美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-14
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Despite protests, convicted killer 1 Stanley Tookie Williams is executed, the Crips gang co-founder's case stirred national debate about capital punishment and redemption.
2. Gunmen kill a Sunni Arab parliamentary candidate as militants 2 target a top Shiite politician in the last day of campaigning before the Iraqi election.
3. Iraqi expatriates begin voting, tens of thousands are expected to cast ballots 3 Tuesday through Thursday in the United States and around the world.
4. The Federal Reserve's expected to hike interest rates another quarter-point as the Fed appears closer to ending its campaign of great increases.
5. The film "Brokeback Mountain" ropes in seven Golden Globe nominations 4, including Best Drama, and honors for actor Heath Ledger 5 and director Ang Lee.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
0. capital punishment
capital punishment
Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing 6 of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder.
Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
N-UNCOUNT
= the death penalty
1. redemption
1 redemption redemptions
Redemption is the act of redeeming 7 something or of being redeemed 8 by something.
He craves 9 redemption for his sins.
...redemption of the loan.
...regional differences in the frequency of cash redemptions and quota 10 payment.
N-VAR
2. expatriate
expatriate expatriates
An expatriate is someone who is living in a country which is not their own.
...British expatriates in Spain.
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3. hike
4 hike hikes hiking hiked
To hike prices, rates, taxes, or quantities means to increase them suddenly or by a large amount. (INFORMAL)
It has now been forced to hike its rates by 5.25 per cent.
TSB's monthly credit card rate is now hiked from 1.95% to 2.05%.
The federal government hiked the tax on hard liquor.
VB
= raise
4. rope in
rope in ropes in; roping in; roped in
If you say that you were roped in to do a particular task, you mean that someone persuaded you to help them do that task. (mainly BRIT, INFORMAL)
Visitors were roped in for potato picking and harvesting.
I got roped in to help with the timekeeping.
PHR-V: usu passive
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
- The young man bowed his head and bent over his ledger again.那个年轻人点头应诺，然后又埋头写起分类帐。
- She is a real accountant who even keeps a detailed household ledger.她不愧是搞财务的，家庭分类账记得清楚详细。
- 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。
- I found him thoroughly unpleasant, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. 我觉得他一点也不讨人喜欢，没有任何可取之处。
- The sole redeeming feature of this job is the salary. 这份工作唯其薪水尚可弥补一切之不足。
- The tree craves calm but the wind will not drop. 树欲静而风不止。
- Victory would give him a passport to the riches he craves. 胜利将使他有机会获得自己梦寐以求的财富。