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今天我们要学的词是confiscate。 Confiscate, 没收。 The police confiscated a dozen handguns and over $100,000 worth of drugs during the raid, 警察在突袭行动中收缴了12只手枪和价值十多万美元的毒品。 Thai Customs off
今天我们要学的词是clear。 Clear, 做为动词,有批准许可的意思。 After sitting out for three weeks because of a sprained ankle, the football player was cleared to be back on the field for the playoff games, 这名橄榄球员因为
今天我们要学的词是heavy-handed。 Heavy-handed, 手段强硬的。耶鲁大学法学教授蔡美儿发表新书。 The book sparked a fierce debate about heavy-handed parenting style, 这本书引起了围绕对孩子严厉管教的育儿方式
今天我们要学的词是balance。 Balance, 做为动词,是平衡的意思。印度总统帕蒂尔对议会表示, India must find ways to balance its environmental and developmental needs, 印度必需在环境保护和经济发展的需要之
今天我们要学的词是straw poll。 Straw poll, 是指决定民意或参选人实力的非正式投票。美国保守派政治行动大会上周末在华盛顿举行。 Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the Presidential straw poll for the second ti
今天我们要学的词是civility, civility is spelled c-i-v-i-l-i-t-y; civility. Civility是名词,有客气,礼貌的意思。有研究显示,工作场所礼貌和谦让的氛围对企业发展和员工士气都有很大好处。 Workplace
今天我们要学的词是working lunch。Working lunch , 工作午餐。 Visiting French President Nicholas Sarkozy joined U.S. President Barack Obama for a working lunch, 来访的法国总统萨科齐跟美国总统奥巴马共进工作午餐。W
今天我们要学的词是defuse。 Defuse, 有缓和,平息的意思。 The training will give the police necessary tools to defuse hostage situations that could possibly become deadly, 培训的目的是为了让警察掌握各种必要手段,设
今天我们要学的词是afloat。 Afloat, 有在经济上得以维系的意思。 He has been out of work for two years and was only able to keep afloat with the unemployment benefits, 他已经失业两年了,全靠失业补贴,才能勉强维
今天我们要学的词是wreak havoc。 Wreak, 动词,在这里是造成的意思,havoc, 指混乱破坏,连在一起,to wreak havoc, 意思是造成严重破坏。美国东岸很多地区周末遭遇暴风雪天气。 The blizzard conditio
今天我们要学的词是responsible。 Responsible, 有事发原因的意思。 Firefighters believe that vagrants were responsible for the downtown fire, 消防队员认为,市中心大火的肇事者是居无定所的游民。 最新研究发现
今天我们要学的词是brick-and-mortar。 Brick-and-mortar, 意思是实实在在存在的, The community college operates both brick-and-mortar schools and online instruction programs, 这所社区大学既有自己的校园,又同时在网上
今天我们要学的词是boiling point。 Boiling point, 沸点,引伸为爆发的那一瞬间。 The battle between the two teams reached its boiling point yesterday as five players were ejected because of a fight, 这两支球队之间的冲突昨