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American President Joe Biden has raised the nation's limit on refugee admissions from 15,000 to 62,500.

美国总统拜登将美国接收难民的上限从1.5万人提高到6.25万人。

Rigorous

严格的

The White House recently released a statement, which said in part:

白宫最近发布了一份声明，其中部分写道:

we are going to work hard to complete the rigorous screening process for those refugees already waiting for admission.

我们将努力完成对那些已经等待入境的难民的严格筛选程序。

In this example, rigorous describes a process that is done carefully, with a lot of attention to detail.

在这个例子中，“rigorous”描述了一个需要仔细完成，非常注重细节的过程。

Rigorous also describes an activity that is severe and demanding.

“rigorous”也指一项严格且要求很高的活动。

Now you know what rigorous means.

现在你应该知道“rigorous”的意思了。