今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 spate.
spate 的意思是泛濫的,常用的表達(dá)方式是spate of,指一陣的、一大批的。 UN Special Rapporteur Clément Voule is in Zimbabwe to assess the country's human rights situation, at a time when rights groups are worried about a spate of abductions of activists. 聯(lián)合國(guó)特別報(bào)告員沃勒正在津巴布韋評(píng)估該國(guó)的人權(quán)狀況,那里發(fā)生的一連串綁架活動(dòng)人士事件令人權(quán)組織感到擔(dān)憂。
The spate of executive orders issued by Texas governor Greg Abbott is aimed at preventing mass shootings after two recent massacres left the Lone Star State shaken. 德克薩斯州受到近日發(fā)生的兩次濫殺無(wú)辜事件的震動(dòng),該州州長(zhǎng)阿博特為防止大規(guī)模槍擊事件而發(fā)布了一系列行政命令。