英语新闻笔记

Day 1

China’s internet giant go global

Three kingdoms, two empires

Dismiss

I don’t think we should dismiss the matterlightly.

Many employees were recently dismissed.

Marginal

There has been only a marginal improvementin her condition.

Heft

Her boss gave her a heft raise.

They are monsters with increasingly heft international ambitions.

Preside means to lead

Censorship审查制度

Lag behind落后stay or fall farbehind

Peer pressure

Sector领域，行业

Scrutiny监管，仔细观察

Attract close attention

Of a sort/ of sorts  勉强称得上

Leapfrog means to move ahead of or beyond in a very quick way.

Tie等级third-tier三线城市

Day 2

Turf war草皮地爬争夺战

The price surged to a record high.

Own goal乌龙球

Owing to a lack of innovation and a series of management blunders.

The story doesn’t jibe with the facts.

Plunge跳水，暴跌

Artificial diamond

Augment增强，补充

There is very little chance they’ll be relevant in five years.

High revenues and net profits

Be set to = must

Ramp up build up or increase

Provided that在什么的基础上

Backlash强烈抵制

Logistics物流

Courier快递

Topple推翻to cause somethingto fall

Share 份额

Future domestic growth未来国内增长

Hard work pays off.

Day 3

Be content with

Pleased and satisfied

Endorse

The newspaper has endorsed the conservative candidate for mayor.

Initiative a plan or program

Take initiative to do

Small merchant

Spin out of从中脱离

Flotation上市

Sesame credit芝麻信用

Punter下注者，买家

With gusto/ passion

Frenzied bidding疯狂的收购

Lobby游说

A third 1/3

Day 4

Bold大胆的brave

Acquisition

Get = acquire

The old word has acquired a new meaning.

Consortium联合企业大财团

Purveyor供应商

Akin to

Parent company母公司

Splashy炫目的

Flop失败

Entrenched根深蒂固

The officials tried to entrench themselves in office.

Dislodge移动

To forcefully remove from a place orposition

The earthquake dislodged the buildings.

Lodging住宿

Have little reason

Switch = change

Backer赞助人

Ride-hailing一键叫车

Hail招呼致敬冰雹

Pretension主张ambition

Spill溢出蔓延

Portal门户

Take on竞争

Day 5

Unveil揭露公开

It’s a good time to unveil the plans.

Red tape官僚主义

Vehicle车辆

He was recruited by the army.

Conquer

They conquered their enemies.

Laboratory

Impact on = influence

Autonomous driving

Grandiose宏伟的

A pinch of salt 半信半疑

Reckon believe

Goldman Sachs高盛

Sheer gravity

Make headlines大动作大新闻

At home and aboard, one thing is clear:China’s internet titans cannot be ignored.

Day 7

Illegal trade: On the horns (1)

犀牛角非法交易

Rhino horn

Stump残余部分

If you have a tree stump, check it forfungus.

Diamond is stumped by an unexpected question.

Since September, the president has stumped for Republicans in 20 states.

For the species it is the danger of imminent extinction; for wildlife-lovers it is barbarism;

for law-enforcer it is a failure.

Genes could be at work too, as both IQ and mental health are often shaped by family history.

Poach the fish in wine.

Fried chicken

A large piece of meat

Grill

Beef stew

Steamed broccoli

Minced lamb

Diced carrots

Shredded cabbage

Whip the egg

Grate the potatoes

Peel削皮

When the country was going through the final throes of civil war.

A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow

An epidemic of serial killings

Fall apart破坏倒塌

Fall for爱上，被骗

He was fantastically handsome – I just fell for them right away.

It was just a lie to get you here, and you fell for it.

Fall on / upon攻击遭遇

Fall on deaf ears完全忽视

Fall over backwards过度加压，强迫自己完成某任务

Fall over oneself狂热感情横溢

Carcass动物尸体

Sprawl伸开四肢坐着，延伸

Coveted令人垂涎的

Patrol在巡逻

Fence栅栏,保持中立

Curb限制

The organizers have to employ performers topull a crowd.

Pull in停下

Undercut以低于的价格出售

Subsides allow growers to undercut competitors and depress world prices.

补贴使得种植者能以低于竞争对手的价格出售并压低世界价格

Chop off割掉

Hopeless shirtless tireless selfless

Priceless无价的

Rancher农场主

Bear endure stand abide suffer tolerate

He suffered their insults in silence.

Day 8

On the horns 2

Lauder洗钱

The house voted today to crack down on banks that lander drug money.

