美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-18
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(十二)月
英语课
1. Understandably, there is a lot of speculation 1, but it will take time to clarify exactly what happened in Martin Place and why.
2. What we do now is the perpetrator was well-known to state and commonwealth 2 authorities. He had a long history of violent crime infatuation which is extremism and mental instability.
3. We know that he sent offensive letters to the families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan and was found guilty of offenses 3 related to this.
4. We also know that he posted his graphic 4 extremist material online. As the siege unfolded Yesterday, he sought to cloak his actions with the symbolism of the ISIL death cult 5.
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
- Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
- There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
n.共和国，联邦，共同体
- He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
- Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的
- The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
- Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。