美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-08
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. New York's Mayor Bloomberg defends going public with the threat that terrorists might want to strike the city's subway system.
2. Bomb blasts kill six marines in Western Iraq while US forces kill dozens of militants 1 in offensives to uproot 2 Al-Qaida insurgents 3.
3. This year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to Chief UN Nuclear Inspector 4 Mohamed El Baradei and the agency he runs, the IAEA.
4. Iran rejects claims by Britain's Prime Minister Blair that it's supplying Iraqi insurgents with bombs that have killed British troops.
5. And in London, thousands of tattoo 5 enthusiasts 6 gather for a weekend convention drawing both veterans and newcomers to body arts.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. uproot
1 uproot uproots 7 uprooting 8 uprooted 9
If you uproot yourself or if you are uprooted, you leave, or are made to leave, a place where you have lived for a long time.
...the trauma 10 of uprooting themselves from their homes...
He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home.
...refugees who were uprooted during Ethiopia's civil war.
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2. tattoo
1 tattoo tattoos 11
A tattoo is a design that is drawn 12 on someone's skin using needles to make little holes and filling them with coloured dye.
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3. newcomer
1 newcomer newcomers
A newcomer is a person who has recently arrived in a place, joined an organization, or started a new activity.
He must be a newcomer to town and he obviously didn't understand our local customs.
The candidates are both relative newcomers to politics.
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- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- The family decided to uproot themselves and emigrate to Australia.他们全家决定离开故土，移居澳大利亚。
- The trunk of an elephant is powerful enough to uproot trees.大象的长鼻强壮得足以将树木连根拔起。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
- I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
- He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。
- A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册
- He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
- A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网
- Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
- The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。