热词手帐(No. 1876)
我们从英国《金融时报》近期热点报道中挑选值得记忆的高频单词和短语,配合释义与新闻原文例句,帮助你轻松掌握地道实用的英文表达,在不断积累中感受英语能力的进步与提高。
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knife-edge
/ˈnaɪf edʒ/
n.刀刃;势均力敌;
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Kamala Harris will deliver what her campaign has billed as a “closing argument” to the American people on Tuesday, in a final effort to win over voters in the country’s knife-edge presidential election.
卡玛拉•哈里斯(Kamala Harris)将于周二向美国人民发表其竞选团队所称的“总结陈词”,这是她在该国势均力敌的总统选举中赢得选民的最后努力。
本文2024年10月29日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为 Kamala Harris to give ‘closing argument’ speech at Washington’s Ellipse
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columnist
/ˈkɒləmnɪst/
n.专栏作家
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Last week, 17 of the Post’s columnists signed an editorial calling the decision “a terrible mistake” at a time “when one candidate is advocating positions that directly threaten freedom of the press and the values of the constitution”.
上周,《华盛顿邮报》的17名专栏作家签署了一份社论,称在“一名候选人主张的立场直接威胁到新闻自由和宪法价值”的时候,这一决定是“一个可怕的错误”。
本文2024年10月29日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为 Jeff Bezos defends ‘principled decision’ to block Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris
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omnipotent
/ɒmˈnɪpətənt/
n.万能者;adj.全能的;
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The rents from creating an omnipotent AI, often called “artificial general intelligence”, are limitless.
创造无所不能的人工智能——通常被称为“通用人工智能”(artificial general intelligence)——所带来的收益是无限的。
本文2024年10月30日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为 Google and peers weigh an AI prisoner’s dilemma