今天我们要学的词是 vigilante. Vigilante 名词，指的是自发维护治安的人。Suspected vigilantes killed a Muslim man transporting two cows in India, spotlighting the growing influence of pro-Hindu fringe groups. 印度一个穆斯林男...
今天我们要学的词是 wage. Wage 作为动词，有发动的意思。A top CIA expert on Asia said that China is waging a quiet kind of cold war against the United States. 中央情报局一位亚洲问题专家说，中国正在对美国发动一...
今天我们要学的词是 contract. Contract作为动词，有收缩的意思。South Korea's central bank estimated that North Korea's economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017. 韩国中央银行估计，朝鲜2017年的经济出...
今天我们要学的词是 compel. Compel 动词，有强迫的意思。U.S. Democratic lawmakers are trying to compel a government interpreter to testify about what was discussed during President Donald Trump's one-on-one meeting with Russian leade...
今天我们要学的词是 covert. Covert 形容词，隐秘的。Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov complained to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the arrest of a Russian woman on allegations of being a covert agent. 俄罗斯外长拉夫...
今天我们要学的词是 breastfeeding. Breastfeeding 母乳喂养。U.S. government officials disputed a New York Times report that the government opposed a WTO resolution supporting breastfeeding. 美国政府官员否认纽约时报关于美国政...
今天我们要学的词是 high-resolution. High-resolution 高分辨率的。Using high-resolution satellite images, researchers estimate 84 percent of the world's population live in urban areas. 研究人员依靠高分辨率的卫星图像估计，...
今天我们要学的词是lobby. Lobby 做为动词，意思是游说。China tried to step up pressure on Washington in their growing tariff war by suggesting that U.S. companies should lobby American leaders. 在日益升级的美中关税战中，为...
今天我们要学的词是conspiracy. Conspiracy 阴谋。A federal grand jury indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers with conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. 一个大陪审团对12名俄罗斯军方情报官员提出...
今天我们要学的词是alliance. Alliance 联盟。NATO leaders agreed to formally invite Macedonia to begin accession talks to join the Western alliance. 北约各国领导人一致同意，正式邀请马其顿围绕加入这个西方联盟组织...
今天我们要学的词是tit-for-tat. Tit-for-tat意思是针锋相对，以牙还牙。Islamist militants' attacks and tit-for-tat violence between rival ethnic groups have cast doubt on Mali's upcoming elections. 伊斯兰国激进分子的袭击和...
今天我们要学的词是cover up. To cover up意思是掩盖事实。An Australian archbishop was sentenced to a year in detention for covering up child sexual abuse by a priest. 澳大利亚一名大主教因为掩盖一名神父性侵儿童的行为...
今天我们要学的词是rescind. Rescind作为动词，有撤销，废除的意思。The Trump administration has rescinded policies that direct colleges and universities to increase diversity by considering race in college admissions. 川普政府废...
今天我们要学的词是separatist. Separatist是分离主义者的意思。Six jailed Catalan separatist politicians have been moved to prisons closer to their homes. 六名被关押的加泰罗尼亚分离主义政治人物已经被转移到离他...
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...
