美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-29
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. A defiant 1 Tom Delay maintains his innocence 2 after a grand jury indicts 4 the Texas congressman 6 and two political associates with conspiracy 7 in a campaign finance scheme .
2. Hundreds of East Texans remain trapped by fallen trees or fuel shortages as federal relief begins to trickle 8 in to the region hit by Hurricane Rita.
3. Dressed as a man, a woman blows herself up in northern Iraq, killing 9 6 people, in a first known attack by a female suicide bomber 10 in the Iraqi insurgency 11.
4. Red, yellow and orange are the colors featured on the newly designed $10 bill due out next year in a new effort to stay ahead of tech-savvy 12 counterfeiters .
5. And a team of Japanese scientists becomes the first to photograph a giant squid. The 26-foot long creature was filmed nearly 3,000 feet under the sea.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. grand jury
grand jury grand juries
A grand jury is a jury, usually in the United States, which considers a criminal case in order to decide if someone should be tried in a court of law.
They have already given evidence before a grand jury in Washington.
N-COUNT
2. indict 3
indict indicts indicting 15 indicted 16
If someone is indicted for a crime, they are officially charged with it. (mainly AM, LEGAL)
He was later indicted on corruption 17 charges.
She has been indicted for possessing cocaine 18.
The police said he'd been formally indicted on Saturday.
Attorneys for the indicted officers tried to delay the trial.
VB: usu passive
= charge
3. scheme
2 scheme schemes
A scheme is someone's plan for achieving something.
...a quick money-making scheme to get us through the summer...
They would first have to work out some scheme for getting the treasure out.
Tourists can be vulnerable to scams and con 5 schemes of all kinds.
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N for -ing
= plan
4. trickle
2 trickle trickles 19 trickling 20 trickled 21
When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together.
Some donations are already trickling in.
VB
+ trickle trickles
Also a noun.
The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.
A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.
N-COUNT: usu sing
5. tech
tech techs
A tech is the same as a technical college. (BRIT, INFORMAL)
N-COUNT: also at N
6. savvy
2 savvy
If you describe someone as savvy, you think that they show a lot of practical knowledge. (INFORMAL)
She was a pretty savvy woman.
ADJ-GRADED
7. counterfeit 13
2 counterfeit counterfeits 22 counterfeiting 23 counterfeited 24
If someone counterfeits something, they make a version of it that is not genuine but has been made to look genuine in order to deceive people.
...the coins Davies is alleged 25 to have counterfeited.
VB
counterfeiting
The business of counterfeiting appears to be expanding.
N-UNCOUNT
counterfeiter 14 counterfeiters
...a gang of counterfeiters.
N-COUNT: usu pl
- With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
- He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
- There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
- The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。
- You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
- I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。
- If the grand jury indicts the suspect, he will go to trial. 如果大陪审团指控嫌疑犯，他就得上法庭。
- The grand jury indicts or refuses to indict accused persons. 大陪审团可起诉或拒绝起诉被告。
- We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
- The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。
- 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。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.这条小河变成细流了。
- The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。
- 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。
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
- And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
- Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
- She was a pretty savvy woman.她是个见过世面的漂亮女人。
- Where's your savvy?你的常识到哪里去了？
- It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
- The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。
- If the illegal gains are very large the counterfeiter shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years and be fined. 对于违法所得数额巨大的，处3年以上7年以下有期徒刑，并处罚金。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Judge: (asking a counterfeiter) Why do you make false money? 法官：（威严地问假币制造者）你为什么制造假币？ 来自互联网
- But Moreno-Ocampo stressed he was not indicting President Bashir. 但是奥坎波强调，他并不是在起诉巴希尔总统。
- He says that indicting the journalists is just another move at Washington. 尹德民说，起诉这两名记者就是针对华盛顿的另一个行动。
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
- Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。
- Trickles of sweat rained down my head and neck. 我颈上头上的汗珠，更同盛雨似的，一颗一颗的钻出来了。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
- Water trickles through an underground grotto. 水沿着地下岩洞流淌。 来自辞典例句
- Tears were trickling down her cheeks. 眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
- The engine was trickling oil. 发动机在滴油。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Blood trickled down his face. 血从他脸上一滴滴流下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The tears trickled down her cheeks. 热泪一滴滴从她脸颊上滚下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Objects and people looked like counterfeits of themselves. 各种人和事好象都给自己披上了伪装。 来自辞典例句
- We have seen many counterfeits, but we are born believers in great men. 我们见过许多骗子，但是我们天生信赖伟人。 来自辞典例句
- He was sent to prison for counterfeiting five-dollar bills. 他因伪造5美元的钞票被捕入狱。 来自辞典例句
- National bureau released securities, certificates with security anti-counterfeiting paper technical standards. 国家质量技术监督局发布了证券、证件用安全性防伪纸张技术标准。 来自互联网
- How did you spot those fifties were counterfeited? 你怎样察觉出那些50元面值的纸币是伪造的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The old miser's widow counterfeited a grief she did not feel. 这个老守财奴的寡妇伪装出她并没有的哀伤。 来自辞典例句