今天我们要学的词是 misguided. misguided 的意思是误导的，误入歧途的。With North Korea's end-of-year threats and its misguided belief that it can influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election, some fear the Korean Peninsula could...
今天我们要学的词是 treason. treason 的意思是叛国，叛国罪。 A special court in Pakistan has sentenced former president and military dictator Gen. Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of treason for undermining the constitution. 巴基...
今天我们要学的词是 perilous. perilous 的意思是危险的，险恶的。 Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, amid signs that more members of the Muslim minority group are making perilous s...
今天我们要学的词是 Ersatz. ersatz 的意思是代用的，特别是以假代真，以次代好。Since the World Trade Organization's appeals panel is no longer operating, the European Union has been working to set up an ersatz Appellate Bod...
今天我们要学的词是 vet. vet 用作动词的时候是指仔细审查、检查。 Voting-machine vendors could be at risk of using insecure components from overseas suppliers, which generally are difficult to vet and monitor, said a recent rep...
今天我们要学的词是 decouple. decouple 的意思是断开联系，脱钩。 Russia appears to have all but dcoupled from the dollar, dumping it's US treasury holding, stockpiling a large supply of gold and removing the dollar in bilateral tra...
今天我们要学的词是 illicit. illicit的意思是非法的、违法的。 New research published by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that the illicit cross-border migration in Europe and the complementary role of asylum laws hold learn...
今天我们要学的词是 queer. queer 的原意是古怪的，独特的，也用来泛指除异性恋之外的其他性取向。Nearly a year and a half after India scrapped a controversial legislation criminalizing homosexuality, the Indian capit...
今天我们要学的词是 dismay. dismay 的意思是沮丧、失望。 As Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the International Court of Justice in The Hague, many former supporters looked on with dismay as she denied accusations...
今天我们要学的词是 disproportionate. Disproportionate 的意思是不成比例的。 Sweden's unemployment is among the highest in EU countries, some attribute it to the disproportionately large influx of people who do not have the education...
