今天要學的詞是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,動不了了。一個新電影在華盛頓首次演出,來了許多電影明星。報紙報導說:"Then there was the traffic snag for the premiere," 電影首次演出造成交通堵塞。
共和黨想通過國會正式任命John Bolton為駐聯(lián)合國大使,但是受到阻撓 -- Republican efforts to confirm Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations hit a snag。一個年輕人看見一輛他夢寐以求的跑車,但是,His plan to buy that dream car hit a snag,因為銀行不給他貸款。I run into a snag while shopping last night,昨晚我買東西沒買成,因為忘了錢包。今天學的一個詞是snag...