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每日单词20110530
<br />lift终止; 解除They decided to lift the embargo.<br />arm(公司或组织的)部门 the political arm of the separatist group.<br />showdown 摊牌, 一决胜负 <br />snap迅速的,突然的,无事先通知的 he could call a snap election.<br />get cracking忙起来, 开始动或做; 发奋, 努力<br />posh〈口〉时髦的,豪华原创 2011-05-30 13:11:00 · 637 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110502
<br />NHS National Health Service 英国国民健康保险制度<br />LSE London Stock Exchange 伦敦证券交易所<br />Whitehall 白厅,英国政府<br />cum 〈拉〉连同,附带 a study-cum-bedroom.<br />deal:dealt:dealt<br />deal 发(纸牌) fate dealt her a different hand.<br />Whitehall 白厅,英国政府<br /原创 2011-05-02 13:54:00 · 511 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110505
<br />go with a swing 顺利进行<br />take stock of估量;对...做出判断You have to take stock of your position. <br />tidings消息, 音信 good [evil] tidings <br />as many 相同数目的 changing his mind for the third time in as many months. <br />bent on 一心一意的,决意的 a missio原创 2011-05-05 10:32:00 · 514 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110504
<br />Barclays Bank英国第三大银行<br />modest (居所)不奢华的,朴素的 a modest flat in Fulham.<br />draw十分有吸引力的人(或事物)the big city was a powerful draw to youngsters.<br />hitch 故障 everything went without a hitch.<br />hiccup暂时(或小)的困难(或挫折) just a little hiccup in原创 2011-05-04 23:13:00 · 484 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110503
<br />with one's tail between one's legs 夹着尾巴;灰溜溜地 <br />zeitgeist 时代精神,时代思潮 <br />rail off 用栏杆把…隔开 So many people had fallen into the pond that it had to be railed off. <br />given 考虑到 Given the present conditions, I think she's done rather we原创 2011-05-04 00:10:00 · 601 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110501
<br />McKinsey & Company 麦肯锡公司 全球最大的战略咨询公司<br />in office 执政 The political party which governs the country is said to be in office. <br />stint 工作期限 a 13-year stint<br />loom large 赫然耸立; 显得严重 Fear of failure loomed large in his mind.<br />landsl原创 2011-05-01 15:13:00 · 611 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110425
<br />Lloyds Banking Group 劳埃德银行集团,英国四大银行之一<br />Hertz 世界第一汽车租赁集团<br />tea party茶叶党 发端于1773年美国波士顿 重生于2009年2月<br />NPT 不扩散核武器条约Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons<br />in the wake of 尾随,紧跟 the committee was set up in the w原创 2011-04-25 09:40:00 · 483 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词 20110424
<br />old guard 保守派,保守势力<br />grizzled 灰白头发(或皮毛)的<br />root for 支持,赞助<br />revamp 翻修,翻新 <br />apparatus 机构, 组织 The political apparatus<br />under a cloud 受到怀疑<br />airy-fairy 象童话中仙子般的,空想的<br />divide spoils 分赃<br />let alone原创 2011-04-24 11:10:00 · 622 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110606
plainly显然地her mother was plainly anxious to leave.unparalleled空前的 unparalleled in historytake a dim view of 不赞成;不乐观sit out不参加某种活动 Ill sit this dance out. Diet议会; 国会stricken受灾的in the heat原创 2011-06-12 18:28:00 · 1033 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110605
or bust 为……将全力以赴 For him it’s the Olympics or bust. magic away使…像魔术一样消失stave off挡开, 延迟She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hungerhammer猛烈抨击 he got hammered for an honest mistake.原创 2011-06-12 15:49:00 · 895 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110601
Richemont历峰集团 第二大奢侈品公司equity股票,普通股 get a grip on控制,管住up for grabs 可利用的;可得到的 great prizes up for grabs.all too often时常; 常常moral道德教训,寓意 the moral of this storyeven as 恰恰在…的时候 even as he原创 2011-06-05 20:12:00 · 768 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110603
lean贫瘠的; 收益差的In recent years, the cinema has fallen on lean times.boom and bust 经济繁荣与萧条的交替循环since adv.从过去某时间以来[以后, 到现在] Her husband died 10 years ago but she has since remarried.bag(喻)成功获得 weve原创 2011-06-05 21:04:00 · 709 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110602
take the edge off使减弱Thatll take the edge off your hunger.benefit(国家或保险计划按规定支付的)补助费,救济金 a state benefit 政府补贴。referral (向专科医生的)转诊介绍incidence (疾病、犯罪等的)发生,发生率 whip up激发, 激励The speaker soon whipp原创 2011-06-05 20:27:00 · 891 阅读 · 0 评论 -
每日单词20110507
<br />dawn认识到;明白 the awful truth was beginning to dawn on him.<br />notch up完成;创下,达到The Houston Astros have notched up another win.<br />touch比得上 No one in our class can touch her in music. <br />evangel福音(书)<br />decidedly确定无疑地;无可否认地 he looked dec原创 2011-05-08 09:12:00 · 730 阅读 · 0 评论