美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-16
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. An Egyptian chemist arrested in connection with the London bombings denies he played any role in the deadly subway and bus blasts.
2. Chief Justice Rehnquist returns to work after squelching retirement 2 speculation 3 by promising 4 to stay as long as his health allows.
3. A new wave of Mideast violence leaves 8 dead, 25 wounded, and the Israeli-Palestinian truce 5 appearing to unravel 6.
4. Across Iraq's capital Baghdad, a series of car bombs targets both American and Iraqi troops, killing 7 as many as 20 people.
5. And still baffled by a fuel gauge 8 failure, NASA delays the launch of space shuttle Discovery until late next week at the earliest.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.squelch:v.to stop something from continuing to develop or spread.
eg.Labor 9 was pleased, the protests were squelched 10 and Clinton won by a hefty margin 11.
2.unravel:v.if a system, plan, organization etc unravels 12, it starts to fail.
eg.The company started to unravel when two of the directors were arrested.
3.baffle:v.if something baffles you, you cannot understand or explain it at all.
eg.The question baffled me completely.
4.gauge:n.an instrument for measuring the size or amount of something.
- I could hear his broken shoes squelching in the water. 我可以听到他的破鞋在水中格喳格喳作响。 来自辞典例句
- The armies got bogged down in the thick squelching mud. 军队都陷入泥沼中，行进时烂泥扑哧作声。 来自互联网
- She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
- I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
- Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
- There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
- He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.他的手很灵巧，其他人甚至都不敢尝试的一些难解的绳结或缠在一起的纱线，他都能解开。
- This is the attitude that led him to unravel a mystery that long puzzled Chinese historians.正是这种态度使他解决了长期以来使中国历史学家们大惑不解的谜。
- 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。
- Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
- It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- We squelched over the soggy ground. 我们咕唧咕唧地走过泥泞的土地。
- The mud squelched as I walked through it. 我扑哧扑哧地穿过泥泞。
- We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。