0712（精制中英字幕）每日一听（NBC Nightly News ）英语学习
make a case
to argue for something, to defend an idea.
mi·li·tia
a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
"creating a militia was no answer to the army's manpower problem"
tam·per
verb
interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations.
"someone tampered with the brakes on my car"
stack
A stack is a slang term for a formation used in military or law enforcement, when an assault team forms up single file along the entrance or doorway to a room where they believe a threat is located.
bar·rel
verb
informal•North American
drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.
"we barreled across the Everglades"
What does at this point in time mean?
(idiomatic) right now, or in the near and foreseeable future.
come to a head
phrase of head
reach a crisis.
"the violence came to a head with the deaths of six youths"
rile
verb
informal
make (someone) annoyed or irritated.
cross-ex·am·i·na·tion
noun
the formal interrogation of a witness called by the other party in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony already given.
in·nu·en·do
noun
an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.
singe
verb
burn (something) superficially or lightly.
"the fire had singed his eyebrows"
tinderbox
A tinderbox, or patch box, is a container made of wood or metal containing flint, firesteel, and tinder (typically charcloth, but possibly a small quantity of dry, finely divided fibrous matter such as hemp), used together to help kindle a fire. A tinderbox might also contain sulfur-tipped matches.
turbocharged
powerful, fast, or exciting.
"turbocharged business growth"
What does it mean to be under contract on a house?
Under contract means that a seller has accepted an offer on the property, but the sale is not final until all contingencies are met.
sweat
informal•North American
worry about (something).
"he's not going to have a lot of time to sweat the details"
How many single point of failure does James Webb have?
344 single points of
After ten years of design and build on a $9 billion budget, this was an effort in testing 344 single points of failure — all before deploying to production, with the distributed system a million miles and one month away.
A single point of failure
A single point of failure (SPOF) is a potential risk posed by a flaw in the design, implementation or configuration of a circuit or system. SPOF refers to one fault or malfunction that can cause an entire system to stop operating.
