小词详解 | advent
Advent vs Adventure
伊索寓言 | The Rose and the Butterfly
Do not expect constancy in others if you have none yourself.
英语演讲 | John L. Lewis: Labor and the Nation
Out of the agony and travail of economic America the Committee for Industrial Organization was born.
英语前缀 | en- ① 置于……之中、登上……、使上……
enshrine
英 /ɪnˈʃraɪn/ 美 /ɪnˈʃraɪn/
把（法律、权利等）奉为神圣；把……庄严地载入
短篇小说 | My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It
As I understand it, what you desire is information about 'my first lie, and how I got out of it.' I was born in 1835; I am well along, and my memory is not as good as it was.
英语词根 | vert, vers = turn （转）
adversity
英 /ədˈvɜːsəti/ 美 /ədˈvɜːrsəti/
困境、逆境
区别辨析aid、assist与help
aid、assist与help这些动词均有“帮助”之意。
英语笑话 | 看不懂温度计的妻子
One’s wife could not read the thermometer, but she took her husband’s temperature with it and gave a call to the doctor.
某人的妻子看不懂体温计，但她用体温计量了量丈夫的体温，然后给医生打电话。
容易误译的英语 | in labour [labor] 在分娩中
in labour [labor]意为“在分娩中”。woman in labour [labor]是“产妇”，而不是“劳动妇女”；easy [hard] labour [labor]是“顺［难］产”，而不是“轻松［辛苦］的劳动”。
英语热词 | “天舟七号货运飞船”英语怎么说？
天舟七号货运飞船
Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft
