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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第868期:costly
今天我们要学的词是costly。 Costly, 有成本太高,或是代价惨重的意思。虽然赢了比赛,但却损失了四名首发队员。"It's a costly victory," 这场胜利代价惨重。"His decision turned out to be costly for the c2012-03-02 编辑:jasmine
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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第867期:in the wake of
今天我们要学的词是in the wake of。 In the wake of, 意思是某件事情发生后。"The company decided to lay off 25,000 employees in the wake of the second quarter loss," 第二季度亏损后,公司决定裁员两万五千2012-03-01 编辑:jasmine
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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第866期:timing
今天我们要学的词是timing。 Timing, 时机。中文里说,赶得早不如赶得巧。英文里说, "Timing is everything". 时机决定一切。"The timing of his marriage proposal was perfect," 他求婚的时机恰到好处。目前就业市2012-02-29 编辑:jasmine
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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第864期:cold turkey
今天我们要学的词是cold turkey。 星期四是感恩节,我们也来说火鸡。不过,cold turkey, 可不是冷火鸡的意思,而是指突然停止某些已经成瘾的坏习惯。"He quit heavy drinking cold turkey," 他没靠任何帮助,断然戒2012-02-27 编辑:jasmine
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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第863期:bottleneck
今天我们要学的词是bottleneck。 Bottleneck, 瓶颈,堵塞。"The project will eliminate the bottleneck by widening the road," 这个项目要通过加宽道路来解决交通堵塞的问题。感恩节是美国人坐飞机旅行的高峰期。2012-02-24 编辑:jasmine
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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第862期:sequel
今天我们要学的词是sequel。 Sequel, 续集。"The director announced that a sequel is in the works," 导演宣布,他们正在拍续集。"The vampire smash Twilight sequel New Moon has proved to be a huge hit at t2012-02-23 编辑:jasmine
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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第861期:holdout
今天我们要学的词是holdout。 Holdout, 指坚决不肯让步的人。"Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas was the last Democratic holdout to agree to a full floor debate on the health care bill in the Senate," 阿肯色州的2012-02-22 编辑:jasmine
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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第860期:doomsday
今天我们要学的词是doomsday。 Doomsday, 世界末日。"The doomsday scenario is a repeated theme for science fiction and Hollywood movies," 世界末日是很多科幻小说和好莱坞电影不断重复的主题。"The new disas2012-02-21 编辑:jasmine
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[学个词Learn a Word] 学个词Learn a Word第859期:divided
今天我们要学的词是divided。 Divided, 存在分歧的。"New Yorkers are evenly divided over whether the five alleged 9/11 plotters should be tried in Manhattan," 策划九一一恐怖袭击的五个嫌疑人是否应该在曼哈2012-02-20 编辑:jasmine