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今天我们要学的词是quandary¹。Quandary名词，意思是困境、为难 。The Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui who is applying for political asylum² in the US is a diplomatic quandary for the Trump³ administration, which wants China's aid in isolating⁴ North Korea. 中国亿万富翁郭文贵在美国申请政治庇护，这令正在寻求中国帮助孤立朝鲜的川普政府陷入外交困境。Germany's rapidly worsening relations with Turkey could lead to a quandary for the roughly one million German voters of Turkish origin. 德国与土耳其之间迅速恶化的关系可能会让大约一百万的土耳其裔德国选民感到为难。好的，我们今天学习的词是quandary, quandary, quandary...

1 quandary   

n.困惑，进迟两难之境

参考例句：

• I was in a quandary about whether to go.我当时正犹豫到底去不去。
• I was put in a great quandary.我陷于进退两难的窘境。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 isolating   

adj.孤立的，绝缘的v.使隔离( isolate的现在分词 )；将…剔出（以便看清和单独处理）；使（某物质、细胞等）分离；使离析

参考例句：

• Colour filters are not very effective in isolating narrow spectral bands. 一些滤色片不能很有效地分离狭窄的光谱带。 来自辞典例句
• This became known as the streak method for isolating bacteria. 这个方法以后就称为分离细菌的划线法。 来自辞典例句