今天我们要学的词是 criminal. Criminal 做为形容词，意思是刑事的，犯罪的。Federal prosecutors seized $24.7 billion connected with criminal activities this year. 联邦检察部门今年从各种犯罪行为中收缴247亿美元。...
今天我们要学的词是 come forward. Come forward 有站出来的意思。More women have come forward in recent weeks to accuse comedian Bill Cosby of sexual impropriety. 最近几周来，更多女性站出来，指责美国笑星考斯比曾对...
今天我们要学的词是 training. Training 名词，意思是培训。The Marine Corps has begun to explore gender-neutral training to decide whether women can enter ground combat. 美国海军陆战队开始探索不分性别的训练方式，看女...
今天我们要学的词是 set off. To set off 是引起，引发的意思。Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off a new controversy, declaring that women are not equal to men. 土耳其总统埃尔多安表示，女性并不能跟男性平起...
今天我们要学的词是 fraternity. Fraternity 兄弟会。The University of Virginia has suspended all fraternities and their social activities until Jan. 9th 2015. 维吉尼亚大学宣布，在明年一月九号以前，暂停学校各兄弟会及...
今天我们要学的词是 pile up. Pile up 是堆积，积累的意思。With the losses piling up, the chances for the team to make the post season are slipping away. 比赛一场接一场地输，让球队进入季后赛的可能性逐渐消失。...
今天我们要学的词是 executive. Executive 意思是行政的。President Obama signed two executive orders that would delay deportation for millions of illegal immigrants. 美国总统奥巴马签署了两项行政命令，允许数百万非法移...
今天我们要学的词是 wrongful. Wrongful 形容词，意思是错误的。Two men who spent 16 years in prison for wrongful convictions accepted a $9 million settlement. 因为误判被关押16年的两名男子同意和解，获得900万美元的...
今天我们要学的词是 trade-off. Trade-off 两个单词中间用横杠相连，做名词，有交换，折衷的意思。最新调查发现，人们对数据媒体保护个人隐私的能力越来越不信任，然而，They seem to accept the...
今天我们要学的词是 overstate. Overstate 做为动词，有夸大的意思。Korean auto makers Hyundai and Kia will pay the U.S. government a $100 million penalty for overstating fuel economy figures. 韩国汽车制造商现代和起亚因为...
今天我们要学的词是 in line with. In line with something 意思是符合，一致。联合国禁毒署负责人表示，Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drug conventions. 美国一些州让大麻...
今天我们要学的词是 tariff. Tariff 关税。China and the United States reached an agreement to phase out tariffs on a wide range of technology products. 中国和美国达成协议，逐步减免一系列科技产品的关税。The White Hou...
今天我们要学的词是 relaxation. Relaxation 缓和，放松。The relaxation of China's one-child policy since last November hasn't produced the predicted baby boom. 中国自去年11月放松一胎化政策以来，尚未出现预料中婴儿出...
今天我们要学的词是 unacceptable. Unacceptable 不能接受的。美国联邦调查局探员为追踪一名嫌疑人，2007年时曾伪装成美联社记者。The Associated Press slammed the tactic as unacceptable. 美联社称这种做法是不...
今天我们要学的词是 defect. Defect 做为动词，有叛变，倒戈的意思。In the past four months, 10 percent of New York City's taxi drivers have defected to Uber, the app-based car service. 过去四个月来，纽约市已有百分之十...
