每日一词【1133】trump：胜过

今天我们要学的词是trump¹。 Trump, 胜过。 "Florida Republican governor-elect Rick Scott said the nation's deficit² trumped³ his own state's unemployment rate," 佛罗里达州新当选的共和党籍州长斯科特说，国家赤字比本州失业率更重要。美国运输安全管理局新实施的全身扫描和拍摸搜身的做法引起极大争议。 "It's obvious that for TSA, airport security trumps⁴ travelers' privacy," 很明显，对运输安全管理局而言，机场安全比乘客隐私更重要。

 

维基揭密公布美国的外交电文后，并未引起别国的强烈外交反弹，专家说， "Their relationship with the United States trumps momentary⁵ awkwardness," 对这些国家来说，跟美国的关系比一时的尴尬更为重要。好的，今天我们学习的词是trump... 

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

3 trumped   

v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去分词 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造

参考例句：

• That woman trumped up various baseless charges against him. 那个女人捏造种种毫无根据的罪名指控他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Several of his colleagues trumped up a complaint to get him removed from the job. 他的几位同事诬告他，使他丟掉了工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 trumps   

abbr.trumpets 喇叭；小号；喇叭形状的东西；喇叭筒v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去式 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造

参考例句：

• On the day of the match the team turned up trumps. 比赛那天该队出乎意料地获得胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Every time John is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse. 每次约翰晚回家都会编造个新借口。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 momentary   

adj.片刻的，瞬息的；短暂的

参考例句：

• We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of you.我们无时无刻不在盼望你的到来。
• I caught a momentary glimpse of them.我瞥了他们一眼。