音频下载 今天我们要学的词是at odds。 At odds, 意见分歧。 Costa Rica and Nicaragua remain at odds over border disputes, 哥斯达黎加和尼加拉瓜在边界问题上继续争执不休。在是否应该取消对军人同性恋不问...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是cave in。To cave in, 意思是屈于压力而让步。 All my friends are on Facebook now. I finally caved in and got registered, 我朋友都在用 Facebook. 我没办法，只好也去注册了一个帐户。...

音频下载 今 天我们要学的词是walk a fine line. To walk a fine line, 小心行事。 Coaches have to walk a fine line between pushing their players to their full potential and pushing them too hard, 做为教练，一定要在鼓励运动员...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是repeal. Repeal, 撤销，废止。在国会中期选举中， California voters rejected a call by the teachers unions to repeal a series of tax breaks for corporations, 加州选民否决了教师工会提出撤...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是honor. Honor, 动词，表达敬意。 The school renamed the stadium to honor its basketball coach who served the school for 30 years, 学校用任职30年的教练的名字重新命名球场，表达对他的敬...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是take some heat。 To take some heat, 受到批评。 The candidate is taking some heat for his stance on illegal immigrants, 候选人因为在非法移民问题上的立场而受到批评。华盛顿红人队教...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是sound off。 To sound off about something, 有抱怨的意思。 Local residents sounded off about plans to cut library hours, 当地居民对缩短图书馆的开放时间表示不满。 The player sounded off...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是faze。 Faze, 意思是使人感到困扰，胆怯，通常用于否定句。 Criticism doesn't faze him, 别人的批评不会让他乱了阵脚。 We had lost three games in a row, but that didn't faze us, 我们...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是compelling。 Compelling, 做为形容词，有令人信服的意思。现任州长做了很多改善民生的事情， I see no compelling reason to vote him out of office, 我看不出任何令人信服的理由...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是toss-up。 Toss-up, 意思是胜负机会各半，胜负难分的事情。球队首发投球手肩膀受伤。 Whether he can play in the next game is a toss-up, 下场比赛能否上场很难讲。 The governo...