时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十一月)


英语课

1. The White House is strongly condemning 1 North Korea's artillery 2 attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called on the North to halt its belligerent 3 action. North Korea fired barrages 4 of artillery Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze 5 and killing 6 at least two marines.


 


2. The death toll 7 from a stampede at a Cambodian festival continues to rise. It now stands at 378 with hundreds more injured. Many people were crushed or fell off a bridge when a panic-stricken crowd tried to flee from the festival. The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign 8 of the Khmer Rouge 9.


 


3. Alaska's bitterly contested Senate election is headed to state court. Republican Joe Miller 10 filed suit against the state Monday, trying to stop the state from using discretion 11 in determining voter intent on write-in ballots 12 cast for Senator Lisa Murkowski. She holds a 10,000 vote edge.


 


4. Qantas says it will return its grounded superjumbo fleet to the skies. The airline says it has performed engine safety checks on its fleet of Airbus A380s and is comfortable with the operation of the aircraft. Qantas took the planes out of service after an engine failure over Indonesia forced an emergency landing.

 



1 condemning
v.(通常因道义上的原因而)谴责( condemn的现在分词 );宣判;宣布…不能使用;迫使…陷于不幸的境地
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
  • I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2 artillery
n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队)
  • This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
  • The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
3 belligerent
adj.好战的,挑起战争的;n.交战国,交战者
  • He had a belligerent aspect.他有种好斗的神色。
  • Our government has forbidden exporting the petroleum to the belligerent countries.我们政府已经禁止向交战国输出石油。
4 barrages
n.弹幕射击( barrage的名词复数 );火力网;猛烈炮火;河上的堰坝v.火力攻击(或阻击)( barrage的第三人称单数 );以密集火力攻击(或阻击)
  • In many Basidiomycetes barrages develop. 在许多担子菌中也发生一些栅栏。 来自辞典例句
  • It's fun to be able to run around and do instant Barrages. 一边瞬发奥术弹幕一边四处跑确实很有趣。 来自互联网
5 ablaze
adj.着火的,燃烧的;闪耀的,灯火辉煌的
  • The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上,那条主要街道灯火辉煌。
  • Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。
6 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
7 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
8 reign
n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势
  • The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
  • The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
9 rouge
n.胭脂,口红唇膏;v.(在…上)擦口红
  • Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂,使脸更漂亮。
  • She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮,不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。
10 miller
n.磨坊主
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
11 discretion
n.谨慎;随意处理
  • You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
  • Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。
12 ballots
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 );选举;选票;投票总数v.(使)投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
  • They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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air-retaining substance
amyl chloroacetate
anterior trapezius muscle
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arc striking mark
biocraft
bromocresol purple
buckling of a plate
capacitance of bushing
capstan (heahed) screw
chip trough
cholangiopancreatographies
classification of pollutants
cock rockets
collision relaxation time
compliance
countermeasures activity
crank letters
cross river pipeline construction
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derived constant
dielectric amplifier
dual transmitter
dzongkhag
effusor
ego-enhancement
electric motive force
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epibasidium
fore-foot supporting device
four-of-a-kind
general loader activity time limit
genus arthropteriss
genus fraterculas
glogerne kommer festival (norway)
Gnesen
heavy corkscrews
Histocytochemistry
hydrosere
ill-usages
international market value
jaderin wire
jottsome
kapit
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main-coursest
mangos
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mobilie
multilayer filter
mutual compensation
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new story
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oftenly
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perceptual mapping
performance guarantee
poly bag
posterior basal segment
product development system
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pulse clipper circuit
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reverse graft
sambus quadricolor quadricolor
saturation conditions
second line maintenance
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serclet
six-waiest
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social dance
solid phase spectrophotometry
stratified purposive sample
subcutaneous bursa
subsistance
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swivel-wing
take the words out of someone's mouth
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terminotics
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vapour drying
visceral reflex
Wanjigi
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wiegmen
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