今天我们要学的词是 mistreat. Mistreat 动词，有虐待的意思。The owners of a Florida zoo are accused of mistreating animals. 美国佛罗里达州一个动物园的业主被指控虐待园里的动物。The owner of an adult family ho...
今天我们要学的词是 make the cut. To make the cut 有晋级，过关的意思。MIT Technology Review published the 50 Smartest Companies list for 2014, and Apple didn't make the cut. 麻省理工科技评论杂志公布了2014年最有智慧的...
今天我们要学的词是 supremacist. Supremacist 至上主义者。一名白人男子在美国南卡罗来纳州黑人教堂打死九人后，White supremacists quickly distanced themselves from the suspect. 白人至上主义者迅速跟枪击案嫌...
今天我们要学的词是 sighting. Sighting 做为名词，有目击的意思。There have been more than 90,000 reported UFO sightings since 1905 in America. 1905年以来，美国有人自称目击不明飞行物的情况共有九万多例。美国...
今天我们要学的词是 racism. Racism 种族歧视。President Barack Obama said in a recent interview that the United States has not overcome its history of racism. 美国总统奥巴马最近在一次访谈中表示，美国尚未克服种族歧...
今天我们要学的词是 creditor. Creditor 债权人。Greece and its creditors hardened their stances after the collapse of talks aimed at preventing a default. 为防止希腊债务违约的谈判失败后，希腊和其债权人各自强化了立...
今天我们要学的词是 normality. Normality 名词，意思是常态。Thousands of South Korean schools reopened as the country sought normality amid the MERS outbreak. 南韩的中东呼吸综合症疫情还在继续，数千所小学复课，努...
今天我们要学的词是 matchmaking. Matchmaking 做媒，牵线搭桥。Iran launched its first matchmaking web site to encourage millions of singles to get married. 为鼓励数百万单身的人组建家庭，伊朗推出第一个官方婚介网...
今天我们要学的词是 pharmacy. Pharmacy 名词，是药店，药房的意思。CVS Health Corp. has agreed to buy Target Corp.'s pharmacies and clinics for $1.9 billion. CVS 保健公司同意出价19亿美元，收购塔吉特公司的药房和...
今天我们要学的词是 tout. Tout 动词，有过份夸奖，兜售的意思。Florida Governor Rick Scott went to Paris for the International Air Show to tout his state and develop more business opportunities. 美国佛罗里达州州长斯科特...
今天我们要学的词是 under-performing. Under-performing 形容词，表现不佳的。HSBC plans to cut about 50,000 jobs globally as it sells several under-performing businesses. 汇丰银行准备出售一些业绩不佳的部门，全球裁员...
今天我们要学的词是 birthplace. Birthplace 出生地。The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would have allowed American citizens born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their birthplace on their U.S. passports. 美国最高法院否决了一...
今天我们要学的词是 manhunt. Manhunt 名词，意思是搜捕。A massive manhunt is underway after two convicted killers fled a maximum security prison in New York state. 两名杀人犯从纽约州一座警戒级别最高的监狱里越狱逃...
今天我们要学的词是 keynote speech. Keynote speech 主题演讲。Apple's CEO Tim Cook delivered the keynote speech at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. 苹果公司首席执行官库克在苹果公司全球开发者大会上发表主题...
今天我们要学的词是 parole. Parole 做为名词，有假释的意思。Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole after serving 10 months of a five-year sentence. 奥林匹克田径明星奥斯卡.皮斯托瑞斯五...
