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。
学英语单词
aleithal
Altamachi
analogical
anolyte acidity
argufies
Arkwrights
between-array
burchell l.
calc tufa
capital in trade
carbon tetrahalides
cargo value
cheese doodles
chemical engine
circuital vector field
cleans out
cobaltous titanate
Coly-My
constructive wave
Cuscatlan
damage by living organisms
data use identifier
dermal ossification
dichord
dinitrobenzoylene urea
DSES
fag away
feng shuiing
fifty-ninth
flank aircraft
flow indicator controller
following in order
forward exchange bought
furrow press
gage inspection
get into a habit of
giant cell arteritis
gluteus contracture
gratting infrared spectrophotometer
hard mud
hermann maurice saxes
high altitude localities
homology system
houes
ignition coil resistor
interim bonds
intermediate shaft assembly
ivory soap
Japanese knotweed
L3F
Lake Stevens
lunchlines
marine railway
mass-action principles
Melvindale
merostomes
message routing code
Minicomputer.
Nangara
Narn
neutral stability curve
nunis
Omihachiman
parasynthesis
peasecod
pedunculated papilla
performic
petroleum reservoir engineering
photometric perturbation
play the race
provisional regulations of rate control of motor transportation
put the case in other way
Ragged Edges
rate-of-progress
re-animate
reduced refraction
reference variable
rose-colored
saber-toothed tiger
sensitivity-time control
slipt mind
speech organ
spherical conic section
spontaneous phagocytosis
stereoelectric
takedaite
texturings
the eye as the window of the liver
thermodynamic instrument
tooth-borne type
traditional newsgroup hierarchy
underwearlessness
unencapsulated
unspared
vast floe
volleyers
water flux density
wcst
welded bridge
werowocomoco
witworms
Yuganets