学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3269 defect

 今天我们要学的词是 defect. Defect is spelled d-e-f-e-c-t, defect. Defect，动词，有背叛，倒戈的意思。

 

A senior White House official told Reuters that the Trump¹ administration expects more members of the Venezuelan military to defect from Maduro's side. 白宫一位资深官员告诉路透社说，特朗普政府预计会有更多委内瑞拉军方成员放弃马杜罗倒戈。White House national security adviser² John Bolton said earlier that the U.S. would consider lifting sanctions on senior Venezuelan military officers who defect. 白宫国家安全顾问博尔顿此前表示，对倒戈的委内瑞拉军人，美国会考虑取消制裁。好的，我们今天学习的词是 defect, defect, defect ...

1 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。

2 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。