영어공부

the Skimm - 2021.06.17

큐울큐울 2021. 6. 17. 17:22

(출처: the Skimm, 네이버 영어사전, hinative)

 

1. get hit: a burden has been placed on you (출처: hinative)

-> The western US is getting hit by an extreme heat wave.

 

2. Gov. Greg Abbot (R) called for an investigation into the sate's electrical grid operator.

 

3. Crumble: 바스러지다

-> The state's power grid is crumbling once again.

 

4. Spark: 촉발시키다, 유발하다

-> It's sparking a larger conversation about US infrastructure and climate change. (아예 문장을 외우면 좋을 듯!)

 

5. roll sth out: (반죽같은 것을) 밀어서 펴다/ (신상품을) 출시하다

-> President Biden introduced his own infrastructure proposal and has rolled out a new initiative to improve the power grid.

 

6. heighten: 고조되다/ come after: 뒤따르다/ reckon: 예상하다, 계산하다

-> It comes after a year of heightened reckoning over racial injustices following the murder of George Floyd.

-> The heightened tensions mark the first big test for Israel's new government.

 

7. combat: 전투, 싸움/ (좋지 않은 일을) 방지하다.

-> Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland intro'd the US's first-ever national strategy to combat domestic terrorism.

 

 

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