美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-04
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. A New Jersey 1 jury rules Merck properly warn consumers about the risk of Vioxx and is not liable for the heart attack of the Vioxx user.
2. Vice 2 President Dick Cheney's former aide pleads not guilty in the CIA leak scandal, vowing 4 to clear his name of charges.
3. Prosecutors 5 oust 6 a republican jurist responsible for selecting a new judge in the conspiracy 7 money laundering 8 trial of Texas Congressman 9 Tom DeLay .
4. The EU and Europe's top human rights group vow 3 to investigate allegations that CIA set up secret jails to interrogate 10 terror suspects.
5. And Voodoo practitioners 12 in Haiti mark the Day of the Dead celebrations with rum, drums and trance-like behavior designed to awaken 13 the spirits
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rule
7 rule rules ruling ruled
When someone in authority rules that something is true or should happen, they state that they have officially decided 14 that it is true or should happen. (FORMAL)
The court ruled that laws passed by the assembly remained valid 15.
The Israeli court has not yet ruled on the case.
A provincial 16 magistrates 17' court last week ruled it unconstitutional.
Kenneth Clarke, the home secretary, ruled against her being allowed to stay in Britain.
VB
= pronounce
2. oust
oust ousts 18 ousting 19 ousted 20
If someone is ousted from a position of power, job, or place, you force them to leave it. (FORMAL)
The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.
Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
...the ousted government.
VB
3. jurist
jurist jurists
A jurist is a person who is an expert on law. (FORMAL)
Patrick Devlin was an outstanding judge and brilliant jurist.
N-COUNT
4. voodoo
voodoo
Voodoo is a form of religion involving magic which is practised by some people in the West Indies, especially Haiti.
N-UNCOUNT
5. practitioner 11
practitioner practitioners
Doctors are sometimes referred to as practitioners or medical practitioners. (FORMAL)
N-COUNT
See also GP.
6. trance
trance trances
A trance is a state of mind in which someone seems to be asleep and to have no conscious control over their thoughts or actions, but in which they can see and hear things and respond to commands given by other people.
Like a man in a trance, Blake found his way back to his rooms.
They went into a trance to communicate with the spirit world.
N-COUNT: oft prep N
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- 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。
- My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
- I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
- The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- The lawyer took a long time to interrogate the witness fully.律师花了很长时间仔细询问目击者。
- We will interrogate the two suspects separately.我们要对这两个嫌疑人单独进行审讯。
- He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
- She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。
- one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction 最了不起的科幻小说家之一
- The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing. 这种技术是试验性的，但是采用它的人正在增加。 来自辞典例句
- Old people awaken early in the morning.老年人早晨醒得早。
- Please awaken me at six.请于六点叫醒我。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
- Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
- to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
- He was summoned to appear before the magistrates. 他被传唤在地方法院出庭。
- The resulting financial chaos led to the ousting of Bristol-Myers' s boss. 随后引发的财政混乱导致了百时美施贵宝的总裁下台。
- The ousting of the president has drawn widespread criticism across Latin America and the wider world. 洪都拉斯总统被驱逐时间引起拉丁美洲甚至全世界的广泛批评。