学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3183 high stakes

今天我们要学的词是 high-stakes.

High-stakes 原意是赌注高，风险大，引申下来是指事关重大。Harvard University is fighting accusations¹ that its admissions office racially discriminated² against Asian-American students in a high-stakes affirmative action case in federal court. 在联邦法庭审理的一起至关重要的平权法案诉讼案中，哈佛大学反击针对其招生办公室对亚裔美国学生种族歧视的指控。

The UK Brexit secretary returned home after tense Brexit talks ended in stand-off ahead of the high-stakes EU summit. 英国脱欧事务大臣在紧张谈判后返回英国，脱欧谈判在事关重大的欧盟峰会之前陷入僵局。
 

1 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

2 discriminated   

分别，辨别，区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 )； 歧视，有差别地对待

参考例句：

• His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
• Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视？