每日读报杂志背单词

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7月18日
	missile	['mɪsl]	n.count	A missile is a tube-shaped weapon  that travels long distances through the air and explodes when it reaches its  target.
			n.count	Anything that is thrown as a weapon  can be called a missile
	silo	['saɪlo]	n.count	A silo is a tall round  metal tower on a farm, in which grass, grain, or some other substance is  stored
			n.count	A silo is a specially built place  underground where a nuclear missile is kept
	Republican	[rɪ'pʌblɪkən]	n.uncount
	Democrat	['dɛməkræt]	n.uncount
	appointee	[ə,pɔɪn'ti]	n.count	An appointee is someone who has  been chosen for a particular job or position of responsibility
	institution			制度；机构
	decay	[di'kei]		衰减
	anarchy	['ænɚki]		无秩序，无政府状态
	provoke	[prə'vok]		对…挑衅，引起
	reimpostion	[,ri:impə'ziʃən]		重新征收(税)；重新实行：
	cohesive	[ko'hisɪv]		有聚合力的	cohesive force
	premature	[,primə'tʃʊr]		早产，不成熟的
	dreadful	['drɛdfəl]		可怕的，糟透的
	argue			讨论，陈述理由，辩论，争吵
	literate	['lɪtərət]		受过教育的	three-quarters of the population  is literate.
	stunt	[stʌnt]		阻碍…的正常生长或发展
	malnutrition	['mælnʊ'trɪʃən]		营养失调，营养不良
	precede	[prɪ'sid]		领先，在前面
	fare	[fɛr]		进展，遭遇，经营；车费
	authoritarian	[ə,θɔrə'tɛrɪən]	adj.	独裁的
			n.	独裁主义者
	modernisation	[,mɔdəni'zeiʃən]	n.	现代化
	uneven			不平坦的
	nurture	['nɝtʃɚ]		培育，养育
	flourish	['flɝɪʃ]		繁荣，旺盛
	philosophy	[fə'lɑsəfi]
	despot	['dɛspɑt]		专制者
	wary	['wɛri]		小心的，谨慎的
	monarch	['mɑnɚk]		君主/monarchy,君主政（体）
	disenfranchise	[,dɪsɪn'fræntʃaɪz]		剥夺 (某人群的) 权利
	sniff			用鼻子吸；发觉
	shed			流出；去除；棚屋
	constitutional	[,kɑnstə'tuʃənl]		宪法的；本质的；保健运动
	subject		n.count	臣民
	Islamist	[iz'lɑ:mist]		回教教徒
	intolerance	[ɪn'tɑlərəns]		不容忍 (他人的做事方式或观点)[表不满]
	evict	[ɪ'vɪkt]		驱逐；逐出
	behest	[bɪ'hɛst]		请求；命令
	flout	[flaʊt]		嘲笑，鄙视，无视
	stint			一段时间；节约
	norms			标准，规范
	secular	['sɛkjəlɚ]		非宗教的
	pluralistic	[plʊrə'lɪstɪk]		多元化的
	autocratic	[,ɔtə'krætɪk]		专制的，独裁的
	protest	['protɛst]		抗议；断言
	lurk	[lɝk		潜藏
	repression	[rɪ'prɛʃən]		压抑，镇压
	conspiratorial	[kən,spɪrə'tɔrɪəl]		阴谋的
	coup	[kʊ]		政变
	tragic			悲剧的
	pramatism	['prægmə'tɪzəm]		实用主义，独断
	yoke	[jok]		枷锁；使强行结合
	inclusive			兼收并蓄的；包含的
	hindsight			后见之明
	retrospect	['rɛtrəspɛkt]		回顾；追忆
	mafia	[ 'mɑ:fiɑ]		黑手党
	overrun			泛滥
	extremist	[ɪk'strimɪst]		极端主义者
	prominent	['prɑmɪnənt]		突出的；重要的
	Baltic	['bɔ:ltik]		波罗的海
	Balkans	['bɔ:lkənz]		巴尔干半岛
	degenerate	[dɪ'dʒɛnəret]		恶化；堕落
	soviet	['sovɪ'ɛt]		苏维埃
	bloc			阵营；集团
	regime	[re'ʒim]		统治
	messy			脏的；混乱复杂的
7月19日
	pedestrian	[pə'dɛstrɪən]		行人	passersby ['pæsəz,bai]
	famed	[feɪmd]	adj.	著名的	Detroit has celebrated being the birthplace of the famed Motown Records,
	cradle	['kredl]	n.	摇篮	the cradle of America's auto  industry.
	riot	['raɪət]	n.	暴动	The 1967  riots were a major turning  point in the Motor City’s economic history.
	intersection		n.	交叉路口
	fled	[fled]		逃走 (原型flee)	Many businesses and white and  middle-class black families fled  Detroit and moved to the suburbs after the riots, putting a damper  on the city's economy.
	suburb	['sʌbɝb]	n.	郊区
	revitalize	[,ri'vaɪtəlaɪz]	vt.	使..复活（恢复生机）	In the 1970s, the more than $300  million Renaissance Center was built to help revitalize the city after the  riots.
	renaissance	['rɛnəsɑns]	n.	复活；新生
	slump		n.	衰退	The group praised the  President's economic recovery program and said they were  counting on him to pull the industry out of its  worst slump since the  Depression.
