时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2005


英语课

1. Embattled FEMA chief Michael Brown is relieved of onsite command of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, replaced by a vice 1 admiral .

2. Authorities in New Orleans say their first systematic 2 sweep of the flood-ravaged city has uncovered far fewer bodies than expected.

3. Incumbent 3 Hosni Mubarak is the official winner of Egypt's first-ever contested presidential vote, marred 4 by fraud allegations and low turnouts.

4. An embarrassing pay dispute between Iraq 's government and a British security firm causes the shutdown of Baghdad International Airport.

5. And in South Africa, a black township of Soweto at the center of the anti-apartheid struggle hosts its first Wine Festival this weekend.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. on-site : adjective, adverb; [only before noun]
at the place or on the area of land that you are talking about
opposite: off-site

eg. on-site car parking
Accommodation is provided on-site.
on-site medical treatment for the accident victims


2. admiral
admiral
An admiral is a very senior officer who commands a navy.
...Admiral Hodges.
N-COUNT; N-TITLE

3. incumbent
1 incumbent incumbents 5
An incumbent is someone who holds an official post at a particular time. (FORMAL)
In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being re-elected.
N-COUNT

+ incumbent
Also an adjective.
...the only candidate who defeated an incumbent senator.
ADJ: ADJ n

4. township
1 township townships
In South Africa, a township was a town where only black people lived.
...the South African township of Soweto.
...a black township.
N-COUNT

5. apartheid
apartheid
Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law.
He praised her role in the struggle against apartheid.
...the anti-apartheid movement.
N-UNCOUNT



n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
adj.有系统的,有计划的,有方法的
  • The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
  • The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
adj. 被损毁, 污损的
  • The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨,把比赛给搅了。
  • Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。
教区牧师( incumbent的名词复数 ); 教会中的任职者
  • In general, incumbents have a 94 percent chance of being reelected. 通常现任官员有94%的几率会再次当选。
  • This arangement yields a wonderful gain to incumbents. 这种安排为在职人员提供了意外的得益。
学英语单词
acoustic damping parameter
actual sin
alternative depth
Barber, Samuel
beyonces
bruichladdich
budget study
Cajnice
Cayley graph
cextract
collapse model of corporate image
commutative primitive
concrete bathing and mixing plant
contray
coping style
crawler width
dcASM
deciseconds
demme
deslime
dextrinizing
distillate hold-up tank
divvies
edeagra
electronical integration assembly
eloping
eurotra
eutopium chelate laser
flexible polymer
free setting ratio
frictionary
g-cal,g-cal.
Gaius Cassius Longinus
giant oarfish
graphic symbol
Great Abaco
guaethol
heartachingly
hexosemonophosphate pathway
ideation management
information group seperator
internetize
inworks
ISDS
Islamophile
kamimuria lepida
labour saving device
lexical redundancy rule
main patent
mantel-tree
material requested
maturation zone
maximum water holding capacity
MEAP
merchandise inventory initial
mode simulator
mpri
n-resonance
NAPG
nazek
NPRINT
oil gaging tape
olazbal
operating system service
ototoxicology
paddy field
pail for used dressings
pepsinogen-ii
picture synchronization transmission system
platinum-wire ring
PMS
popistry
Presumed Choice of Law
radial armature
rammer
recompensers
reinventive
renipelvic
resin catcher
right most terminal set
rudder-head shaft
self-cleaning contacts
Serratia marcescens
sexual harassment in the workplace
sit for the examination
skill worker
stand someone up
steinhorn
stratocumuli
Strömfors
study hall
subsultive
talent introduction
tertiary constriction
tie something up
tolui
torpedo testing barge
unaddicted
Valley Stream
variable geometry aircraft
whitemetal lining
wrastle