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 今天我们要学的词是 adamant¹.

 

Adamant 的意思是坚决的，坚定不移的。The Obama administration was adamant about the Iran nuclear deal, which many objective observers believed would not have prevented Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. 奥巴马政府对伊朗核协议坚定不移，但许多客观的观察人士认为协议无法阻止伊朗获得核武器。

 

President Trump² remains³ adamant about funding for a wall along the southern border, a key campaign promise from 2016. 川普总统仍然坚定不移地要为修建美国南部边境的隔离墙拨款，这是他在2016年竞选时的一项重要承诺。

1 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

2 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。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。