新闻例句:The decision came as Uber released a 13-page report drafted by Covington & Burling following allegations of sexual harassment at the company. 他做出休假决定之际,优步在遭遇性骚扰指控之后,发布了一份由科文顿•柏灵起草的13页报告。
——来源:《Uber chief Travis Kalanick to take leave/优步掌门人卡兰尼克决定休假》
allegation
claim
proclamation
manifesto
单选题
detain是什么意思?
正确!
新闻例句:
Mr Tillerson also announced that North Korea had released Otto Warmbier, a US student detained in Pyongyang since January 2016. 蒂勒森还宣布,朝鲜已经释放了自2016年1月以来在平壤被拘留的美国学生奥托•温比耶。
——来源:《Tillerson threatens sanctions on those with ties to North Korea/蒂勒森:对朝制裁不力国家可能面临美国制裁》
昏迷
抑制
拘留
镇压
单选题
conducive的中文是什么意思?
正确!
新闻例句:The Chinese foreign ministry said the incident on May 25 amounted to “trespassing” and “muscle-flexing” that was “not conducive to regional peace and stability”. 中国外交部称,5月25日发生的该事件相当于“擅自进入”中国海域,这种“炫耀武力”的行为不利于“地区和平稳定”。——来源:《US manoeuvres in the South China Sea are not provocative/航行自由行动为何重要?》
导致
有益于
有可能的
拒绝的
单选题
本周热词手帐栏目中,关于皂液器的表述是哪一个?
正确!
新闻例句:“A soap dispenser?” I repeated, slightly baffled. “一个皂液器?”我略带困惑地重复道。
——来源:《The low-tech ambitions of Apple’s design guru /苹果首席设计官心中的未来派设计》
soap holder
soap bowl
soap dispenser
soap vessel
单选题
关于忠实的,坚定的本周热词手帐栏目用的是哪一个?
正确!
新闻例句:She completed the formation of her new government yesterday, elevating her long-time ally Damian Green — a staunch pro-European — to the post of first secretary of state, in effect her deputy. 昨日她完成组建新一届政府,提拔她的长期盟友、坚定的亲欧人士达米安•格林担任首席国务大臣,实际上是她的副手。
——来源:《May faces showdown after being labelled ‘dead woman walking’/特里萨•梅面临党内摊牌》
pious
devout
loyal
staunch
单选题
transparent的反义词是什么?
正确!
新闻例句:The complexities of any country’s electoral system are opaque to outsiders and difficult to understand even for natives. 任何国家的选举制度都非常复杂,让外部人摸不着头脑,就连本国人都难以理解。——来源:《US voters long for an alternative to fix their broken democracy/呼唤美国的马克龙》
transigent
intransparent
translucent
opaque
单选题
本周热词手帐中驱逐用的哪一个词?
正确!
新闻例句:Three Gulf states isolating neighbouring Qatar have softened their stand on the expulsion of all Qatari nationals after a US plea to weigh the humanitarian impact of their blockade. 孤立卡塔尔的3个海湾邻国在美国恳请他们权衡封锁卡塔尔做法的人道主义影响后,在驱逐所有卡塔尔人的问题上立场有所软化。
——来源:《Gulf states reconsider threat to expel Qataris/沙特、阿联酋和巴林软化对卡塔尔立场》
expulsion
expel
disperse
banish
单选题
本周热词手帐中小众兴趣的英文表达是什么?
正确!
新闻例句:There is even a How to Say No colouring book for adults, as well as books of more niche interest, like Say No to Arthritis. 现在甚至有了针对成年人的填色书《如何说不》,以及一些照顾小众兴趣的图书,比如《对关节炎说不》。
——来源:《Why the most successful people just say no/赞美说“不”》
minor interest
niche interest
rabid interest
vigorous interest
单选题
public acrimony具体指?
正确!
新闻例句:The family rift is a rare display of public acrimony at the top of the tightly-controlled city-state, where the boundaries of free speech are vigorously policed. 这一家族分歧,是这个受到严密控制的城市国家最高层公开论战的罕见展示。在新加坡,言论自由的边界一直受到严厉管控。
——来源:《Singapore’s first family feud over ‘big brother’/新加坡第一家族内斗升级》
公开说不
公开展示
公开管控
公开论战
单选题
phony collusion的意思是什么?
正确!
新闻例句:“They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice.” “他们在通俄调查中编造了虚假的勾结,没有发现一丝一毫的证据,所以现在他们端出了妨碍虚假调查司法的说法。很好。”
——来源:《Donald Trump attacks expanded FBI probe as ‘witch hunt’/美国特别检察官调查特朗普是否妨碍司法》