美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-04-18
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(四)月
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Authorities say there is enough evidence to warrant a hate-crimes prosecution 1 in the shooting spree that kill 3 people in Kansas. Frazier Glenn Cross has been jailed but not formally charged. The shootings happened at a
Jewish community center and a retirement 2 center.
A Utah woman is accused of killing 3 6 babies that she gave birth to over 10 years. She told investigators 4 that she either strangled or suffoccated the children and then put them inside boxes in her garage. Megan Huntsman is
being held on 6 million dollars bail 5, one million for each baby she is accused of killing.
The White House is confirming that CIA director John Brennan was in the Ukrainian capital over the weekend. The ousted 6 Ukrainian president accused the CIA of being behind the new government decision to turn to force. But
the CIA denies that Brennan encouraged Ukrainian authorities to conduct tactical operations.
Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement. The first step toward swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 22-time Olympics medalist will compete for the first time since the 2012 Olympics at a meet in Arizona next week.
I'm Matt Friedman, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
n.退休,退职
- She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
- I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
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.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。