	squash	[skwɔʃ]			squash court 壁球室
	infirmry	[ɪn'fɝməri]	n.	医务室
	carpentry	['kɑrpəntri]	n.	木器，木工
	toxic	['tɑksɪk]	adj.	有毒的
	demonish	[dɪ'mɑlɪʃ]	vt.	拆毁	the landmark  24-story J.L. Hudson department store was demolished to make way for a renewal project.
	devastate	['dɛvəstet]	vt.	毁灭	The city is facing $19 billion  in debt, which is matched only by a devastating loss of revenue and residents — a  long-term condition that has escalated in recent years. Since  2000, Detroit’s population has plummeted by 26 percent.
	escalate	['ɛskəlet]	vt.	逐步增强
	plummet	['plʌmɪt]	vt.	骤然下降
	plague	[pleɡ]	vt.	折磨	Since the 1960s, the city has  been plagued by abandoned  buildings.
	blighted	[blaɪt]	adj.	荒芜；枯萎	Detroit is currently home to nearly 80,000 abandoned and blighted structures.
	shied	[ʃaɪd]	vt.	回避	The station had been unoccupied for 20 years as one  developer after another has shied way from the cost of restoring its Beaux-Arts glory.
	hydrant	['haɪdrənt]		消防栓	fire hydrant
	arson	['ɑrsn]		纵火	Arson is a problem that has festered in the city for decades and has persisted even as the population declined.
	fester	['fɛstɚ]		溃烂；脓疮
	persist	[pɚ'sɪst]		持续；坚持
	spray	paint		喷油漆	Darin McLeskey, 22-years-old, spray paints wooden pallets he plans to use to  build a fence around a  garden next to one of the properties he purchased in Detroit.
	fence			栅栏
	lure	[lʊr]		引诱
	dire	['daɪə]		可怕的，悲惨的	The city's dire  fiscal condition is sending ripples of concern through the  capital markets that local government rely on to raise cash.
	ripple	['rɪpl]		波纹；涟漪
	legacy	['lɛgəsi]		遗留问题；遗产	With legacy on the line, Obama touts health-care implementation.
	repeal	[rɪ'pil]		撤销；废除	The president defended his  health care law at the White House Thursday, the day after House Republicans voted again to repeal it.
	piece				Transforming the nation’s  health-care system stands as Barack Obama’s most crucial  piece of unfinished business, with much of his  presidential legacy riding on whether it is deemed to have succeeded or  failed.
	be deemed to			被认为
	ride on			取决于
	intense			强烈的	While other presidents have  managed to overcome intense  opposition to major new social initiatives, Obama faces a degree of  difficulty with health care that has no historic  parallel.
	parallel			类似的事情
	dismantle	[dɪs'mæntl]		取消；撤除	So there was a certain urgency  in the speech that Obama gave Thursday, the morning after the Republican-led House voted for the  38th and 39th times to dismantle all or part of the Affordable Care Act.
	root for			赞成，支持	There are still a lot of folks —  in this town, at least — who are rooting for this law to fail.
	promise to do			承诺做某事
	coordinator	[ko'ɔrdn,etɚ		协调者
	eligible	['ɛlɪdʒəbl]		合格者
	leeway	['li'we]		余地	The new health-care law seeks to  establish new health-insurance marketplaces and transform how care is delivered, while giving states more leeway in determining how that will be  done.
	while		conj.	当…的时候 (表示两事同时发生)
	constituent	[kən'stɪtʃʊənt]		选民；成分	Some Republican lawmakers, who routinely help their constituents with concerns about  Social Security and Medicare, have even served notice that they do not plan  to assist those who come to them for aid in navigating the new health-care system.
	routinely	[rʊ'tinli]	adv.	例行的；照理的
	navigate	['nævə'get]	vt.	使通过；航行
	supreme	[sə'prim]			If the president ever had any  real hope that Republicans would embrace the new law after the Supreme Court upheld  its constitutionality and he won reelection, he  has since given that  up.
	constitutionality	['kɑnstə'tʊʃə'næləti		符合宪法
	steadfast	['stɛdfæst]		坚定的；不变的
	garner	['ɡɑrnɚ]		获得	Television series produced by  the video service Netflix garnered  14 Emmy nominations.
	herald	['hɛrəld]		预期…来临
	quaintly	[kwentli		离奇有趣的	Analysts have long heralded the movement toward  “cutting the cord,”  meaning canceling cable subscriptions in favor of getting what’s still  quaintly called “television” through Internet services such as Hulu, YouTube  and Netflix.
	get through
	devoted			忠诚的	devoted fans
	intact	[ɪn'tækt]		完整的；原封不动的	Devoted fans kept their cords intact.
	upset			混乱，翻倒	The move by Netflix to produce  its own shows has upset the equation, especially now that it has made good on  its goal of developing high-quality series in the model of  premium cable channels such as HBO.
	premium	['primɪəm]		高端的;保险费
	watershed	['wɔtɚʃɛd]		转折点，分水岭
	ratings			评级
	viewership			电视观众
	robust	[ro'bʌst]		强壮的；粗野的	Having the best Netflix  experience requires having a robust broadband connection, and cable provides that.
	boradband			宽屏