今天我们要学的词是 bolster. Bolster 动词，有支持，支撑的意思。Two new studies bolstered evidence that feeding peanuts to babies is more likely to protect them than to cause problems. 两份最新研究提供了更多证据，证明...
今天我们要学的词是 blacklist. Blacklist作为动词，有列入黑名单的意思。Four North Korean officials in charge of their countrys nuclear and ballistic missile programs have been blacklisted by the U.N. Security Council. 朝鲜负责...
今天我们要学的词是 indispensable. Indispensable 形容词，不可缺少的。欧盟和土耳其围绕难民危机召开紧急峰会。土耳其总理表示，The summit showed that Turkey was indispensable to Europe and Europe was indispens...
今天我们要学的词是 successor. Successor 名词，继任者。U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moons term expires at the end of this year, and a search for his successor is under way. 联合国秘书长潘基文的任期今年年底结束，寻找...
今天我们要学的词是 preemptive strike. Preemptive strike 先发制人，主动出击。North Korea threatened to launch a preemptive strike in response to the joint U.S-South Korea annual military exercises. 美国和韩国举行年度军事演...
今天我们要学的词是 push forward. To push forward 意思是推进。Iran will push forward with plans to pump an additional one million barrels of oil per day into the global market. 伊朗将执行石油增产计划，每天向国际市场多供...
今天我们要学的词是 hydro-electric. Hydro-electric 水电的。The United States urged its citizens to be ready to leave Iraq in case the country's largest hydro-electric dam collapses. 美国警告在伊拉克的美国公民，让他们做好撤...
今天我们要学的词是 confess. To confess 有认罪的意思。According to Chinese media, four Hong Kong booksellers in Chinese police custody confessed that they illegally sold books to customers in mainland China. 据中国媒体报道，四名...
今天我们要学的词是 touch off. To touch off 意思是引发，触发。A new report written by civil servants in Britains government warned that leaving the European Union could touch off a decade of uncertainty. 英国政府公务员撰写的一...
今天我们要学的词是 Super Tuesday. Super Tuesday 超级星期二。Super Tuesday refers to a Tuesday during the presidential election when a large number of states hold their primaries or caucuses. 超级星期二指的是美国总统大选期间...
今天我们要学的词是 deposition. Deposition 证词。Bill Cosby's wife gave a deposition in a lawsuit against her husband for sexually assaulting women decades ago. 考斯比的妻子在考斯比被控几十年前性侵女性的案件中提供证...
今天我们要学的词是 archive. Archive 作为名词，有档案馆的意思。A Polish archive released documents on Monday that allegedly showed that former President Lech Walesa collaborated with the communist secret police in the 1970s. 波兰...
今天我们要学的词是 radioactive. Radioactive 放射性的。The Iraqi authorities have found some potentially deadly radioactive material that had been missing for months. 伊拉克有关当局找到了数月前丢失的一些具有潜在致命...
今天我们要学的词是 unlock. Unlock 动词，意思是解锁。The FBI and Apple are arguing about the agency's request that Apple help it unlock the cell phone of a terrorist. 美国联邦调查局要求苹果公司协助将一个恐怖分子的...
今天我们要学的词是 resettle. Resettle 动词，有安置的意思。Canada is on schedule to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of this month. 加拿大正在按计划完成本月底前安置两万五千名叙利亚难民的工作。...
