今天我们要学的词是 barricade. barricade 的意思是阻塞，路障。 Hundreds of students from a university in New Delhi who were protesting an increase in student housing costs chanted slogans and tried to cross police barricades in an ef...
今天我们要学的词是 frantic. frantic 的意思是不顾一切的，疯狂的。 After the footage of an ABC TV anchor complaining about the network spiking a story on Jeffery Epstein leaked out, it appears the network went on a frantic search...
今天我们要学的词是 implode. implode 的意思是内爆，由于内力而崩溃。Many expected that overnight millionaires from tech IPOs would lead the Bay Area housing market to get even hotter this year, but the narrative never gained tra...
今天我们要学的词是 embark. embark 的意思起航，出发，开始。 The Federal Reserve usually embarks on an interest rate cut cycle in preparation for macroeconomic headwinds developing in the economy. 美联储通常为了准备应付经...
今天我们要学的词是 tarnish. tarnish 的原意是发乌，失去光泽，引申出来是玷污、污蔑的意思。 Football in Ghana, as in most of Africa, is the most loved sport. But it has been tarnished by widespread corruption that led...
今天我们要学的词是 facade. facade 的意思是外墙，表面。 Burundi's leaders say the country is stable and the streets are bustling with daily life. But behind that facade some residents say that people are living in fear that the upco...
今天我们要学的词是 abruptly. abruptly 的意思是突然地，出乎意外地。 Former Bolivian President Evo Morales requested asylum in Mexico hours after he abruptly resigned from office in the wake of mass protests over last month's dis...
今天我们要学的词是 Distraught. distraught 是形容烦恼不安，抓狂。The air pollution crisis in New Delhi has prompted officials to declare a public health emergency and people distraught over the pollution to consider leaving the cit...
今天我们要学的词是 bask. Bask is spelled B-A-S-K, bask. bask 的原意是晒太阳。 While many Americans celebrated Veteran's Day Monday watching parades and basking in the autumn sun, residents across the mid-west spent much of the day cl...
今天我们要学的词是 descend. descend 作为动词，意思是下降、下落。 As Ukraine's conflict with pro-Russian separatists drags on, the country has descended into the chaos of uncontrolled use of force by radical groups and transform...
