今天我们要学的词是 chasm. chasm 的意思是裂痕、鸿沟。 The chasm between those demanding the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his own unyielding position leaves little room for compromise. 要求叙利亚总统阿萨德下...
今天我们要学的词是 skirmish. skirmish 是指小冲突，摩擦。 Recent cross-border skirmishes between Pakistan and India have killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on the Pakistani side of the disputed Kashmir region, officials s...
今天我们要学的词是 bespoke. bespoke 的意思是定制的、预先定好的。 Through Artificial Intelligence, machines are teaching themselves how to recognize faces, but the systems they have come up with are bespoke. 机器通过人工智能...
今天我们要学的词是 flashpoint. flashpoint 的意思是燃点、爆发点。 The Pakistani Prime Minister accused India of planning military action in the disputed Kashmir region that has long been a flashpoint between the two nuclear-armed n...
今天我们要学的词是 wield. Critics say the International Olympic Committee must continue to wield a big stick' to clean up illicit doping in the sport of weightlifting. 批评人士说，国际奥委会必须继续挥舞大棒，清理举重运...
今天我们要学的词是 contravene. contravene 的意思是违反、违背。 Canada's top ethics watchdog ruled that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his officials had contravened conflict of interest rules by trying to influence a corporate le...
今天我们要学的词是 impede. impede 的意思是阻碍、防止。 British lawmakers have approved a measure to impede any attempt by the new pro-Brexit leader to take the country out of the European Union without a divorce deal. 英国议员们...
今天我们要学的词是 carnage. carnage 的意思是滥杀，大屠杀。 Right now, the world's bees are being killed off in droves in a mysterious mass carnage known as colony collapse disorder. 现在，全球的蜜蜂正成群死亡，这种神...
今天我们要学的词是 recoup. recoup 的意思是补偿，收回。In a speech delivered to a summit in Lima, Peru, the U.S. National Security Advisor told Russia and China that the quickest way to recoup their financial losses is to support a...
今天我们要学的词是 dampen. dampen 的意思是泼冷水、减弱。 In Thailand and Malaysia, debt has ballooned due to booms in the auto and housing markets, and the growing repayment burden has dampened consumer sentiment. 在泰国和马来...
