时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(三)月


英语课

American airlines canceled about 200 flights today for inspections 1. Officials say the planes would return to service after crews check some wire bonders on the aircraft. It came after an order by a joint 2 \ of inspectors 3 by the FAA and the airline itself.


 


New home sales fell in February for the fourth street month after pushing activities down to a 13-year low as the s\ slum continues. That claim was sliding worse than had been expected.


 


A longtime Hollywood actor who often portrayed 4 killers 5, corpse 6 and western gunslingers was dead. Richard Wildmark died at his Connecticut home at the age of 93. Wildmark received the best supporting nomination 7 for \ 1947 role in "Kiss of Death".


 



1 inspections
n.检查( inspection的名词复数 );检验;视察;检阅
  • Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
  • Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
3 inspectors
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 );(英国公共汽车或火车上的)查票员;(警察)巡官;检阅官
  • They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过,通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 portrayed
v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 );描述;描绘;描画
  • Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中,他始终把自己说成是受害者。
  • The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 killers
凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事
  • He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
  • They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
6 corpse
n.尸体,死尸
  • What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
  • The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
7 nomination
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
学英语单词
a stay of execution
adverse witness
aeneass
agency by agreement
Angelica miqueliana
antagonistic action
apparent violation
applicator chisel
apterygote
atmosphere analyzer
aural acquisition
azizs
babelomurex finchii
bdg
bicelle
bombadil
bond creditor
Caburn, Mount
carrier hay loader
carrottopped
cicada killers
class of finish
conjugate profiles
cork press
coronation chicken
cut-off basin
CuteCircuit
datum plane of gauge
decalcify
doubles
draftmeter
Dulong-Petit law (of specific heats)
elancyl
en remontant
epistles
external media
fan-type aeroengine
forward flow
frontal lobes
general malaise
geographical medicine
geomagnetic secular variation
get a ride
getting buck
group of algebras
hand vise
have no head for
height of an effective plate
hogges
homoterephthalic acid
human source
irksomer
is-my
kostya
lepidoptera
litsea cubeba oil
Mackenzie B.
Manglietia lucida
microprogrammers
modatrop
necromanced
no-load steam loss
no-nonsenses
non-cooperative game theory
non-management employee
number of actual trays
obligation fund
on the part of one
one-stop shop
orchidopexy
pal(a)eomagnetic stratigraphy
palmer felt calender
patellaric
phagocytises
Phlm.
pole dab
polypus angiomatodes
preferred creditor
quality control in health care
radio-ray path
razza
replenish hydrogen
rotary spark gap
salary differential
scsrsistsesrsisosns-s
self-checking number system
slope cycle
sociomatrix
South Region
ST_plants_common-plants
Sulphamar
technical performance
textur(iz)ed protein
thuidium philibertii limpr
tribuneships
tristearate
use of pesticide in ship
Varcheh
Waldorf salads
walk into
yohimbe bark