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▍原文
Britain's Ambassador to Washington has described Donald Trump as 'inept', 'insecure' and 'incompetent' in a series of explosive memos to Downing Street.
Sir Kim Darroch, one of Britain's top diplomats, used secret cables and briefing notes to impugn Trump's character, warning London that the White House was 'uniquely dysfunctional' and that the President's career could end in 'disgrace'.
His bombshell comments risk angering the notoriously thin-skinned President and undermining the UK's 'special relationship' with America.
▍語言點
inept /??nept/: adj. 無能的；笨拙的
· inept leadership: 無能的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)
insecure /??ns??kj??r/: adj. 無把握的；不自信的
incompetent /?n?k?mp?t?nt/: adj. 無能力的，無法勝任的
· The parents claimed the teachers were incompetent.
家長們聲稱所有老師都不稱職。
impugn /?m?pju?n/: vt. 抨擊；質(zhì)疑
· I did not mean to impugn her professional abilities.
我不是有意批評她的專業(yè)能力。
dysfunctional /d?s?f??k??n?l/: adj. 功能異常的
bombshell /?b?m?el/: n. 爆炸性新聞
· She dropped a bombshell by saying she was leaving her job.
她宣布要辭職，這讓大家大吃一驚。
thin-skinned /?θ?n?sk?nd/: adj. 臉皮薄的；易生氣的
· thick-skinned: adj. 厚臉皮的
· You can’t do a good job in sales if you are thin-skinned.
如果你臉皮薄的話你就做不好銷售這行。
undermine /??nd??ma?n/: vt. 削減，減弱
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