学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3274 entrant

 今天我们要学的词是 entrant.

 

Entrant 的意思是参加者、参赛者，尤其指新加入的。Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is the latest entrant into the increasingly crowded Democratic presidential field for 2020. 参选2020年总统大选的民主党阵营人数越来越多，佛蒙特州参议员伯尼-桑德斯是最新的一位。

 

Over the past two years, President Trump¹ and his administration have tried a variety of deterrent² measures affecting both illegal entrants and asylum³ seekers. 过去两年来，川普总统及其行政当局尝试了各种令非法入境者和寻求庇护者望而却步的措施。

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 deterrent   

n.阻碍物，制止物；adj.威慑的，遏制的

参考例句：

• Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
• I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。

3 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。