今天我們要學(xué)的詞是fallout。 Fallout, 是附帶結(jié)果的意思,"political fallout," 是指所帶來的政治余波。美國民主黨總統(tǒng)參選人巴拉克.奧巴馬不久前發(fā)表的一番評論在選民中引起了負(fù)面反應(yīng)。"Obama's campaign spent the weekend dealing with fallout from his comments," 奧巴馬的競選班子上周末一直忙著應(yīng)付這一評論引起的余波。
美利堅(jiān)航空公司上星期連續(xù)取消了幾千架航班。"The fallout from the cancellations disrupted schedules for every major airline," 這些航班的取消也打亂了其他幾乎所有大航空公司的航班的安排。好的,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是fallout...