今天我们要学的词是 shipment. Shipment 名词,意思是运货。U.S. navy officials said that a U.S. aircraft carrier was on its way to Yemeni waters to help intercept Iranian weapons shipments. 美国海军官员说,美国已经派遣了一...
今天我们要学的词是 disqualify. To disqualify 是取消资格的意思。The winner of this year's St. Louis Marathon was disqualified after marathon officials found her cheating. 今年圣路易斯马拉松比赛冠军事后被比赛官员发现...
今天我们要学的词是 edge out. To edge out 意思是挤掉,替代。统计数字显示,Revenue from digital music downloads and subscriptions edged out those from CDs for the first time in 2014. 音乐的下载和订购收入2014年首次超...
今天我们要学的词是 broadcast. Broadcast 做为动词,意思是广播,播放。CNN International is scheduled to broadcast a special interactive debate ahead of the UK election. 英国大选即将来临,CNN国际频道将播放一次大选...
今天我们要学的词是 emergency. Emergency 可以做形容词,意思是紧急的。European Union officials had an emergency meeting after a migrant boat disaster. 一艘搭载非法移民的船只发生沉船事故后,欧盟官员召开紧急...
今天我们要学的词是 home services. Home services 意思是家居服务业。The home services industry in the United States, valued at over $400 billion, remains highly fragmented and localized. 美国家居服务业有超过四千亿美元的市...
今天我们要学的词是 meteoric rise. Meteoric rise 意思是急速上升。最近有报道说,There has been a meteoric rise in Russian cyber attacks against the United States since the U.S. started to impose sanctions. 自从美国对俄罗斯...
今天我们要学的词是 everyday. Everyday 分开做为两个字的时候,大家都知道是每天的意思;连在一起,做为一个词,则可以做形容词,意思是普通的,平常的。比如:everyday problems 意思是日常生活...
今天我们要学的词是 restrict. Restrict 动词,意思是限制。China is restricting visits by Shenzhen residents to Hong Kong to one trip per week. 中国政府限制深圳居民,每周只能去香港一次。California has started restr...
今天我们要学的词是 make history. To make history 意思是创造历史,过去时是 made history. A new smart phone app called Women on the Map will alert users when they are near a spot where a woman made history. 一个名叫地图上的女...
今天我们要学的词是 once-in-a-lifetime. Once-in-a-lifetime 是千载难逢的意思。A once-in-a-lifetime experience 千载难逢的经历。President Barack Obama said the nuclear framework agreement reached last week with Iran represents a...
今天我们要学的词是 ownership. Ownership 所有权。统计数字显示,Home ownership peaked at 69.2 percent in 2004 in the United States, but had slipped to 64 percent by the end of 2014. 美国买房的家庭比例2004年最高,达到6...
今天我们要学的词是 allocate. Allocate 动词,意思是分配,指定。IBM is allocating $3 billion to establish a new business unit to provide IoT systems and services to enterprises. IBM 拨款三十亿美元,成立一个新部门,专...
今天我们要学的词是 officiate. Officiate 动词,有主持活动,或是担任裁判的意思。For the first time in its history, the NFL will have a woman officiating games. 美国职业橄榄球协会有史以来将第一次让女性担任...
今天我们要学的词是 bloodshed. Bloodshed 流血。In his Easter address, Pope Francis called for ending absurd violence, bloodshed, and persecution in hotspots around the world . 罗马天主教宗方济各在复活节讲话中,呼吁结束世...