新闻例句:It is tempting to describe cities as bastions of liberalism and the hinterlands as reactionary. While that might be true when it comes to social values, there is also an incipient tendency for outvoted urbanites to sour on democracy. 人们很容易将城市描述为自由主义的堡垒,而将内陆地区描述为反动的。就社会价值观而言,或许是这样,但也出现了一个初步趋势:在投票中被击败的城市居民对民主产生反感。——来源:《Urban-rural splits divide the world/manbetx app苹果
性的城乡分裂危险》
revolutionary
activist
reactionary
gendarmerie
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请问“撤资”一词如何用英语表述?
正确!
新闻例句:
Currently we count a dozen major European utilities (about half the names in the sector index) which have recently announced — or have been featured in the press — acquisitions, divestments or takeovers that could substantially reshape their business. 目前,我们数了数有12家欧洲大型公用事业公司(约占该行业指数成分股的一半)最近宣布了(或者被媒体报道过)可能极大地重塑各家业务的并购、撤资或收购交易。——来源:《Renewables are primed to enter the global energy race/可再生能源即将进入manbetx app苹果
竞争阶段》
正确!
新闻例句:Today, Venezuelans will see the introduction of banknotes christened “the sovereign bolívar”. The largest denomination, 500 bolívars, will be worth 50,000,000 old bolívars, about $8 at the current black market rate. 今天,委内瑞拉人将看到被称为“主权玻利瓦尔”货币的推出。其最大面额为500玻利瓦尔,它将相当于5000万旧玻利瓦尔,按照目前黑市兑换率约为8美元。——来源:《Venezuela devalues currency by 95% in push to stave off collapse/委内瑞拉货币贬值95%以遏止manbetx20客户端下载
崩溃》
正确!
新闻例句:Seoul’s presidential spokesman said on Monday that the planned establishment of an inter-Korean liaison office in the North Korean border city of Kaesong would not constitute a violation of sanctions after a media report cited a senior US official as saying it would. 韩国总统发言人周一表示,在朝鲜边境城市开城设立韩朝联络处的计划不会构成违反制裁的行为。此前有媒体报道援引一名美国高级官员的话说,此举将违反制裁规定。——来源:《Korean families reunited despite denuclearisation concerns/韩朝双方举行家庭团聚活动》
正确!
新闻例句:The 1960s — the swinging sixties — began in Britain with a lecture about morals from a cabinet minister. Homosexuality, Lord Hailsham declared, was an “abnormality” inflicted on young boys by paedophiles. 一位内阁大臣关于道德的演说拉开了英国上世纪60年代(摇摆的60年代)的序幕。黑尔什姆勋爵宣称,同性恋是恋童癖者强加于年轻男孩的一种“不正常行为”。——来源:《Nostalgia has stolen the future/过度怀旧会让我们失去未来》
paedophile
paternalistic
pedagogy
philanthropist
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请问“high-flyer”的中文含义是什么?
正确!
新闻例句:In recent years, technology companies, particularly five high-flyers known as the Faangs, led the rally as the products and services offered by Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google’s parent Alphabet, increasingly filtered into everyday lives. 近年来,科技公司,尤其是被称为“Faang”的五大科技巨头一直是此轮涨势的领头羊。Facebook、苹果、亚马逊、Netflix和谷歌的母公司Alphabet——合称“Faang”——提供的产品和服务日益渗透到人们的日常生活中。——来源:《S&P 500 hits record high, setting stage for longest US bull run/标普升至新高 美股有望创下最长牛市纪录》
正确!
新闻例句:
Our rendezvous is at the Aqua Lounge on the top floor of the luxurious Imperial Hotel, where he has booked a private room. 我们的见面地点定在了位于奢华的帝国酒店顶层的Aqua Lounge,他订了一个包间。——来源:《Lunch with FT - Junichiro Koizumi: ‘I’m not strange. I’m extraordinary’/与FT共进午餐:小泉纯一郎》
正确!
新闻例句:Donald Trump has lashed out at his former lawyer Michael Cohen, accusing his onetime confidant of “mak[ing] up stories” to secure a plea deal from federal prosecutors that implicated the president in a scheme to pay off two women alleging affairs. 美国总统唐纳德•特朗普猛烈抨击他的前律师迈克尔•科恩,指责这位曾经的知心好友为了与联邦检察官达成认罪协议而“编造故事”;根据这些“故事”,美国总统与付钱让两名指控婚外情的女性保持沉默的密谋有牵连。——来源:《Trump lashes out at Michael Cohen after plea deal/特朗普抨击前律师“编造故事”》
confident
confidance
confidant
friend
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请问“underhand”的中文含义是什么?
正确!
新闻例句:The underhand techniques range from stand-ins impersonating candidates nominally taking the test, to the concealment of cameras in coat buttons and eyeglasses. 这些见不得人的伎俩包括替考、将摄像头隐藏在外套纽扣或眼镜上等等。——来源:《How AI can spot exam cheats and raise standards/人工智能走进考场 变革监考与阅卷》
巧妙的
低级的
暗中进行的
着手准备的
单选题
“pregnable”意为“可征服的;易占领的”,那么下列哪一选项是它的反义词?
正确!
新闻例句:In the dirge of news about retail failure, where once impregnable institutions like House of Fraser and Marks and Spencer are now husks of their former selves, the high street would seem to be in mortal danger. 曾经坚不可摧的House of Fraser和马莎百货如今都只剩下一具躯壳。挽歌唱响,高街零售业似乎走到了生死关头。——来源:《Inside the pop-up economy/英国出现“快闪店”电商平台》