Bring in引进

Bring forth引起

The good news brought forth a cheer.

Bring off a successful advertising

campaign.实现，完成

Bring out揭示出版推出教育培养

Bring up养育提出

Use a surveyor or architect to oversee andinspect the different stages of the work.

Superintend监督，管理

Well-off 富裕

Well being健康幸福

Trade-off妥协交换

Stigma耻辱的事情

Disgrace玷污丢脸

If anything如果有什么区别的话

Hard- core 核心成员铁杆粉丝

Eradicate根除

Malaria疟疾

Tetanus破伤风

Shun回避

Vigorous强烈地精力充沛的

Initiative主动性法案倡议

Evidence of grief on a mourner’s face

Overturn推翻

Court法院讨好取悦设法取得对…..求爱

This will lead to the worst of all worlds.

Muddy Waters浑水公司

Murky浑浊含糊不清晦涩难懂

All but indistinguishable

He pocketed more money from this tournamentthan in his entire three years as a professional.

Day 9

The British Election

Initially, all fields in the form are readonly.

Those are words I have not previously usedin any report.

It has enormous consequences for ourtroops.

At the point of enormous nationalsignificance

He never referred to his sisters in hisletters.

Well, not only is this false advertisingand not only does this hurt the profit margin of Trojan, is also puts you atrisk.

Carry out

She said it had been brave of me to gothrough with the session despite my fear.

When he let go of the throttle, it idledlike glass.

Snap election

Undermine

Criticize

Could some of the deaths have beenprevented in this notoriously high-risk area?

Day 10

The Brexit process: “Lords-a-leaping”

Majestic = grand

Brexit脱欧进程

A majestic setting设施壮丽

Bessie, resplendent in royal blue velvet,was hovering beside the table.

Marble columns and gilt spires镀金的

A bevy of bright young officers一群

Geriatric老家伙

The house is crammed with pricelessfurniture and works of art.

Adjourn延迟

Perch轻坐在，栖息

Parapet

Glitter

The bay glittered in the sunshine.

Invoke援引，祈求帮或支持

Excel surpass exceed transcend outstripoutdo

It is a case of the student outstrippingthe teacher.

Happiness that surpassed description

Uprising起义

The people of the whole country got unitedto rise up against the foreign invaders.

Ally同盟者

Entitle使用权，给命名

Chancellor总理，大臣

Unscathed毫发无损

Athletic scathe运动损伤

Stay out留在原处

Referendum全民投票

Luminary大师，泰斗

Day 11

Lords-a-leaping

Recession

Back down

We could see that he would back down if westood firmly.

Back out食言，失诺

Back up支持，援助

Spoil破坏，娇惯，犒劳，优待

Bash盛会，庆典

Showbiz

Call down挑剔，找麻烦，斥责

Call forth唤起，振奋

A love song that calls forth sad memories.

Call a spade a spade

Call bluff揭露某人虚张声势

She credited herself with the discovery.

Japanwill have to do a deal with the U.S. on the price.

In

effect事实上

Substantive实质性的

They planto meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.

On the

table在讨论中

Dissent持有异议

Contention争论

His casehas become a source of contention between the liberalism supports and thegovernment.

Dispute反驳

Controversy论战fury

Conflict  分歧，冲突

Try tokeep any conflict between you and your ex-partner to a minimum.

Sadly,

it was ever thus. 悲哀的是，这已经是普遍的想法了。

Melancholy

dejection沮丧

Desolation凄凉

Miserableness悲惨的

Gloom忧郁昏暗

Doldrums无生气的

Dolefulness悲痛的

Agreeable

melancholy令人愉悦的忧伤

Day 13

US H-1B Visa

CNN news

Pledge保证，誓言典当物

Inauguration就职日

Headquarter

Make sure more products are stamped withthe words “made in U.S.A”

Aggressively

This historic action declares that …

Senate

Conference call电话会议

Stand up to经得起

Across the Arab world, citizens have stoodup to claim their rights.

Leave out to dry

Enforcement

This process concerns the design andenforcement of policies.

Outsource外包

Dynamic

Lottery

They tried to hype up their goods by thelottery.

Petition

Seek out

It’s only natural then that each of usseeks out music during our travels.

Grant

Day 14

The True “Bottom” of the Food Chain IsPlenty Polluted

Trench

Submersible

Hippos are unable to submerge in the fewremaining water holes.

We fought with them in the trenches.

Retardant抑制剂

Continuing violence will retardnegotiations over the country’s future.

As your horizons expend, these new ideascan give a whole new meaning to life.

