今天我们要学的词是 goodwill ambassador. Goodwill ambassador 亲善大使。The World Health Organization is under fire for naming President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe a goodwill ambassador. 世界卫生组织任命津巴布韦总统穆加贝出...
今天我们要学的词是 reconnaissance. Reconnaissance 名词，意思是侦察。U.S. military officials say the American forces ambushed in Niger were on a reconnaissance patrol. 美国军方官员说，在尼日尔遭遇伏击的美军当时正在...
今天我们要学的词是 round up. To round up 有赶在一起，围捕的意思。Gay and transgender people were rounded up in recent weeks in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Indonesia. 同性恋和跨性别者最近几周在阿塞拜疆、埃及和印度尼...
今天我们要学的词是 atrocity. Atrocity 残暴的行为。Army officials in Myanmar have opened an investigation into allegations that the Myanmar army committed atrocities against the Rohingya minority. 缅甸军方官员围绕缅甸军队对罗...
今天我们要学的词是 signatory. Signatory 名词，签约国，签约方。美国总统川普宣布不认证伊朗核协议后，Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the 2015 nuclear deal could not be revoked and urged all signatories to hono...
今天我们要学的词是 ordeal. Ordeal 折磨，痛苦经历。A western couple and their three kids were rescued after a five-year ordeal as Taliban prisoners. 西方国家的一对夫妇被塔利班关押五年后，和他们的三个孩子一起...
今天我们要学的词是 fire back. To fire back意思是还击。Iranian President Hassan Rouhani fired back at the Trump administration for decertifying the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. 伊朗总统鲁哈尼对川普政府不认证2015年伊朗核协议...
今天我们要学的词是 accommodate. To accommodate有容纳的意思。Bangladesh plans to build a single, huge refugee camp to accommodate 800,000 Rohingya refugees. 孟加拉国计划修建一个巨大的难民营，把80万罗兴亚难民全部...
今天我们要学的词是 secessionist. Secessionist 作为形容词，有分离主义的意思。Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy asked Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont to clarify whether he declared independence. 西班牙首相霍...
今天我们要学的词是 ambush. Ambush作为名词，有埋伏、伏击的意思。Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in Niger in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants. 在尼日尔发生的一场疑似由伊...
今天我们要学的词是 turmoil. Turmoil名词，意思是混乱、骚动。Shares in Sabadell, the second-biggest bank in Catalonia and the fifth largest in Spain, have fallen 10% as the independence turmoil between Catalonia and Madrid escalate...
今天我们要学的词是 elusive. Elusive形容词，意思是难以捉摸的。Investigators say the reason why Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured hundreds more before taking his own life remains elusive. 调查人员表示，依旧令人...
今天我们要学的词组是 joint venture。Joint venture，意思是合资企业。China is closing North Korean joint ventures and ordering North Korean companies to leave by January. 中国正在关闭中朝合资企业，并要求朝鲜公司在...
今天我们要学的词是 capsize。Capsize动词，意思是翻船。At least 23 Rohingya refugees died when the boat they were fleeing in capsized in the Bay of Bengal, the UN's migration agency announced. 联合国的移民机构称，罗兴亚难...
今天我们要学的词是 exhaustive。Exhaustive形容词，意思是详尽的、彻底的。The decision of pulling out US embassy staff from Cuba came after an exhaustive review of US diplomats' safety in Havana and discussions with the Cuban go...
