学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3617 moniker

 今天我们要学的词是 moniker. Moniker is spelled M-O-N-I-K-E-R, moniker.

 

moniker 的意思是绰号。 France has weathered multiple crises in recent years. While successive governments champion the country's revolution-era moniker as the land of human rights, critics say they don't always live by it. 法国近年来经历了多次危机。尽管历届政府都称赞大革命时期法国被誉为人权之地，但批评人士说，法国政府并非一直名至实归。

 

The official name of the smallest U.S. state is Rhode Island and Providence¹ Plantations², but some residents want to change the moniker saying it is offensive to African Americans. 美国最小的州的正式称号是罗得岛，但一些居民希望更改它的绰号普罗维登斯种植园，他们认为这冒犯了非洲裔美国人。

 

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1 providence   

n.深谋远虑，天道，天意；远见；节约；上帝

参考例句：

• It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
• To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。

2 plantations   

n.种植园，大农场( plantation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Soon great plantations, supported by slave labor, made some families very wealthy. 不久之后出现了依靠奴隶劳动的大庄园，使一些家庭成了富豪。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• Winterborne's contract was completed, and the plantations were deserted. 维恩特波恩的合同完成后，那片林地变得荒废了。 来自辞典例句