美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-10-08
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(十)月
英语课
1. The investigation 1 into the case of a missing University of Virginia student has turned up a lead in a 2009 disappearance 2 and death of another young woman. State police say the arrest of 32-year-old Jesse Mathew Jr. provided a forensic 3 link for investigators 4 to pursue in the case of Morgan Harrington.
2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is comparing his country’s recent bombing campaign in Gaza to the US-led strikes against militants 6 in Iraq and Syria. Netanyahu says Hamas and the Islamic State militant 5 group share the same goal of world domination.
3. Police at Hong Kong are softening 7 their tactics against pro-democracy demonstrators. This after their use of tear gas brought tens of thousands of additional people to the street in an unprecedented 8 show of civil disobedience.
4. And George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin for the second time in three days. The legally-mandated civil ceremony taking place at Venice city hall.
n.调查，调查研究
- 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。
n.消失，消散，失踪
- He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
- Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
adj.法庭的，雄辩的
- The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
- The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。
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》
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
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。
变软，软化
- Her eyes, softening, caressed his face. 她的眼光变得很温柔了。它们不住地爱抚他的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind. 他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的，已经成了个软心肠的人了。
adj.无前例的，新奇的
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。