时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(十)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Donald Trump 1 and Hillary Clinton trade sharp barbs 2 Thursday night during the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. Trump took several swipes at Clinton, sparking rare boos at the charity event meant to raise money for impoverished 3 children. 


Iraqi police say 3 Islamic State militants 4 have stormed a power plant north of the city of  Kirkuk, killing 5 11 workers including 2 Iranians before blowing themselves up. The attack took place some 100 miles from the Islamic State-held city of Mosul where Iraqi forces have been waging a wide-scale offensive since Monday.


A firefighter, who is being hailed as a hero for helping 6 to evacuate 7 a building before a powerful gas explosion, says he was tossed up to 20 feet by the blast. The explosion in Portland hurt 8 people and demolished 8 a 3-story histsoric building.


Cuba and the United States signed an agreement Thursday in Havana to exchange information and work together in the research of cancer. The US government last week annouced new measures that would allow both countries to work together in medical research.


Krysta Fauria, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
n.(箭头、鱼钩等的)倒钩( barb的名词复数 );带刺的话;毕露的锋芒;钩状毛
  • She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话,或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句
adj.穷困的,无力的,用尽了的v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化
  • the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
  • They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
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。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光
  • The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
  • They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来,为了不让拆除他们的房子,他们一直在进行最后的努力。
学英语单词
aero wheels
after-time
air entraining facilities
albedo perception
amblyseius pascalis
anallagmatic curve
antiflare top
Arteria carotis externa
back braces
Bambaras
Bendieuta R.
Benicicline
brachial locomotion
cassville
chromatography reagent
Cis-4-hydroxymethylproline
composite stress
comptable
consumer integrated circuit
cutoff governer
d-Methorphan
dihydropyrimidinase
disquisitions
drainage plow
edelrid
epigenetic homeostasis
eragrostis curvulas
errata location
face to face carpet loom
far infrared absorption spectrum
finely subdivided scale
finger-marked
fixation of bacteria
flying position
gamma-summing
get...on the tail of...
glost kiln
have complementary advantages
helix (pl.helices)(double)
hexa-
high brightness beam
Histofax
hypergraphia
indigences
internal member
intrie
irock
kiloamps
labeling act
launching wedge
linear path system
Linguatula rhinaria
long-haul fare
market model
mean low-water neaps
methergine
mhelliah
Monodontus
monosuit
motion detector
mucosal bridge
NASD
non professional
nonrecipients
norimipramine
northern branch jet stream
opsiuria
optical sound system
overthunk
phosphatized
pneumatic conveyer dryer
proactivist
proximates
Prulet
pseudosimilar
Public Limited Liability Company
purree
pyrimethamin
quarterless
quiet at approach of earthquake
radiation shelter
rapy
realer
remitigate
single magnet galvanometer
smuggled
sneak a look
stereo image
straight-parallel electropneumatic control
subcutaneous transfusion
tank engine cooling system
Terflazine
thermocouple tube
torpedo spreader
tower-type antanna
transmitter logic
upper side band
urachal cyst
verified by oath
vitelline ducts
white magics
wolpertinger