今天我们要学的词是 keepsake. Keepsake 意思是纪念品。美国加州的一对夫妻出门遛狗时在一棵树下捡到了价值1000万美元的古金币， They plan to put most of the coins up for sale while holding onto a few as keepsa...
1978 draconian 今天我们要学的词是 draconian. Draconian 意思是严苛的，残酷的。乌干达总统签署立法，将同性恋定位犯罪,此举引发国际社会强烈反弹， Norway is withholding aid to Uganda in protest of that nat...
今天我们要学的词是 criterion. Criterion意思是标准，尺度。纽约时报的一篇文章谈到如何才能被谷歌公司录用，文章说， Google has determined that grades are worthless as a criterion for hiring. 谷歌认为，在招...
今天我们要学的词是 Index. Index 的意思是指数 。 The U.S. consumer confidence index dipped in February. 美国消费者信心指数在二月份下滑。 Beijing issued its first orange pollution alert when its air quality index reading...
今天我们要学的是 mull. Mull可作及物或者不及物动词，意思是思索，仔细考虑。It is said that Apple is mulling over the idea of acquiring electric car maker Tesla. 据说苹果正在考虑收购电动汽车生产商特斯拉。...
1974 windfall 今天我们要学的是 windfall. Windfall是名词，可表示意外的收获；侥幸所得。由于日本汽车公司丰田2013年经营良好，在它的老家 - 日本爱知县的丰田市，The municipal government will get a hug...
1973 embark on 今天我们要学的是 embark on. Embark是动词，可表示从事，短语embark on something 一般指开始从事某项具有挑战性的任务。John Kerry embarked on his first trip to Asia since he became the US Secretary of S...
1972 looming 今天我们要学的词是 looming. Looming 是形容词，意思是正在逼近的，隐约可见的。A snow storm is looming. 暴风雪正逐步逼近。Kazakhstan's central bank dismissed rumors of looming bankruptcies at several of...
1971 dearth 今天我们要学的词是 dearth. Dearth是名词，意思是缺乏。2013年美国电影业票房大丰收，但市场分析人士预测，2014年可能没这么好。This is mainly due to a dearth of 3D releases and lower attendance r...
1969 sophisticated 今天我们要学的词是 sophisticated. Sophisticated 形容词，意思是复杂的，精致的。最近突然下线的手机游戏 flappy bird 引发热议，Flappy Bird isn't a very sophisticated game, but it is quite addicti...
