时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2005


英语课

1. The federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity meets with the Special Counsel and adjourns 1 for the day without announcing any action.

2. A Palestinian suicide bomber 2 blows himself up at an open-air market in the central Israeli town of Hadera killing 3 5 people and wounding 21.

3. The American death toll 4 in Iraq reaches 2001 with the announcement that a soldier died in an accident Tuesday, the day the somber 5 milestone 6 of 2000 was reached.

4. Florida's death toll from Hurricane Wilma rises to ten as officials urge patience among survivors 7 enduring long waits for food, water and other necessities.

5. And Janet Jackson issues a statement denying a claim from her former brother-in-law that she has a secret 18-year-old daughter.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

milestone
1 milestone milestones 8
A milestone is an important event in the history or development of something or someone.
He said the launch of the party represented a milestone in Zambian history.
Starting school is a milestone for both children and parents.
N-COUNT



(使)休会, (使)休庭( adjourn的第三人称单数 )
  • Congress adjourns in 3 weeks, we can't do this alone. 距国会开会只有3个星期,我们不能单干。
  • And so, at six in the morning, a victorious Convention adjourns. 这样,早上六点,胜利的国民议会休会了。
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的
  • He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
  • His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • 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
n.重要事件( milestone的名词复数 );重要阶段;转折点;里程碑
  • Several important milestones in foreign policy have been passed by this Congress and they can be chalked up as major accomplishments. 这次代表大会通过了对外政策中几起划时代的事件,并且它们可作为主要成就记录下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Dale: I really envy your milestones over the last few years, Don. 我真的很羡慕你在过去几年中所建立的丰功伟绩。 来自互联网
学英语单词
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abortifacient
Abruzzo, Reg.di
accelerated nozzle
acute stress disorder (asd)
Amilorde
antagonized
armelagos
auxometers
awarder
back-up roll sleeve
beet siloing
beside oneself
Boophilus
brantingham
bridle rein
brosmophyciops pautzkei
Carlops
cerebellar fossa rongeur
chaetodon auriga
checking instrument for watch and clock
christianisations
cladistic ranking
collar thrust bearing
compact disc - recordable
cross strut
Derry
dibydroxyacetone phosphoric acid
digital subscriber loop
double-u groove
DPT (differential pressure transmitter)
elecinsulating
electrolyte activated battery
emulator mode
equal tocash
exhaust gas afterburner
folk tales
frequency domain analyser
get less than the capital invested
hand-held design
hole count
house-sits
hypobranchial muscle
infusibleness
intendence
ion injection method
iron(iii) arsenite
isotopic evolution
Jendrasic's tests
kaoliang oil
lapise
lawful excuse
lig. cuneocuboideum plantare
liquid manure separator
Lord Nuffield
lymphangial
main mill drive motor
Mandatory convertibles
mass concreter
membrance potential
minerogenetic prognostic map
minyard
miscopied
multiple hole
new sinking fund
noise ratio
non-leafy bud
nonbreathing
noyers
nuclear rearrangement
on-load maintenance
optimum procedure
over-blouse
peak load pricing
pedobear
prompt reactiviy
pwsw
R-configuration
rationalized units
repaired resorption
S allele
sanditons
Schrotter's catheter
secalintoxin
second-class paper
separate subprogram definition
shream
specification sheet number
spermatomicron
Spital am Semmering
Stbd.
steppelike
strength reduction factor
Strontium-87m
tax court
tenter hook willow
The ghost walks.
tinhorns
ultrasonic thermometer
variable speed drive
water tank with strainer
wet-type gasholder