With breast cancer, as with many commondiseases, there is no obvious breakthrough on the horizon.

Nano

One way traffic

Absolutely impossible

Amphipod Excessive

An exorbitant price

Extravagant praise

Immoderate enthusiasm

Inordinate demands

Extreme opinions

Scavenger

The Particulate pollution in our atmosphere

Fair game理想对象

As men who shot game for food, they werenatural marksmen.

Float漂浮

提出The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work inthe hands of the UN.

上市He floated his firm on the stock market.

救生圈Floats will provide confidence in the water.

Break down

Peter gobbled all the beef stew.

Gobble up吞并

Interfere with = tamper

It is unlikely that the marine industrywill fare any better in September.

进展

Be exempt from

Perception

He is interested in how our perceptions ofdeath affect the way we live.

It did not require a lot of perception torealize the interview was over.

Day 15

Chief economist

Workforce

Likelihood

Add these number together and rank thelikelihood of adaption.

Biochemistry

Lifelong

But that’s not stopping her from competingfor her lifelong dream.

Assurance

He gave me assurance in black and white. 白纸黑字

Encore再演唱

Fare

Manufacturing jobs

Predecessor前任

The new government dismantled theirpredecessors’ legislation.

Day 16

Hot Chilies Cool Down Gut Inflammation inMice

Hot chilies

Capsaicin

Fire off

The teacher fired off the name of herpupils.

Fire away

What to do want to say? There is nobodyhere, fire away.

Between two fires

What with war and what with famine, thepopulace at large were caught between two fires.

Soothe

He would take her in his arms and sootheher.

Put on some nice soothing music.

Cascade

She hung on as the freezing, rushing watercascaded past her.

The woman have lustrous cascades of blackhair.

We did not want people on the show who arepurely interested in plugging a book or film.

Spur

The administration may put more emphasis onspurring economic growth.

Anandamide大麻素

Endocrine内分泌物

Exocrine外分泌物

Marijuana大麻

Ramp

Lilian was coming down the ramp from themuseum.

To ramp up a share price during a takeoverbid is unacceptable.

His hand moved to his mouth as he tried todamp down the panic.

Immune

Higher education is no longer immune tostate budget cuts.

People with diplomatic passports are immunefrom criminal prosecution.

Mediator

I am not going as a mediator or negotiator.

United Nations officials have mediated aseries of peace meetings between the two sides.

Recap

Can you recap the points included in theproposal?

Inflamed to madness an already savagenature.

Cut a fat hog

The big toy companies sometimes cut cornersby outstanding their manufacturing to companies that might not have highquality standards. It’s one way they keep toy prices low.

Cut loose with a string of curses.

Your objections will cut no ice withmanagement.

Sizable

Harry bought the house and a sizable pieceof land that surrounds it.

A curious child is a teacher’s delight.

Inquisitive

Snoopy

Nosy

Day 17

Trump’s Eventful first 100 days

Demonstrate

How can I demonstrate to you that my storyis true?

Once you find the right candidate, speedand decisiveness are okay.

Memorandum备忘录，便签

Cabinet members

Coalition

Reiterate

Demolish

Barbaric

Mount安装，爬上，骑上

Regime

Civilian

Tomahawk cruise missile

Assault

Sexual assault

Provocative

Non-proliferation

Impose

Entity

Pursuant

Intensify

Undermine

Lay out

Dismantle

Ballistic missile

Proliferation

Tightening

Day 18

Mobile Phones: The new old thing

The prime minister is, in conformity withtheir constitution, chosen by the president.

He might be influenced by nostalgia for thesurrounding of his happy youth.

Here I am boring you with my reminiscences.

She’s feeling a little homesick.

Veteran

Tyro

Novice

I’m a novice at these things, Lieutenant.You’re the professional.

Rookie

I don’t want to have another rookie totrain.

His mind would wander, and he would lose trackof what he was doing.

Specification

Slight mite minute

A puny, bespectacled youth

With so little life left in the government,the cost to the careers of Labor mutineers would be nugatory.

A paltry fine of 100 dollars

Amidst the current bunch of nonentities, heis a towering figure.

Arguing over piddling amounts of money.

They are far from a full-fledged militaryalliance.

Correlation does not equal causation! Thisis such a basic scientific concept, and yet Scientific American has made such asophomoric error and perpetuated this misunderstanding!

A patient going through acute detox willhave an assigned nurse nearby.

Overhaul your body with a cleaning detox.

If this offer is genuine, I will gladlyaccept it.

He had never known him to be so chatty andcordial.

