学个词Learn a Word 第1489课 alarming

  今天我们要学的词是alarming。Alarming, 意思是惊人的，引人担忧的。 "The economic downturn that has shaken Europe for the last three years has led to an alarming spike¹ in suicide rates," 过去三年里严重影响欧洲的经济滑坡，导致自杀率出现引人担忧的高增长。 "A new survey suggests that American video viewers are flipping² through TV channels at an alarming rate - 27 times every hour when they are not working," 一项新的问卷调查发现，美国电视观众调换频道的速度惊人，在他们不工作的时候，每小时转台27次。好的，今天我们学习的词是alarming...

1 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

2 flipping   

讨厌之极的

参考例句：

• I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆！
• Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。