热词手帐(No. 1912)
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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curb
/kɜːb/
v.控制
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Global emissions must fall 43 per cent by the end of the decade to curb global warming to no more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, a goal set down in the Paris accord in 2015 that was signed by almost 200 countries.
如果要将全球变暖控制在比工业化前水平高出不超过1.5摄氏度的水平,全球排放量必须在本十年末之前减少43%。这一目标是在2015年由近200个国家签署的《巴黎协定》中设定的。
本文2024年12月20日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为 Walmart pushes back climate change targets
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deprive
/dɪˈpraɪv/
v.剥夺
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Israeli authorities have deliberately deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of water, causing thousands of deaths and committing the crime of extermination as well as “acts of genocide”, a Human Rights Watch report says.
人权观察组织(Human Rights Watch)的一份报告称,以色列当局故意剥夺加沙巴勒斯坦平民的水源,导致数千人死亡,犯下灭绝罪和“种族灭绝行为”。
本文2024年12月20日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为 Israeli curbs on Gaza water supplies are ‘acts of genocide’, rights agency says
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morbid
/ˈmɔː.bɪd/
adj.病态的
There has been a morbid outpouring of admiration from some quarters for Mangione, whose arrest followed a five-day manhunt, among Americans aggrieved with the state of the country’s costly healthcare system.
经过五天的搜捕,曼焦内被捕。由于美国人对该国昂贵的医疗保健系统感到愤慨,一些人对曼焦内表现出了病态崇拜。
本文2024年12月20日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为 Luigi Mangione faces federal murder charge in UnitedHealthcare killing