时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(四)月


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This is AP News Minute.


The Pentagon is backing President Donald Trump 1's assertion that the missile strikes in Syria were "mission accomplished 2." At a briefing Saturday, Pentagon officials said the US-led airstrikes successfully hit every target and they were not aware of any civilian 3 casualties.


Russia condemned 4 the Syrian airstrikes at an emergency UN security meeting it requested. The US ambassador to UN, Nikki Haley, said that the US is "locked and loaded" if the Syrian regime uses poisonous gas again.


Vice 5 President Mike Pence told U.S. Allies in Latin America the US-led airstrikes on Syria "degraded and crippled" the country's chemical weapons capability 6. Pence is fling in for President Trump at the Summit of the Americas.


Tens of Thousands of people sang, cheered and cried at the funeral for anti-apartheid activist 7 Winnie Mandela. The woman often refereed 8 to as the "Mother of the Nation" is being buried as a national hero in South Africa.


This is Julian Stiles, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.



1 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
2 accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
3 civilian
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
4 condemned
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
5 capability
n.能力;才能;(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
  • She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
  • Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。
6 activist
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
7 refereed
vi.担任裁判(referee的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • Your focus should be on getting papers published in refereed journals. 首要的就是发表文章,而且是在匿名审稿的杂志上。 来自互联网
  • It was a national judge who refereed the game. 执法这场比赛的是国家裁判。 来自互联网
学英语单词
a slant
A-digit hunter
abdominal pouch
air loss
air tractor
air-borne plutonium
alkalinizations
all cryotron computer
allowance catch
ARMF (Advanced Reactivity Measuring Facility)
Arnos
autobrake
automatic exchange operation
barpersons
basic englishes
bautzens
belt driven blower
bienes
bismuth stomatitis
bursa subcutanea pr?mentalis
Caldbeck
Cardiostat
chequered career
cobalt(ii) ferricyanide
commercial instruments
condition for consistence
corner head
correspondent of a bank
cotise
CU (control unit)
de flector apron
dementia pr(a)ecox
denormalizes
diapason stops
directly coupled
disastrophy
drawing pen nib
dugento
edge-frame
endites
ependymoblastic tumor
equiaxed system
Exigent Circumstances
fairsized
female-centered
give it in the neck
good oil
heavy pig
hoplivac
hourglass fracture
ibn-Batuta
intestinal forceps
jurisdictional strike
marble paper
Marzipan Set
masoretes
mechanical steering
memsize
mending bagging
meowier
metubine iodide
multiattribute decision-making
Mussaenda pubescens
net wt
NITROS
null-balance indicator
Obecalps
orographic frontogenesis
ovendried
parent moment
pep-r
person in distress
peverley
pinckert
pre-mesozoic
previous annual forecast
programmable input & output
pyroelectric detector
respirement
riving knife
ruthful
sewyr
short grass
shunting method
single-side bevel gear cutter
sir walter raleighs
solar antapex
splanchnopleure
sticky geranium
svabhava
symbol of bottom matter
Taxing Costs
tension-load
tetanic convulsions
titaniferous iron ore (ilmenite)
tondoes
Tyesday
unthwartable
Vrease
waved stitch
win someone's heart
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