今天我们要学的词是 mental health. Mental health 心理健康。英国最新调查显示,Principals are more concerned about pupils' mental health than any other issue related to well-being. 校长对学生健康状况最担心的问题是他...
今天我们要学的词是 inch closer. To inch closer 是逐渐接近的意思。美国几家轮胎公司正在加紧研发无气轮胎。Airless tires that don't puncture are inching closer to a production reality. 不会被扎的无气轮胎距离投...
今天我们要学的词是 behind bars. Behind bars 意思是坐牢。New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that it was right to keep drug dealers behind bars, but not drug users. 美国新泽西州州长克里斯蒂说,应该被投入大牢的是...
今天我们要学的词是 class action. Class action 集体诉讼。Apple will face a class action lawsuit by its retail employees in California who were subjected to bag checks after their shift was over. 苹果公司加州零售店雇员将对公司...
今天我们要学的词是 ditch. To ditch 意思是放弃。Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered plans for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic stadium to be ditched because of public anger over its $2 billion price tag. 日本首相安倍晋三下令放弃东...
今天我们要学的词是 bring about. To bring about 意思是引起,导致。Scientists believe soot that hangs over the mountains of the Sichuan Basin brought about the floods in 2013. 科学家认为,2013年的洪灾是由四川盆地山区上...
今天我们要学的词是 unfreeze. To unfreeze 意思是解冻。根据伊朗与六大国达成的协议,About $100 billion of Iran's assets will be unfrozen by the lifting of sanctions. 解除制裁意味着伊朗大约一千亿美元的资产将...
今天我们要学的词是 blood bankk. Blood bank 血库。Federal authorities suspended the operations of a Miami-area blood bank for multiple violations. 美国联邦当局下令迈阿密一家血库暂停营业,因为他们违反了多项相关规...
今天我们要学的词是 backer. Backer 名词,意思是支持者。统计数字显示,Backers pumped $230 million into the presidential campaigns of Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz by the end of June. 截止到六月底,杰布.布什,...
今天我们要学的词是 prompt. prompt 做为动词,有促使的意思。A reported shooting prompted a lockdown at several schools in the vicinity. 有关枪击事件的报道,让附近的学校都进入了封锁警戒状态。There were doz...
今天我们要学的词是 hit back. To hit back 意思是反击。Bahrain hit back at the U.S.' expressed concern over freedom of expression, saying its treatment of opposition figures followed legal due process. 美国对巴林的言论自由度表示...
今天我们要学的词是 notify. Notify 动词,意思是通知。U.S. Authorities have not notified the 21.5 million data breach victims, two months after the hack was discovered. 美国发现黑客袭击事件两个月后,信息被盗的2150万...
今天我们要学的词是reopen. Reopen 动词,意思是恢复,重新开放。British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond said that Britain hopes to reopen its embassy in Iran by the end of the year. 英国外交大臣哈蒙德表示,英国希望在...
今天我们要学的词是forensic. Forensic 形容词,意思是法庭的,法医的。A Syrian forensic photographer took thousands of photos of people who died in Syrian prisons. 叙利亚的一名法医摄影师,拍摄了数千张照片,记录...
今天我们要学的词是eradicate. Eradicate 彻底铲除。联合国最新报告说,$160 per year for each person living in extreme poverty would eradicate world hunger by 2030. 生活在极度贫困中的人口,如果每人每年平均得到...