美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-12
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Heavy rain and hail force the cancellation 1 of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistan as survivors 2 scuffle over badly needed food.
2. President Bush says lots of work remains 3 to be done to rebuild the Gulf 4 Coast after Hurricane Katrina as he visits the hurricane recovery zone.
3. Insurgents 5 determined 6 to wreck 7 Iraq's constitutional referendum, kill more than 40 people in attacks including a suicide car bomb in a town market near the Syrian border.
4. A retired 8 elementary teacher seen on videotape being repeatedly punched by New Orleans police says he was not drunk, put up no resistance when was baffled by the incident.
5. A US millionaire and a two-man, Russian-American crew return from the International Space Sation to earth. . .
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. scuffle
2 scuffle scuffles scuffling scuffled
If people scuffle, they fight for a short time in a disorganized way.
Police scuffled with some of the protesters.
He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house.
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2. baffle
baffle baffles baffling baffled
If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.
VB
= puzzle
· baffling
I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.
ADJ-GRADED
· baffled
Police are baffled by the murder.
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- Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
- Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- 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
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
- No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。