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儒琴今日英语单词 Word of the Day
romp
noun
an easy victory.
轻易取胜；轻松获胜
Biden campaign predicts 318 electoral-vote romp in Trump referendum election. Joe Biden’s campaign sees a wide path to electoral victory in the presidential election and is not worried about the coronavirus pandemic keeping the candidate at home as it plans to make the 2020 election a referendum on President Trump.
crash
adjective [ before noun ]
quick and involving a lot of effort
迅速全面的；速成的；应急的
The company undertook a crash programme of machine replacement. 公司采取了更换机器的应急方案。(Cambridge)
President Donald Trump unveiled a crash effort on Friday aimed at developing a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year but said the country would return to normal with or without one.
“I just want to make something clear, it’s very important. Vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back” Trump said during a midday event in the Rose Garden. “And we’re starting a process.”
simulacrum
noun [ C ] formal/ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.krəm/
plural simulacrums or simulacra
something that looks like or represents something else
相似物，相似的东西
Nobody looks good on Zoom—or FaceTime or Skype or any of the other online simulacra of human interaction that the lockdown has forced upon us. It diminishes all the distractions and intangibles that give life texture and zest, that make life seem rather pleasanter than it is.
nefarious
adjective formal /nəˈfer.i.əs/
(especially of activities) morally bad
（尤指活动）邪恶的，不道德的
The company’s CEO seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities. 公司主管看来曾牵涉一些罪恶勾当。（Cambridge）
Another objective is to rewrite the history of the Russia investigation as Trump has long sought, by casting Flynn as a martyr wronged by nefarious bureaucratic elites.
buttoned-up
adjective
1. (of a garment) having the buttons fastened. (指衣服)扣上扣子的
“Harry looked smart in a buttoned-up white shirt”
2. (of a person) not inclined to reveal thoughts or information; reserved or inhibited. (指人)不愿透露思想或信息的;保留或抑制
“the conventional image of a buttoned-up lawyer or judge”
Now we know the answer. Last week, as Biden remained confined to his Delaware home, his campaign took to YouTube to put on a virtual rally. It’s still available online, though in truncated, buttoned-up, highly edited form. When it was unfolding in real time, it was messier.
wrangle
noun [ C ] & verb /ˈræŋ.ɡəl/
an argument, especially one that continues for a long time
长时间争论
Pelosi wrangles Democrats ahead of vote on $3 trillion relief. The House will meet for only the third time in two months Friday to vote on a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi determined to shepherd the behemoth bill to passage despite opposition from most Republicans and some Democrats,” Politico reports.
