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
7-Hydroxy-5-methylflavone
Abū al Mātamīr
actio redhibitoria
Adelphane
Aldermaston
alpha atom
Ara Pacis
azanal soil
biligulate
biscybernetic
black earth
booyongs
bowfront
BROS
car lamp
chronic radiation injury
Chrudim
complete block
conformal curvature
core inlet temperature
dactylogrophy
david
Davies-Colley operation
debug base name
depreciation by sinking fund
dos,do's
eikonic
Embelia gamblei
exchange text string
export subsidies
f-sharp
feeling the ground
filum coronarium
FOT (free on truck)
frequency modulation allocation
garment
Gazawa
genitoinguinal ligament
gournias
griffon vulture
Haliun
Heptabrachia
high altitude pulmonary edema
horse hair lamp brush
hue control
hysteresis damping
impact oscillation graph
Inbanuma
inductance gauge
inflammable liquid
justifies
lacertilias
leather case
literary arts
long period test
lurida
melamine-formaldehyde paper
metholone
Monkstone
nonresaleable
North Hertfordshire
opposed engine
ox-cart
ozokerite
permissive block
persevere in
pintpot
poststructurally
production preparation of coal pits
provisioned
psychological scar
pulse regenerative amplifier
rare earth garnet
real - time video
red-chalk
redelivery certificate
reduction of solution
risped
RmGshT
rupture of spleen
saw buck
screwze
seek a knot in a bulrush
servilities
simian AIDS
sprocket tooth
stable-companions
standoffishnesses
starting air valve mechanism
still wax
towed aircraft
tremorless
trone stone
trouble locating problem
ultralow frequency
vaughans
verminous crasis
wave distortion
Wema
wind-epilepsy
wood tank
Yërtom