美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-28
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Fire gut 1ted a Missouri home for the elderly and mentally ill Monday morning. At least 10 people died, 24 others were injured. The cause is under investigation 3.
2. Nine people died in a deadly fire at a Dominican Republic nightclub. Police say the blaze broke out early Monday morning after the club had closed. The victims all worked at the club.
3. The US military says an F-16 jet crashed in Anbar province in Iraq. The military did not release information on what caused the crash or the status of the pilot. A witness says he saw the jet flying erratically 5 before it went down.
4. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the White House. A cart and horse delivered the official tree to the First Lady this morning in Washington. It reaches 18 feet tall and is from a tree farm in Pennsylvania.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. gut : VERB
To gut a building means to destroy the inside of it so that only its outside walls remain.
2. erratically : ADV
Something that is erratic 4 does not follow a regular pattern, but happens at unexpected times or moves along in an irregular way. "Erratically" is the adverb form.
- It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
- My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
- Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望？我是伤心透了！
- The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
- The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。
- Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
- Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句