EL DAY17

Time 2023.3.20

1.单词

[1]     ratify 正式批准 e.g. A ceasefire called right now would basically just ratify Russia's conquest.

[2]     downplay v. 贬低；使淡化 e.g. Kirby downplayed Putin’s weekend trip to Mariupol, Ukraine, noting it was “far away from the front lines of the fighting” in Ukraine.

[3]     unprovoked adj. 无端的；无缘无故的；未受挑衅的 unprovoked invasion/war

[4]     tout v. 吹捧；兜售

[5]     hegemony n. 霸权

[6]     decry v. 公开谴责，公开反对

[7]     wary adj. 警惕的 become wary of

[8]     rapport n. 亲善关系

[9]     reprisal n. 报复；报复行动

2.词组

[1]     a heck of 极大；极多 a heck of time

[2]     push back on sth 推延；抵御 e.g. They find common cause in pushing back on the West, in pushing back on American leadership.

[3]     entrenched conflict 根深蒂固的冲突

[4]     ringing endorsement 强有力的支持

[5]     at stake 性命攸关；成败关头；命悬一线 e.g. The family honour is at stake

[6]     decline to do 拒绝做某事；否定去做某事 I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.

[7]     play up 强调…的重要性 e.g. Putin is expected to play up the meeting domestically as proof that Russia is not isolated on the world’s stage.

[8]     loom over 若隐若现；笼罩 e.g. But with the Ukraine war looming over the visit, it remains to be seen how much XX too will seek to play up those optics.

3.句式

The meeting is expected to start with a one-on-one meeting followed（省略） by an “informal lunch” Monday, with negotiations set（过去分词） to take place Tuesday, a Kremlin spokesperson said last week.

with sth done 表示已完成

with sth doing 表进行

with sth to do/to be done 表将来