学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3599 crosshair

 今天我们要学的词是 crosshair. Crosshair is spelled C-R-O-S-S-H-A-I-R, crosshair.

 

crosshair 直译过来就是十字准线，引申的意思是准星、靶向。 The nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, was the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak when it first started in the U.S., before it turned its crosshairs onto the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. 华盛顿州柯克兰的养老院是新冠病毒疫情最初在美国爆发的起源地，之后疫情中心转移到美国东北部和沿大西洋中部地区。

 

The state of Washington temporarily halted all unemployment benefit payments to examine fraud protections after the U.S. Secret Service alerted the state that it was in the crosshairs of international thieves targeting unemployment funds. 华盛顿州暂时停止了所有失业救济金付款以审查防假冒 保护措施，之前美国特勤局发出警报说，进行失业救济金诈骗的国际窃贼们瞄准了该州。

 

好的，我们今天学习的词是 crosshair, crosshair, crosshair ...