时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年4月


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And our first story concerns a weapon that said to be hypersonic, meaning it would travel at several times the speed of sound. Russia's defense 1 ministry 2 says it's conducted a successful test of a hypersonic missile. A nation might want to want a weapon like that because in theory, it would fly fast enough to get through missile defense systems, which are designed to shoot down incoming projectiles 3.


Russia says its hypersonic missile was launched from a fighter jet that it's intended to hit targets on land and at sea and that the one it tested hit a specific spot at a training ground. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the missile invincible 4 and says his country has the greatest nuclear potential in the world.


But there is some skepticism about whether Russia really has a working hypersonic missile. A U.S. government official says there's doubt that the weapon President Putin described was even close to being operational. And that was echoed by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis.


JAMES MATTIS, DEFENSE SECRETARY: And I would just tell you that I saw no change to the Russia military capability 5 and each of these systems he's talking about that are still years away, I do not see them changing the military balance. They do not impact any need on our side for a change in our deterrent 6 posture 7.


AZUZ: International analysts 8 say President Putin might be promoting his country's military strength in order to portray 9 himself as a strong leader in Russia and abroad. Russia has a presidential election scheduled for March 18.



1 defense
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。
2 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
3 projectiles
n.抛射体( projectile的名词复数 );(炮弹、子弹等)射弹,(火箭等)自动推进的武器
  • These differences are connected with the strong absorption of the composite projectiles. 这些差别与复杂的入射粒子的强烈吸收有关。 来自辞典例句
  • Projectiles became more important because cannons could now fire balls over hundreds or yards. 抛射体变得更加重要,因为人们已能用大炮把炮弹射到几百码的距离之外。 来自辞典例句
4 invincible
adj.不可征服的,难以制服的
  • This football team was once reputed to be invincible.这支足球队曾被誉为无敌的劲旅。
  • The workers are invincible as long as they hold together.只要工人团结一致,他们就是不可战胜的。
5 capability
n.能力;才能;(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
  • She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
  • Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。
6 deterrent
n.阻碍物,制止物;adj.威慑的,遏制的
  • Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
  • I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网,免得鸟歇上去。
7 posture
n.姿势,姿态,心态,态度;v.作出某种姿势
  • The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
  • He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣,摆出一副打架的架势。
8 analysts
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。
9 portray
v.描写,描述;画(人物、景象等)
  • It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
  • Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗?
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airwell
alternate communication
as heavy as a bag of as lead
at the other extreme
Atodabanian Age
birah (bire)
Blue Grass belle
Bragg-Kleeman rule
BRCT
butt joining
C-message filter
capital-in-excess account
cementstone group
chart recording paper
chemoreceptivity
Chinese white dolphin
claim the moral high ground
clike
color holography
colour filter
commercial policy
common calamint
compensator valve
continuous-random network
cranked fish plate
damping parameter
davisonite
differential teaction rate
discharge of sewage
dispersoid distribution
double eccentric gear
earth rubber
Elie Metchnikov
empty-headedness
endolasers
english slang
epifluorescence
f.i.o.
fettle
fixed-width
fluid pulse converter
fluvicoline
fragmentation of nucleus
glaucomatous fleck
graphic elements
groupmate
healfb-education
high-dependency
hold with sth
identity crisis
induced spread
iraimbilanja
ivory gull
Kimpoko
leiotropic
Lepidosaphinae
linear lightning
linearly polarised mode
lungee
media cultivation effect
microcytase
newnesses
Newtonian capacity
nonlower
ompr
overlooked
pemmatites
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pinup girl
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prefuse
protein clock
psychosocial functioning
pulsation pole
radioactive tracer gas
rami superior
red-bag
reevacuate
reinterviews
relative cold loss
rule interpreter
shot our mouth off
single face telegraph
some here
sophisticated electronic diagnostic system
soundness of cement
sparry intraclastic calcarenite
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sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi
surface mounted luminaire
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the daughter of fire
Thiobacteriales
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vena thoracalis lateralis
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