今天我们要学的词是 safeguard. Safeguard 动词，有保护的意思。In an effort to safeguard a senate report on the CIA's use of torture, it will be archived in President Obama's presidential papers. 为保证参议院一份有关中央情报...
今天我们要学的词是 trove. Trove 作为名词，意思是价值不菲的收藏。A Dutch court has ruled that a trove of historical artefacts being held by an Amsterdam museum must be returned to Ukraine. 荷兰一家法院裁决，现由阿姆...
今天我们要学的词是 reshuffle. Reshuffle 动词，有重组，重新洗牌的意思。Uzbekistan's new president Shavkat Mirziyoyev signaled plans for a major government reshuffle. 乌兹别克斯坦新总统米尔济约耶夫暗示，计划进...
今天我们要学的词是 takeover. Takeover 作为名词，有接收，接管的意思。The United Nations secretary-general says a takeover by Gambia's security forces of the country's electoral commission office could compromise sensitive elect...
今天我们要学的词是 chopping block. Chopping block 作为名词，有砧板的意思。Boeing says its $17 billion deal with Iran Air might be on President-elect Donald Trump's chopping block. 波音公司说，他们跟伊朗航空公司170亿...
今天我们要学的词是 nonprofit. Nonprofit 作为名词，是非赢利机构的意思。The head of a West Virginia nonprofit wrote a racist post on social media about first lady Michelle Obama. 西维吉尼亚州一家非赢利机构的负责人...
今天我们要学的词是 go public. Go public 有上市的意思。The parent company of the Social media network Snapchat has reportedly filed the paperwork to go public next year. 社交媒体Snapchat 的母公司据报道已经递交了明年上市...
今天我们要学的词是 headquarters. Headquarters 总部。Boeing has announced its decision to move the headquarters of its defense unit to Washington DC. 波音公司宣布，将负责国防的部门总部迁往首都华盛顿特区。A House...
今天我们要学的词是 confirmation. Confirmation 确认，批准。Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions' senate confirmation hearing is set for early January. 美国司法部长提名人选塞申斯定于一月初参加参议院为确认其提名...
今天我们要学的词是 equivalent. Equivalent 等同于，相当于，可以是名词也可以是形容词。Former acting director of the CIA Mike Morell called Russia's interference in the 2016 elections the political equivalent of 9/11.。前中...
今天我们要学的词是 operative. Operative 作为名词，有间谍，特工的意思。A U.S. drone attack killed a French ISIS operative suspected of conducting a terrorist attack on a tourist beach in Tunisia. 美国无人机打死了一个法...
今天我们要学的词是 market economy. Market economy 市场经济。The Obama administration has decided it won't grant China official market economy status. 奥巴马政府决定，不会承认中国正式的市场经济地位。China subseque...
今天我们要学的词是 stumbling block. Stumbling block 名词，障碍。The release of political prisoners continues to be a major stumbling block for peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the rebels. 释放政治犯始终是菲...
今天我们要学的词是 shutdown. Shutdown 名词，有关闭，停止运作的意思。The Senate cleared a bill to fund the government just before midnight last Friday, narrowly averting a shutdown. 美国国会参议院星期五夜里12点前通...
今天我们要学的词是 intelligence. Intelligence 名词，意思是情报。President elect Donald Trump rejected U.S. intelligence findings that Russia worked hard to help him win the election. 美国当选总统川普驳回了美国情报部门...
