美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-07
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Defending his Iraq War policy, President Bush accuses Islamic radicals 1 of seeking to "enslave whole nations and intimidate 2 the world".
2. Insurgent 3 attacks in Iraq aimed at wrecking 4 next week's vote on the country's new constitution kill at least 21 people, including a US soldier.
3. Among the first winners announced for Afghanistan's National Assembly, a women's rights worker who denounced powerful warlords.
4. Firefighters battling a wildfire in Southern California, east of L.A. scramble 5 to burn off heavy brush near homes before winds pick up again.
5. And trial begins in the decades old murder of an Italian financier whose close Vatican ties earned him a nickname of "God's banker".
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. enslave
2 enslave enslaves enslaving enslaved
To enslave a person or society means to trap them in a situation from which they cannot escape.
...the various cultures, cults 6 and religions that have enslaved human beings for untold 7 years...
It would be a tragedy if both sexes were enslaved, as men have always been, to the god of work.
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2. wildfire
1 wildfire wildfires
A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.
...a wildfire in Montana that's already burned thousands of acres of rich grassland 8.
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3. nickname
]1 nickname nicknames
A nickname is an informal name for someone or something.
Red got his nickname for his red hair.
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- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals. 一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句
- You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事？
- The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
- Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
- The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。
- He teed off on his son for wrecking the car. 他严厉训斥他儿子毁坏了汽车。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Instead of wrecking the valley, the waters are put to use making electricity. 现在河水不但不在流域内肆疟，反而被人们用来生产电力。 来自辞典例句
- He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
- It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。
- Religious cults and priesthoods are sectarian by nature. 宗教崇拜和僧侣界天然就有派性。 来自辞典例句
- All these religions were flourishing side by side with many less prominent cults. 所有这些宗教和许多次要的教派一起，共同繁荣。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史