时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2005


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1. The Shuttle Discovery docking at the International Space Station, NASA says it's safe to fly home unscathed by dangerous foam 1 shrapnel .

2. In a major move to revive Northern Ireland peace efforts, the IRA says it's ending its 35-year armed campaign and resuming disarmament.

3. British authorities during dawn raids arrest 9 more men in connection with last week's botched attacks on London's transit 2 system.

4. Rescuers pull bodies from rivers of mud in and around Bombay as the death toll 3 from India's record-breaking monsoon 4 rains tops 500.

5. And Radovan Karadzic's wife urges the fugitive 5 Bosnian Serb leader to surrender to the UN war crimes tribunal for the sake of his family.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. dock :V-ERG;dock,docks,docking,docked
When a ship docks or is docked, it is brought into a dock.
eg. The vessel 6 docked at Liverpool in April 1811.
eg. The aircraft carrier has been docked there since last month.

2. unscathed :ADJ-GRADED: ADJ after v, v-link ADJ;= unharmed;unscathed
If you are unscathed after a dangerous experience, you have not been injured or harmed by it.
eg. Tony emerged unscathed apart from a severely 7 bruised 8 finger.
eg. East Los Angeles was left relatively 9 unscathed by the riots.

3. shrapnel :N-UNCOUNT;shrapnel
Shrapnel consists of small pieces of metal which are scattered 10 from exploding bombs and shells.
eg. He was hit by shrapnel from a grenade.

4. botch :VB=bungle;botch,botches,botching,botched
If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. (INFORMAL)
eg. It is a silly idea and he has botched it.
eg. ...a botched job.

5. record-breaking :ADJ: ADJ n;record-breaking
A record-breaking success, result, or performance is one that beats the previous best success, result, or performance.
eg. Australia's rugby union side enjoyed a record-breaking win over France.

6. monsoon :N-COUNT: oft the N;monsoon,monsoons
The monsoon is the season in Southern Asia when there is a lot of very heavy rain.
eg. ...the end of the monsoon.
eg. ...monsoon flooding.

7. fugitive :N-COUNT;fugitive,fugitives
A fugitive is someone who is running away or hiding, usually in order to avoid being caught by the police.
eg. The rebel leader was a fugitive from justice.
eg. ...the fugitive train robber.



v./n.泡沫,起泡沫
  • The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
  • The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
  • 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。
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。
n.季雨,季风,大雨
  • The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
  • The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。
adj.逃亡的,易逝的;n.逃犯,逃亡者
  • The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
  • The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
[医]青肿的,瘀紫的
  • his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
  • She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤,摔得鼻青脸肿。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
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accessible singularity
Agapetes angulata
aporphine
arenaemyein
atavism reversion
auto-exciting
bacterial enteritis
basalt-plain
be unschooled in sth
building damage statistics
C. of E
cabinet radiation
cadavid
case mould plaster
center cracked tension specimen
chloropropanol
Consolidated Natural Gas
contextual effect
customer setup
damage water
deisidaimonia
dofetilide
doubletube plate condenser
durational verb
earthquake proof construction
electron configuration
Emiratizing
epoxy glass laminated sheet
Eraverm
F-format
failed broker
fellaheen
flame cut(ting)
foreign workers statistics
fusion warhead
Georgia Institute of Technology
honorablenesses
hydraulic classifier
hypoprogestinism
immunity from suit
incrust
indian-american
infrared remote control
isostearate
isotopic molecule
johnny bags
Kawaura
keep out
knight of the community/parliament
lead-acid storage battery
lockstitch
Lunache
lunar seismograph
machining constant
Macrosolen robinsonii
MediaFLO
mesalamine
Mglin
Mindanao
Mohembo
nova sofala(sofala)
oil production engineering
oncotrephin
one's bump of locality
out of door
pedia-gastrofiberscope
pigeon hawks
place utility
playpipe
police launch
power handling capacity
preexponential factor
primary current of a current transformer
quasi-two-dimensional
Quelpart I.
radio-electroencephalograph
read-write random-access memory
refering
representative rates of exchange
Rokitansky-Aschoff ducts
rubber anti-icer
sastre
selective electrode
separator-spatula
set afoot
ship control centre
Short Circuit Rating
Silver-grain
spidergrams
spring vegetable
start stop self-phasing code
stream layer
summission
three-tined
thrush breast
titrated
total labour force
triethyleneglycol
triple-screw steamer ship
urinary catheter
USAB
water beetles