今天我们要学的词是affordable。 Affordable, 是指能够负担得起。 "Affordable housing," 是住得起的房子；"affordable health care," 是指能够负担的医疗保健费用。"The st
2020-05-25今天我们要学的词是bedrock。 Bedrock, 是基础、基石的意思。"Middle-class families and older Americans are the bedrock of support for Democratic Presidential cand
2020-05-25今天我们要学的词是adoption。 Adoption, 是收养的意思。"Vietnam is ending an infant adoption agreement with the United States," 越南决定终止跟美国达成的儿童收养
2020-05-25今天我们要学的词是trend。 Trend, 是趋势、倾向的意思。"There is a downward trend in sales this year," 今年销售额有下滑的趋势。"A new report says media freedom h
2020-05-25今天我们要学的词是rebate。 Rebate, 是部分退款的意思。美国总统布什上星期宣布，"The tax rebate will start going out on Monday," 星期一开始退还税款。"The first reba
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是personality。 Personality, 是性格的意思。"She has a strong personality," 意思是她特别有个性。"Split personality," 就是心理学里说的人格分裂。"
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是prime time。 Prime time, 是黄金时段的意思。 "A prime time soap opera," 指黄金时段的肥皂剧。"A prime time news anchor," 是黄金时段的主播。"The
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是box office。 Box office, 是票房的意思。成龙和李连杰首度联袂出演的武打片《功夫之王》在北美上映第一个周末，票房高居榜首， "The Forbidden Kingdom to
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是swing。 Swing, 有摇摆不定的意思. "Swing voters," 是尚未做出决定的选民。美国民主党总统参选人希拉里.克林顿星期二赢得了宾夕法尼亚州初选的胜利，"Hi
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是volunteer。 Volunteer, 是义务工作者、志愿者的意思。"We need some volunteers to organize the event," 我们需要一些义务工作者，帮助组织这次活动。"
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是custody。 Custody，有监护的意思。 "A custody fight," 就是争夺监护权。"The judge granted the mother sole custody of the child," 法官把孩子的监护
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是playbook。 Playbook, 原指美式足球里主教练编写的内容保密的战略战术手册。"He knows the playbook from inside out," 他把战术手册背得滚瓜烂熟。"Ro
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是positive。 Positive, 是积极的，正面的。"A positive attitude," 积极的态度。"He has received positive feedback for the work he has done," 他的工
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是fallout。 Fallout, 是附带结果的意思，"political fallout," 是指所带来的政治余波。美国民主党总统参选人巴拉克.奥巴马不久前发表的一番评论在选民中引
2020-05-22今天我们要学的词是deadline。 Deadline, 是最后期限的意思。4月15号是美国人交纳所得税的最后期限。"April 15th is the income tax filing deadline," 民主党总统提名的
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是getaway。 Getaway, 是逃跑的意思。 "The police found the getaway car in the robbery case," 警方找到了抢劫犯开的车。我们常说weekend getaway，这里
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是business as usual。 Business as usual, 是一切如常，一切照旧的意思。 "After the Olympics, Beijing will be back to business as usual," 奥运会结束
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是back-to-school。 Back-to-school, 返回学校，其实就是指假期结束，要开学了。 "Many stores have back-to-school promotions in August," 很多商店都会在
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是scalper。 Scalper, 是指转手倒卖的人。 "Liu Xiang's withdrawal made scalpers' profits plunge," 刘祥退出比赛让票贩子们的赢利暴跌。 "Beijing Oly
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是by a whisker。 Whisker, 是指一根胡须，顾名思义，by a whisker, 就是指只差那么一点点。 "We missed the opportunity by a whisker," 我们跟那次机会失之
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是flawless。 Flawless, 意思是完美无缺的，无懈可击的。 "The actor adopted a flawless British accent for the role," 这个演员在电影中使用了标准的英
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是defining moment。 A defining moment, 决定性时刻。 "Michael Phelps' winning of eight gold medals was a defining moment of the Beijing Games,"
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是sweep。 Sweep, 大家都知道，是扫地的意思，不过，sweep还有另外一个意思，指赢得比赛的全部胜利。 "Jamaica became the first nation in Olympic history to s
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是household name。 A household name, 意思是家喻户晓。 "Michael Phelps has become a household name after winning eight gold medals in the Beijin
2020-05-21今天我们要学的词是defending champion。 The defending champion, 是指卫冕冠军。 "The defending Olympic champion Liu Xiang pulled out of the 110-meter hurdles Mon
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