美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-02
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(八月)
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1. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt 1 Romney says he supports Israel's claim of Jerusalem as its capital. While visiting Israel, he also courted donors 2 and raised cash before heading on the Poland, the final leg of his overseas trip.
2. Prosecutors 3 will formally charge James Holmes Monday with killing 4 a dozen people and wounding 58 others in a Colorado movie theater. Analysts 5 say Holmes's defense 6 will be dominated by arguments over his sanity 7.
3. Reports of injuries to distracted walkers treated at hospital emergency rooms has more than quadrupled in past seven years. Although there is no reliable data, the internet yields a wealth of anecdotal evidence of the power of electronics to distract pedestrians 8.
4. And it's being built as the race of the century in men's swimming at the London Games, and Michael Phelps won't even be in it. Monday's 200-meter freestyle final features a loaded field with American Ryan Lochte against top swimmers from China, South Korea, France and Germany.
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
- 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》
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- 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。
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.心智健全，神智正常，判断正确
- I doubt the sanity of such a plan.我怀疑这个计划是否明智。
- She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )
- Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》