今天我们要学的词是 prerequisite. Prerequisite 做为名词，意思是先决条件。皮尤研究中心的最新调研结果显示，Young adults today see financial stability as a prerequisite for marriage. 今天的年轻人认为，经济稳...
今天我们要学的词是 pilot. Pilot 做为形容词，有试点的意思。As part of a pilot program, some of DC's police officers have started to wear on-body cameras to record their interaction with the public. 美国首都华盛顿推行试点...
今天我们要学的词是 settlement. Settlement 名词，有协议，和解的意思。The Obama administration will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million in the largest settlement with a single American Indian tribe in U.S. history. 美国政府同意...
今天我们要学的词是 shirk. Shirk 动词，有逃避，推卸的意思。英国人质被伊斯兰国激进份子斩首后，British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would not make Britain shirk its responsibilities to join the coalition to...
今天我们要学的词是 lockdown. Lockdown 名词，有封锁，禁止出入的意思。Three school were placed on lockdown in response to a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax. 炸弹威胁让三所学校启动封锁状态，结果发现所谓...
今天我们要学的词是 raid. Raid 名词，意思是突袭。At least 800 police officers carried out a series of anti-terrorism raids in Sydney, Australia, which led to 15 arrests. 澳大利亚至少800名警察参加了在悉尼市展开的反恐...
今天我们要学的词是 reiterate. Reiterate 动词，意思是重申。President Obama reiterated that the United States will not send armed forces to fight a ground war in the campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq. 美国总统奥巴马重申...
今天我们要学的词是 out-of-control. Out-of-control 三个单词之间用横杠连接，做形容词，意思是失控的。An out-of-control car crashed into a seven-eleven store but no one was injured. 一辆失控的汽车撞进一家7-11便利...
今天我们要学的词是 independence. Independence 独立。In a historic referendum, voters in Scotland rejected independence, deciding to remain a part of the United Kingdom. 苏格兰选民在一次历史性公投中，决定不独立，继续留...
今天我们要学的词是 negligent. Negligent 形容词，意思是疏忽的，过失的。A federal judge ruled that BP was grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. 一位联邦法官裁决，英国石油公司在2010年深水地平...
