學(xué)個(gè)詞 Learn A Word:1582 ridden

今天我們要學(xué)的詞是ridden. Ridden是形容詞，意思是“滿是的”，通常跟在名詞的后面。比如，debt ridden就是負(fù)債累累的意思。In a move that wasted $1.2 million in printing costs, the already debt-ridden U.S. Postal Service produced 1 billion "The Simpsons" stamps but sold only 318 million. 本已負(fù)債累累的美國郵政局又浪費(fèi)了120萬美元的印刷費(fèi)，因?yàn)猷]局印了十億張“辛普森家庭”的郵票，但只賣掉了三億一千八百萬張。今年夏天美國旱情嚴(yán)重，Oil companies drilling in drought-ridden Kansas are taking desperate measures to get the water they need to tap into the state's oil reserves. 在干旱頻發(fā)的堪薩斯州鉆井的各石油公司想盡辦法尋找水源，以開采那里的石油儲(chǔ)備。好的，今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是ridden, ridden, ridden...