Such convention stems from his keen focusand veracious tenacity.

Splashy引人注意

All the rooms have postcard-quality views,but Lodge 4 has the most arresting panorama.

The nation is griped by the dramatic story.

As a child I remember being riveted by mygrandfather’s appearance.

He is an engrossing subject for a book.

Predict

Foretell

Prognosticate

Unfortunately, I am not able toprognosticate how everything will eventually shake out.

Extrapolating from his latest findings, hereckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking.

Adumbrate

This book shows us the adumbrate of thefuture.

His triumph was overshadowed by an uneasysense of foreboding.

For now, we should probably fasten ourseatbelts.

Gear up

Expedite

We tried to help you expedite your plans.

The killings in Newcastle have precipitatedthe worst crisis yet.

Day 19

Kathryn blinked and forced a smile.

Green and yellow lights blinked on thesurface of the harbor.

Scintillate

Announce claim

Asseverate

Avouch

Manifesto

Avow

Shown off

Flaunt

Ostentation

Carrier

Rejig

The government is rejigging some taxassessment methods.

Cook up phony spurious dummy

Hook up

Fast celerity lope flit scurry whoosh

That argument was the turning point fortheir marriage, and the one which doomed it to failure.

His warning of impending doom

Boon

Alms

Largesse

Bauble Gimcrack Cheap Schlock sleazyundercut trumpery

Selfies

Self-abased/contempt

Self-abnegation

Ego

Day 20

Strengthening Global Biosecurity

Interconnected

Pathogen

Domesticated

Emerging infection

Spur

Letting a technology like Clear Play’sproliferate should spur more demand for video rentals and sales.

Outbreak

Crucial

Infectious

She broke into the conversation at acrucial moment.

We were very impressed by your handing ofhis affair.

If that were the case, I think we mightwell get a very high multiplier effect this year.

Day 21

Innovative cities Night time turned intoday

Decline downfall wane decay

On the wane

The tide was near the turn and already theday was on the wane.

Whizz

I saw a big piece of metal whizzing throughthe air.

The song became a massive hit in 1950.

Adoration worship

She needs and wants to be loved withoverwhelming passion and adoration.

Piety devoutness

Prayer invocation

The holiest of the Shinto rituals, whereofferings are made at night to the great Sun.

Blasphemy profanation sacrilege

He has acted out every kind of blasphemy,including dressing up as the pope in Rome.

Stealing from a place of worship wasregarded as sacrilege.

He held a presidential review of the troopsfrom a flag-draped grandstand built in front of the White House.

Hitch

There was no garage in sight, so I hitcheda lift into town.

Erect

Bountiful

Hard-pressed

City proper

Take in吸收，收留，领会，一眼看清

Paradox

It’s a paradox that in such a rich countrythere can be so much poverty.

Shiny

Municipal

Top-ups

We topped up the water tanks.

Wither

Slash

Car markets could be forced to slashprices.

Make deep slashes in the meat and push inthe spice paste.

Miserly Stingy Parsimony

Begrudge嫉妒，怜惜

Grudge积怨

Niggard吝啬鬼

Fracking

Choke

Pinch

Circumscribe

Day 22

Innovative cities

Acknowledge

Green acknowledge, in a letter to thejudge, that he was a drug addict.

He is also acknowledge as an excellentgoalkeeper.

He saw her but refused to even acknowledgeher.

Contrary discredit reject contradictantagonize defiance forestall

Rugged individualism forged America’sfrontier society.

Chamber

Bipartisan

Baby face

Lament

Ken began to lament the death of his onlyson.

Shelley’s lament for the death of Keats.

Volatile

There have been riots before and thesituation is volatile.

Recession

The oil price increases sent Europe intodeep recession.

Frontier

Six-shooter

Revive

Clout影响力

Bust破产的

Tricky

Beguile

Cajole哄骗

Dupe wheedle enticement inveigle conbamboozle

Imposter mountebank quack gudgeon

Predicament mire morass

Quagmire strait plight

Day 23

Concrete details

How are the health benefit?

Be sick of

Miniature

Divisive

Abortion has always been a divisive issue.

Lean time

Stand-off

There is no sign of an end to the standoff between two states.

Boomtown

Tycoon

Baron

Villa

Pendulum

Paternalism

Renovated

The couple spent thousands renovating thehouse.

Splash

Pelicans

Kayak

Perch

Oust

The leaders have been ousted from power bynationalists.

Stump up

That would require shareholders to stumpmore money.

Day 24

Award Recipient Charts New Path in Human Space flight