今天我们要学的词是 batter. batter 作为动词的意思是连续抽打、袭击。 Hurricane Dorian entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Sunday after battering the Canadian Nova Scotia peninsula, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. 飓...
今天我们要学的词是 allay. allay 的意思是缓解、平息。 The British government is planning to announce liberalization of residency rules for European nationals in Britain to allay concerns about their status should Britain leave the E...
今天我们要学的词是 Wayward. wayward 是任性、固执的意思,也可以指反复无常、意想不到的。 Train service through San Francisco's Sunset Tunnel was interrupted for about an hour when a wayward SUV entered the underground...
今天我们要学的词是 binge. binge 的意思是狂欢,暴饮暴食。 Fifty-seven percent of full-time American college students had a drink in the last month, and about 38% of them were binge drinking, according to the National Institute on...
今天我们要学的词是 resonate. resonate 的意思是共鸣。...
今天我们要学的词是 peculiar. peculiar 的意思是独特的、奇特的。 A peculiar form of body art is gaining popularity in New York City it's protest body art where people paint slogans aimed at promoting their causes. 一种奇特的人体...
今天我们要学的词是 hefty。 hefty 的意思是巨额的、沉重的。Italy has passed a law imposing a hefty fine on rescue ships that come to its ports and disembark refugees and migrants they have picked up at sea. 意大利通过了一项法...
今天我们要学的词是 douse. Douse 的意思是扑灭(大火)、用水浇灭。Under pressure from the international community to protect the environment, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dispatched two C-130 Hercules aircraft to help dou...
今天我们要学的词是 flout. flout 的意思是蔑视、藐视。 Almost two dozen former Polish ambassadors are telling U.S. President Donald Trump that Poland's democracy is at risk, and are urging him to pressure the country's government to...
今天我们要学的词是 expel. expel 的意思是开除、驱逐。 Alabama Republicans approved a resolution calling for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to be expelled from Congress, citing her persistent anti-American and anti-Semitic rhetoric. 阿拉巴...