今天我们要学的词是 upgrade. Upgrade 作为名词，是更新的意思。The Nigerian Customs Service said it requires about N20 billion to do a system upgrade at the nations international airports. 尼日利亚海关说，他们需要200亿奈...
今天我们要学的词是 restore. Restore 动词，意思是恢复，复原。Japan lost all contacts with its latest satellite telescope and hasn't been able to restore any communications. 日本跟最新发射的观测卫星失联，无法恢复任...
今天我们要学的词是 ideology. Ideology 名词，意思是意识形态。U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called for Britons to defeat the ideology behind the Brussels terror attacks. 英国首相卡梅伦呼吁英国人挫败布鲁塞尔恐怖...
今天我们要学的词是 e-prescribing. E-prescribing 是通过电子途经开处方的意思。 这里的 e, 是 electronic 的缩写。Effective March 27, New York's e-prescribing law went into effect. 纽约州的电子处方法从3月27号开始...
今天我们要学的词是 scrutinize. To scrutinize 意思是仔细审查。California state lawmakers will scrutinize the state's $64 billion high speed rail plans. 加州州议会议员将对加州兴建价值640亿美元的高铁的计划进行审...
今天我们要学的词是 unconventional. Unconventional 形容词，非常规的，非传统的。The IMF endorsed the unconventional monetary policies of central banks in Europe and Japan. 国际货币基金组织对欧洲和日本央行的非传统...
今天我们要学的词是 avert. Avert 动词，有避免的意思。The New Jersey transit authority reached a tentative deal with the rail unions, averting what would have been the first strike at the New Jersey rail system since 1983. 美国新泽...
今天我们要学的词是 recruit. RecrRecruit 作为名词，有新兵，被招募的新成员的意思。据英国媒体报道，Leaked Islamic State documents have reportedly revealed the identities of 22,000 recruits. 被泄漏的伊斯兰国激进...
今天我们要学的词是 suspend. Suspend 动词，有暂停的意思。The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement suspended drilling operations at a rig in the Gulf of Mexico after an offshore worker was seriously injured. 美国安全...
今天我们要学的词是 detention. Detention名词，扣押。The Australian government has contacted Malaysia over the detention of two Australian journalists. 澳大利亚政府已经跟马来西亚联系，询问两名澳大利亚记者被扣押...
今天我们要学的词是 Olympian. Olympian 作为名词，有奥林匹克选手的意思。Organizers of a Texas art festival apologized to U.S. Olympian Ibitihaj Muhammad after a volunteer at the event asked her to remove her hijab. 德克萨斯州...
今天我们要学的词是 prominent. Prominent形容词，著名的。U.S. President Barack Obama promised one of Cubas prominent dissident groups that he would raise the issue of freedom of speech and assembly when he meets Cuban President Raul Ca...
今天我们要学的词是 flood. Flood 作为名词，是洪水的意思，作为动词，则有似洪水般汹涌而至的意思。Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Brazil last Sunday, calling for President Dilma Rouseffs...
今天我们要学的词是 shortlist. Shortlist 名词，最终候选人名单。President Obama has reportedly cut his shortlist for Supreme Court nominees down to three federal appeals judges. 据报道，美国总统奥巴马的联邦最高法院大...
今天我们要学的词是 thumbs-down. Thumbs-down 名词，有反对的意思。German Chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives lost in two out of three regional state elections as German voters gave a thumbs-down to her refugee policy. 德国总理默...
