今天我们要学的词是 motorcade。Motorcade名词，意思是车队 。As President Donald Trump's motorcade drove to Indianapolis International Airport, a man took a knee on the sidewalk, with a folded American flag in his hand. 总统唐纳德川...
今天我们要学的词是 backlog。Backlog名词，意思是存货、积压 。A representative of the Puerto Rican Governor said, part of the reason for the supply distribution backlog is that only 20% of truck drivers have reported back to work...
今天我们要学的词是 crumbling。Crumbling形容词，意思是破碎的、崩塌的 。Many people living near a crumbling dam in storm-battered Puerto Rico have been evacuated, Governor Ricardo Rossello said. 波多黎各总督里卡多罗赛洛...
今天我们要学的词是 far-right。Far-right形容词，意思是极右派的 。With the lower vote of Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and a stronger showing than expected by Germany's controversial far-right populist party Alternati...
今天我们要学的词组是ratchet up。Ratchet up，意思是激化、加剧 。North Korea's foreign minister ratcheted up tensions, saying his country had the right to shoot down U.S. planes even outside North Korean airspace. 朝鲜外交部长加...
今天我们要学的词是dire。Dire形容词，意思是可怕的、极端的。President Donald Trump threatened to destroy North Korea if the US has to defend itself or its allies against the Pyongyang regime. He delivered the dire warning durin...
今天我们要学的词是scrap。Scrap动词，意思是废弃、拆毁。President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from six majority-Muslim nations will reportedly be scrapped and replaced with more targeted restrictions on visitors from eight cou...
今天我们要学的词组是brick-and-mortar。Brick-and-mortar，意思是实体店、传统企业。Alibaba is planning to open its first brick-and-mortar mall in April 2018 at its headquarters in Hangzhou, China, MarketWatch reports. 据财经网站...
今天我们要学的词组是phase out。Phase out，意思是逐渐淘汰、停止。The chief executive of General Motors cautioned against the growing trend of officials in China and a number of other countries of making plans to phase out sales...
今天我们要学的词是provocative。Provocative形容词，意思是挑衅的、刺激的。The UN Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's highly provocative launch of a missile that flew over Japan and demanded that Pyongyang immediat...
今天我们要学的词是maiden。Maiden形容词，意思是首次的、初次的。Ahead of his maiden speech to the annual UN General Assembly, President Donald Trump hosted a short event to boost support for reforms to the United Nations. 美国总...
今天我们要学的词是engulf。Engulf动词，意思是吞没、吞噬。A home-made bomb on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London engulfed a car in flames and injured 29 people on Sep. 15th. 9月15日，伦敦一辆高峰期客满的通勤列...
今天我们要学的词是picturesque。Picturesque形容词，意思是如画一般的、别具一格的。At least 58 people died when the most powerful earthquake in over eight decades hit Mexico, with most fatalities taking place in the pictures...
今天我们要学的词是exodus。Exodus名词，意思是成群结队的离去、退出。Floridian began a mass exodus on Sep. 7th as Hurricane Irma, the powerful Category 4 storm, plowed through the Caribbean toward the Sunshine State. 随着强劲...
今天我们要学的词组是data breach。Data breach，意思是数据泄漏。In the US, a data breach at Equifax, one of the country's three major credit reporting agencies, left driver's license numbers and other sensitive information for 143 m...
