美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-07
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. With the major levee break finally plugged , pumping continues in flooded New Orleans now about sixty percent underwater.
2. President Bush and Congress pledge separate investigations 1 into the widely panned federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
3.At the Supreme 2 Court, Americans pay their respects to late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who died this past weekend.
4.The US bombs two bridges in Iraq near the Syrian border aiming to thwart 3 insurgents 4' flow of foreign fighters and weapons.
5.And in Moscow, the Cow Parade, the world’s biggest international charity art festival, livens up landmarks 5 for a good course.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. plug
5 plug plugs plugging plugged
If you plug a hole, you block it with something.
Crews are working to plug a major oil leak.
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2. pan
3 pan pans panning panned
If something such as a film or a book is panned by journalists, they say it is very bad. (INFORMAL)
His first high-budget movie, called `Brain Donors 6', was panned by the critics.
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3. thwart
thwart thwarts 8 thwarting 9 thwarted 10
If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want.
The security forces were doing all they could to thwart terrorists.
Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.
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- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
- I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
- 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 book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句
- Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
- About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
- What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？
- Matcham steady and alert, at a sign from Dick, ran along the thwarts and leaped ashore. 麦青机警、镇静地照着狄克向他做的手势，急急地沿着船上的座板，跳到岸上。
- He laid himself down under the thwarts and waited, panting. 躺在坐板下面，气喘吁吁地等着开船。
- The republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program. 共和党人企图通过阻挠总统的经济计划使其难堪。
- There were too many men resisting his authority thwarting him. 下边对他这个长官心怀不服的，故意作对的，可多着哩。