美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-02
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Insurgents 1 attack several US bases and government offices with mortars 3 before dispersing 4 in the capital of western Iraq's Anbar province.
2. Congressman 5 John Murtha says US troops will leave Iraq within a year because the army is "broken, worn out" and "living hand to mouth".
3. Thousands march in anti-AIDS rallies in India while China begins a campaign targeting millions of migrant workers to mark World AIDS Day.
4. Riot police battle voters in Egypt, killing 6 one person and blocking entry to polling stations in opposition 7 strongholds in a final round of legislative 8 elections.
5. And Emily, the Wisconsin tabby who disappeared two months ago and wound up travelling across the Atlantic to France, flies home in business class
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. mortar 2
1 mortar mortars
A mortar is a big gun which fires missiles high into the air over a short distance.
The two sides exchanged fire with artillery 9, mortars and small arms.
He was killed in a mortar attack.
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2. hand 1 noun uses and phrases
37 hand
If someone lives hand to mouth or lives from hand to mouth, they have hardly enough food or money to live on.
PHR: V inflects
See also hand-to-mouth.
3. tabby
tabby tabbies
A tabby or a tabby cat is a cat whose fur has dark stripes on a lighter 10 background.
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4. wind up
1 wind up winds up; winding 11 up; wound up
When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it.
The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia.
Winding up the debate, she said: `It would immediately put up interest rates.'
PHR-V
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
- They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. 他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Where the hell are his mortars? 他有迫击炮吗？ 来自教父部分
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- 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。
- 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。
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
- The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
- The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
- The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。