美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-13
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. At London's Heathrow airport, striking British Airways 1 staff get back to work after a walkout that saw all flights cancelled stranding 2 thousands.
2. As US gas prices soar, nearly 2 out of 3 in an AP-AOL poll expect fuel costs will cause them financial hardship in the coming months.
3. Iran’s former president slams the UN’s nuclear Watchdog for urging Teheran suspend uranium conversion 3, saying the West can't push his country around.
4. As food aid arrives in Niger, African leaders face the challenge of finding lasting 4 solutions for the chronic 5 lack of food across much of the continent.
5. And the Mars orbiter blasts off in a mission aimed at gathering 6 more data about the Red Planet than all previous missions combined.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. walkout
walkout walkouts
A walkout is a strike.
N-COUNT
2. lasting
lasting
You can use lasting to describe a situation, result, or agreement that continues to exist or have an effect for a very long time.
We are well on our way to a lasting peace.
She left a lasting impression on him.
...but there was no lasting damage.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
See also last.
3. chronic
chronic
A chronic situation or problem is very severe and unpleasant.
One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty.
There is a chronic shortage of patrol cars in this police district.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= severe
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
- The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists. 机场被迫关闭，造成游客滞留。 来自辞典例句
- The stream of history had changed course away from him, stranding him in failure. 历史潮流已经改变方向，与他背道而驰，使他陷于失败之中。 来自辞典例句
- He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
- Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。
- The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
- We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
- Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
- Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。