新聞美語即時通 barrage 掩護的炮火，火力網

今天我們要學的詞是 barrage. Barrage is spelled B-A-R-R-A-G-E， barrage.

barrage 的原意是掩護的炮火，火力網。常用於 a barrage of，形容連珠炮似的，接二連三的。A former college student in Cario was arrested after a barrage of social media posts accusing him of raping or harassing as many as 100 women and girls. 一名開羅的前大學生被逮捕，之前社交媒體上接二連三出現有關他強姦或騷擾多達100名婦女和女童的指控。

After a barrage of resident complaints, a Pennsylvania state senator proposed to not just change the state law that allows residents to buy and enjoy fireworks, but to get rid of the law altogether. 在居民投訴激增之後，賓夕法尼亞州一名州參議員提議對允許民眾購買和享用煙花的州法光修改不夠，而是要徹底廢除。

好的，我們今天學習的詞是 barrage, barrage, barrage ...（新聞美語即時通是由美國之音和中廣新聞網聯合製播，節目內容歡迎到中廣新聞網youtube收看收聽）