progress, although fears of war have given way to dreams of rapp...
今天我们要学的词是 bolster。 Bolster 是加强，支持的意思，The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a must-pass piece of legislation that includes a provision that would dramatically bolster American funding for global in...
今天我们要学的词是 ominous. ominous is spelled o-m-i-n-o-u-s, ominous. ominous 的意思是不祥的，凶多吉少的，The United States and Britain recently issued a rare and ominous alert charging Russia with ramping up cyber attacks on...
今天我们要学的词是 converge. Converge的意思是汇集、聚集，Valunteers and Red Cross workers from across the country are all converging on the Carolinas to aid Hurricane Florence victims，来自全美各地的志愿者和红十字会工...
今天我们要学的词是 keen. Keen的意思是踊跃、热衷，常常跟一个介词联用。The United States is keen to invest in Greenland for its strategic importance to the U.S. military and its ballistic missile early warning system. 美国热...
今天我们要学的词是 foster. Foster是指培育、培养、促进。North and South Korea opened a joint liaison office aimed at fostering cross-border communications and relations，朝鲜和韩国开放了一个联合联络处，目的是促进...
今天我们要学的词是 barometer。 Barometer的意思是气压表、晴雨表，When a hurricane hits, 'Waffle House' becomes a barometer，当飓风来袭时，华夫饼屋就成了晴雨表。什么意思呢？就是这家餐饮店是否开门显...
今天我们要学的词是 impasse. Impasse的意思是僵局，The United States has imposed sanctions on two North Korean-controlled IT companies amid an impasse between the two countries over the pace of North Korea's dismantling of its nuclear w...
今天我们要学的词是 perception. Perception的意思是看法、认识，认知，The events of Sept. 11 permanently changed America's perception of security and prompted then-President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism and invade Afg...
今天我们要学的词是 resuscitate. Resuscitate的意思是复苏、复活，A possible second meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un is encouraging for South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, who has called on the two leaders to resuscita...
今天我们要学的词是 polarized. polarized is spelled p-o-l-a-r-i-z-e-d, polarized. Polarized是指鲜明的，两极分化的，In today's highly polarized political environment, Republican and Democratic partisans have staked their positions...
今天我们要学的词是 stiffen。stiffen is spelled s-t-i-f-f-e-n, stiffen。 stiffen来自于stiff，意思是僵硬，强硬，顽固，stiffen就是变硬、强化。President Donald Trumps move to close the Palestinian Liberation Organizatio...
