短新闻泛读 | Day 115："摆烂"登顶牛津词典2022年度词汇

📰Day 115："Goblin mode" chosen as Oxford word of the year for 2022

词汇短语积累

1.strew

【v.】To strew things somewhere, or to strew a place with things, means to scatter them there.

2.more times than you can count

数不过来

3.slovenly

【adj.】Slovenly people are careless, untidy, or inefficient

4.rack up

If a business racks up profits, losses, or sales, it makes a lot of them. If a sportsman, sportswoman, or team racks up wins, they win a lot of matches or races

5.“得第一”的几种说法

-- win the first place.

-- win

-- triumph

-- prevail

-- come first

6.shoot to prominence/fame/stardom

7.rise in ...

8.ease

【v.】If something unpleasant eases or if you ease it, it is reduced in degree, speed, or intensity.

【v.】If you ease something somewhere, you move it there slowly, carefully, and gently.

9.prevail

【v.】If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins.

【v.】If a proposal, principle, or opinion prevails, it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument.