学个词Learn a Word 第1395期 rush hour

　　今天我们要学的词是rush hour。Rush Hour, 交通高峰期。每年12月，美国白宫前都会点亮一颗圣诞树，庆祝节假日的开始。 "Several streets were closed in downtown Washington amid¹ the evening rush hour for the National Christmas Tree lighting," 国家圣诞树点灯仪式前，华盛顿在晚上交通高峰期对几条道路实施戒严。 "Los Angeles is famous for its super slow rush hour traffic," 洛杉矶高峰期严重的交通堵塞众所周知。 "I go to work at 6 in the morning in order to avoid rush hour traffic," 为躲开高峰期，我每天早晨六点就去上班。好的，今天我们学习的词是rush hour...

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prep.在…中间，在…之中，被…围绕

参考例句：

• The government collapsed amid budget quarrels.政府因预算问题争吵不休而倒台。
• This book was written amid many difficulties.这本书是在困难重重中写成的。