今天我们要学的词是 official. Official, 大家都知道，official 做为名词，是官员的意思，做为形容词，则有正式的意思。It's official: Windows 10 will be released on July 29th. 正式消息称，视窗十7月29日发行...
今天我们要学的词是 incarcerate. Incarcerate 动词，意思是监禁。The U.S. federal government spends $7 billion a year to incarcerate about 200,000 inmates. 美国联邦政府每年支出70亿美元，用于监禁大约20万名囚犯。美...
今天我们要学的词是 hawkish. Hawkish 形容词，意思是鹰派的，强硬派的。Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a hawkish confidant to run the Foreign Ministry. 以色列总理内塔尼亚胡任命自己的鹰派亲信出...
今天我们要学的词是 estate. Estate 名词，有全部财产的意思。The family members of the late actor Robin Williams' are fighting over how to split his estate. 已故演员罗宾.威廉姆斯的家人为如何分配他的家产发生争执...
今天我们要学的词是 white paper. White paper 白皮书。South Korea sounded the alarm in a defense white paper that North Korea might soon have a long-range missile that could reach the continental U.S. 韩国在国防白皮书里警告说，朝...
今天我们要学的词是 emerging. Emerging 形容词，意思是新兴的，新浮现出来的。FTSE Group will include China's stocks in two new emerging-market indices. 富时集团将把中国股市纳入两个新的新兴市场股票指数当中...
今天我们要学的词是 portray. Portray 做为动词，有刻画，饰演的意思。John Nash, a mathematician who was portrayed in the movie A Beautiful Mind died in a taxi crash at the age of 86. 数学家约翰.纳什在一起出租车车祸中...
今天我们要学的词是 shootout. Shootout 名词，有枪战的意思。Forty-two suspected gang members and one Federal police officer were killed in a shootout in Western Mexico. 墨西哥西部发生枪战，42名疑似团伙成员和一名联邦...
今天我们要学的词是 berate. Berate 动词，有责骂，痛斥的意思。A Saudi religious policeman berated a veiled woman and barred her from entering a shop for not wearing gloves. 沙特阿拉伯的一个宗教警察对一名头戴面纱的...
今天我们要学的词是 first-ever. First-ever 中间用横杠相连，意思是首次的。Ireland has become the first-ever country to approve same-sex marriage by referendum. 爱尔兰成为第一个通过全民公投，使同性婚姻合法化的...
今天我们要学的词是 misuse. Misuse 可以做名词，意思是滥用，误用。German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on all countries to help combat the misuse of antibiotics, which is fueling drug resistance. 德国总理默克尔敦促世界...
今天我们要学的词是 contingency. Contingency 名词，有意外，应急的意思。WHO will establish a $100 million contingency fund to better respond to major crises. 世界卫生组织将设立价值一亿美元的应急基金，以便在发...
今天我们要学的词是 disregard. Disregard 可以做名词，意思是无视。美国国务卿克里最近在访问首尔时表示，Pyongyang government has shown a flagrant disregard for international law while denying its people fundamental...
今 天我们要学的词是 organized crime. organized crime 有组织的犯罪。美国得克萨斯州城市韦科发生摩托车帮会火拼，192人被抓。The individuals arrested are likely to face charges of engaging in organized crime. 被抓的...
今天我们要学的词是 a spate of. A spate of 有一连串的意思。The neighborhood has seen a spate of car thefts over the past two months. 过去两个月里，小区发生了一连串的偷车事件。The University of Canberra issued warn...
