美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-26
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. British police release the names of two of the four men suspected of taking part in last week's failed bombings on London's transit 1 system.
2. In Egypt, police are searching for five Pakistani men in their widening probe into that country's deadliest terror attack on the Red Sea resort.
3. Sunni Arabs end a boycott 2 and rejoin the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution and a minibus blast kills at least twelve outside a Baghdad hotel.
4. American and North Korean negotiators hold a rare meeting ahead of six-nation disarmament talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program.
5. And with the countdown in its final hours, NASA says it's ready to bend long-standing safety rules to launch shuttle Discovery on Tuesday.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. boycott :VB;boycott,boycotts 3,boycotting,boycotted
If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove 4 of it.
N-COUNT:oft N of/against/on n;boycott,boycotts
eg. Opposition 5 leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.
eg. ...the lifting of the economic boycott against Israel.
2. disarmament :N-UNCOUNT;disarmament
Disarmament is the act of reducing the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that a country has.
eg. The goal would be to increase political stability in the region and accelerate the pace of nuclear disarmament.
3. bend :VB;bend,bends,bending,bent
If you bend rules or laws, you interpret them in a way that allows you to do something they would not normally allow you to do.
eg. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
4. long-standing :ADJ-GRADED;long-standing
A long-standing situation has existed for a long time.
eg. They are on the brink 6 of resolving their long-standing dispute over money.
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
- Their methods included boycotts and court action, supplemented by'sit-ins". 他们的主要方法包括联合抵制、法庭起诉，还附带进行静坐抗议。
- Are boycotts for other purposes illegal? 至于用于其它目的的联合抵制行动是否也是非法的呢？
- I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
- She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员，但她的父母不赞成。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。