时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(四)月


英语课

1. Democratic leaders are decrying 1 President Bush's plan to indefinitely halt troop withdrawals 2 from Iraq after July. The president says he agrees with his top commanders that the troops are needed to maintain success on the ground. Democrats 3 say that's like taking one step forward and two steps back.
 
2. Lawyers for families of victims of the Virginia Tech shootings say they've agreed to a settlement the state proposed to prevent lawsuits 4. Attorneys representing 21 families say the state has offered a compensation package worth 11 million dollars.


 


3. Air travelers flying American could have some more headaches ahead of them. The airline canceled 930 more flights today and could postpone 5 more to the weekend. The planes are being grounded to check their wiring.


 


4. Ian Poulter may not win this year's Masters Tournament. But the golfer does have at least one memorable 6 shot. He got a hole in one today at Augusta National. Not to be outdone, Tiger Woods eagled the 15th pole to salvage 7 his round.


 



v.公开反对,谴责( decry的现在分词 )
  • Soon Chinese Internet users, including government agencies, were decrying the' poisonous panda. 不久,中国网民以及政府机构纷纷谴责“影响极坏的熊猫烧香”。 来自互联网
  • Democratic leaders are decrying President Bush's plan to indefinitely halt troop withdrawals from Iraq after July. 民主党领导公开谴责布什总统七月后无限停止从伊拉克撤兵的举动。 来自互联网
n.收回,取回,撤回( withdrawal的名词复数 );撤退,撤走;收回[取回,撤回,撤退,撤走]的实例;推出(组织),提走(存款),戒除毒瘾,对说过的话收回,孤僻
  • He has made several withdrawals from his bank account. 他从银行账户上提了几次款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It is not the bank's policy to deduct interest on withdrawals. 提款需扣除利息这并非是本银行的政策。 来自辞典例句
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )
  • Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权,耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
  • I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多,赢的也多,输的也多。 来自辞典例句
v.延期,推迟
  • I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
  • She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。
adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的
  • This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
  • The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
v.救助,营救,援救;n.救助,营救
  • All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
  • The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。
学英语单词
a fine day for the young ducks
acatalectic
accident probability
account of profits
additional purchase
air intestinal tract
alkyl borohydride
alternating voltage test
angina epiglottidea
ash-trays
association learning
baile-atha-cliath
baleful train
batch stoker
belt-type exhauster
benign mesenchymoma
biotherm
buicked
category of a closed subset
ceiling projector
chemical equation
Cocytos
cross-arm block
cteno-
desglucosyrioside
dewry
digable
dimensioning around the arc
ecometabolomic
electrical desalting
eliminand
environmental scientists
etchable
fabry's syndrome
factory whistles
fangoria
fibre distribution frame
fishergates
forrign
function-relateds
gan's theory
glutflation
gold number test
guideth
hardly any
Indophiles
indungeon
inoculation strategy
integrating electric timer
inter-frame compression
intrazonal vegetation
johnston
just a useful device for you
Katunino
keratopathy
klaverns
knife extension blade
lavandula angustifolias
letter of appointment
lifting handle
linguinis
m-e
meijis
military engines
over-indulge
Ozark Mountains
paleognaths
Parliamentary Commissioner (for Administration)
perihermenial
phenetidines
plating beam
primal solution
Queen's consent
range tank
retirement-age
rolling counters forward
run-length-limited code
scoptically
semi-local ring
separatistic
Shelkovskaya
shooting position
Sidi Dris
snake pump
space-charge potential
stormwater
subarid coppice forest
submergences
taken a piss
taxable distribution
territorial classification
trewss
universitylike
uunet
vector rotation
vegetative mycelium
videodisc recorder
waterlines
well-broken
zero release reprocessing
zero-load
zip sb up