打卡 第16天，kindle的閱讀進度是2498/29553（四本），今天講一個大人物：Huey Long被刺殺的結(jié)局，具體介紹在這里https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long

secretary of commerce：商務(wù)部長

smirk：幸災(zāi)樂禍地笑; 自鳴得意地笑

finally his legislature outlawed democracy：

outlawed：宣布…不合法；使…成為非法

rumble：發(fā)出持續(xù)而低沉的聲音；發(fā)出隆隆聲:

dynamiter：炸藥者

huey's was surrounded by bodyguards carrying revolvers and submachine guns.

submachine gun:沖鋒槍，輕機槍

editorial:主編的

racist:惡心的；極令人厭煩的；

peril:嚴重危險:

premonitions:(尤指不祥的)預(yù)感:

cracking the whip: to use your authority or power to make sb work very hard, usually by treating them in a strict way