流利阅读 DAY 24

Day 24

1.it is no secret that 某事已经不是秘密

2.compensate for弥补某事

eg.Her hard work will compensate for her lack of experience.

3.natural gifts天资

4.admission process录取过程

5.lay sth. bare暴露某事

6.under way在进行中；开始

e.g.The next presidential election is already under way.

7.lawsuit 诉讼

lawsuit  against sb对某人的诉讼

8.accuse sb off sth

9.determine 找出，查明

10.unearthed披露，发现

11.give sth insight into给出某事的深刻理解

12.intertwined紧密相关

13.primary motive最初动机

14.controversial conservative有争议的保守主义者

15.ostensibly表面的，假装的

16.racial bias种族偏见

17.dismantle拆机械，废除，取消制度

eg.The government was in the process of dismantling the state-owned industries.

18.affirmative action

平权法案平权法案

19.underrepresented没有得到充分代表的

20.decry公开谴责

21.condemn （通常指出于道义而）指责，谴责

22.reverse racism

逆向种族主义（对有色人种过度）

23.inadvertently 非故意的，不经意地

24.at play 在生效中的

25.predominantly 绝大多数的

26.status quo

现状（拉丁文源）

eg.

Certain people always want to maintain the status quo.