今天要學(xué)的詞是snag。Snag的原意是暗礁。一艘船碰到暗礁就擱淺了。所以, snag也就是障礙;什么東西卡住了,動(dòng)不了了。一個(gè)新電影在華盛頓首次演出,來(lái)了許多電影明星。報(bào)紙報(bào)導(dǎo)說(shuō):"Then there was the traffic snag for the premiere," 電影首次演出造成交通堵塞。
共和黨想通過國(guó)會(huì)正式任命John Bolton為駐聯(lián)合國(guó)大使,但是受到阻撓 -- Republican efforts to confirm Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations hit a snag。一個(gè)年輕人看見一輛他夢(mèng)寐以求的跑車,但是,His plan to buy that dream car hit a snag,因?yàn)殂y行不給他貸款。I run into a snag while shopping last night,昨晚我買東西沒買成,因?yàn)橥隋X包。今天學(xué)的一個(gè)詞是snag...