0713（精制中英字幕）每日一听（NBC Nightly News ）英语学习

consumer prices

consumer prices. noun [ plural ] ECONOMICS. the prices paid by people for goods and services in general, especially when considered in relation to economic activity as a whole: Nationwide, consumer prices rose 0.1% in July.

 

 

 

flash flood

noun

plural noun: flash floods

a sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain.

 

 

 

a gut check moment

A moment in which one stops to seriously evaluate something or one's current state.

I think we need to step back and have a gut check about our plan because I don't think it's going to work out the way we envisioned.

 

 

 

blindside

verb

North American

catch (someone) unprepared; attack from an unexpected position.

"protection against being technologically blindsided"

 

 

 

chicken

informal

adjective: chicken

cowardly.

"they were too chicken to follow the murderers into the mountains"

 

 

 

making some waves

Cause a disturbance or controversy, as in We've finally settled our differences, so please don't make waves. This expression alludes to causing turbulence in the water.

 

 

 

hands down

phrase of hand

easily and decisively.

"she won the debate hands down"

 

 

 

LGBTQ

在現代用語中，「LGBT」一詞、除了狹義的指同性戀、雙性戀或跨性別族群，也可廣泛代表所有非異性戀者。 另外，也有在詞語後方加上字母「Q」，代表酷兒（Queer）和/或對其性別認同感到疑惑的人（Questioning），即是「LGBTQ」。

 

 

 

su·per·bug

noun

plural noun: superbugs

a strain of bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotic drugs.

 

 

 

Franchise

Franchise, a term for a team in the type of professional sports league organization most commonly found in North America; see North American professional sports league organization. Franchise player, a player on such a team around whom an entire competitive squad can be built.

 

 

 

rip into/through

phrasal verb. rip into/through somebody/something. to go very quickly and violently into or through somebody/something.

A bullet ripped into his shoulder. An explosion ripped through their home.