音频下载 今天我们要学的词是grapple. grapple is spelled g-r-a-p-p-l-e; grapple. Grapple 是设法解决问题的意思，后面常跟介词with. President Obama turned to the private sector in hopes of lifting 50 million people in the dev...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是pare. Pare is spelled p-a-r-e; pare. Pare 是削减的意思。美国社交网站Facebook星期五上市，开盘价每股38美元，在第一天的交易中，Facebook pares gains as shares trade at little abo...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是undermine. Undermine is spelled u-n-d-e-r-m-i-n-e; undermine. Undermine 是削弱，损害的意思。The U.S. State Department says deep cuts to its budget proposed by Congress will undermine America's securit...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是dwindle. Dwindle is spelled d-w-i-n-d-l-e, dwindle. Dwindle是缩减，缩小的意思。Hewlett-Packard may eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers. 惠普公司...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是tap. Tap is spelled t-a-p, tap. Tap当动词时可以当开发，利用讲。Despite the recent fall in oil prices, analysts say President Obama may tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as sanctions on Iran's oi...

音频下载 今天我们要学的词是stepping stone. Stepping is spelled s-t-e-p-p-i-n-g, stepping; and stone, s-t-o-n-e, stone; stepping-stone. Stepping-stone是为了达到目的而准备垫脚石，敲门砖。阿尔及利亚最近举行议会选...

音频下载 今 天我们要学的词是turnaround. Turnaround is spelled t-u-r-n-a-r-o-u-n-d; turnaround. Turnaround是好转的意思。The once-troubled Japanese electronics manufacturer Hitachi is now undergoing one of the most remarkable turnar...

音频下载 今 天我们要学的词是captivity. Captivity is spelled c-a-p-t-i-v-i-t-y, captivity. Captivity 名词，意思是囚禁，束缚。In Turkey, two dolphins who were rescued from a filthy pool at a tourism resort were released back in...

音频下载 今 天我们要学的词是refute. Refute is spelled r-e-f-u-t-e, refute. Refute 的意思是驳斥，反驳。比如，I was able to refute his argument. 我反驳了他的观点。A new discovery by archaeologists refutes the idea tha...

音频下载 今 天我们要学的词是bearing. Bearing is spelled b-e-a-r-i-n-g, bearing. Bearing 意思是关系，意义。我们常用 to have bearing on something 意思就是同某事有关系，对某事有影响。The decision had much bear...