时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)


英语课

[1] The head of Toyota is apologizing to the American people for safety lapses 1 that led to a number of deaths and widespread recalls. Akio Toyota appeared Wednesday before Congress where he also disputed claims that electronics were to blame for the cars' woes 2


 


[2] The teacher who tackled a gunman at a Colorado middle school is lamenting 3 that he didn't act soon enough. Two people were shot and injured in the incident. Bond for the suspect has been set at a million dollars. 


 


[3] The Senate has passed a 35-billion-dollar jobs bill it hopes will get the economy on track. The bipartisan measure gives businesses tax cuts and 1,000-dollar credit when they hire the unemployed 4


 


[4] A snowboarder is lucky to be alive after he was caught in an avalanche 5. The man was able to recall his ordeal 6 as he snowboarded and slid through at all. He also says the snow itself pushed him away from the rocks.   


 



n.失误,过失( lapse的名词复数 );小毛病;行为失检;偏离正道v.退步( lapse的第三人称单数 );陷入;倒退;丧失
  • He sometimes lapses from good behavior. 他有时行为失检。 来自辞典例句
  • He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. 他可以宽恕突然发作的歇斯底里,惊慌失措,恶劣的莫名其妙的动作,各种各样的失误。 来自辞典例句
困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉
  • Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
  • She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。
adj.悲伤的,悲哀的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的现在分词 )
  • Katydids were lamenting fall's approach. 蝈蝈儿正为秋天临近而哀鸣。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Lamenting because the papers hadn't been destroyed and the money kept. 她正在吃后悔药呢,后悔自己没有毁了那张字条,把钱昧下来! 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
n.雪崩,大量涌来
  • They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
  • Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验
  • She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
  • Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
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adenocarcinoma of cervix
agco
Allium tuberosum Rottl. ex Spreng.
ampacity
antacids
anterior epithelium cornea
auxoautotrophic
available electron
bar display
bicrenate
branch of farming
bundesposts
burgage
Buxus mollicula
calmus oil
cantus firmus mass
champas
chief cabin
community health risk management
criminal jury
cutoff state
diffused type
direct conductance measurement
Dirichlet's theorem
double sided impeller
drawcards
eccentric and pitman drove
effigurate
elder sisters
enameled brick
endosteum
energy transfer mechanism
Erik I
exonucleolytic editing
fann
feelin' no pain
fly-loft
gastrotome
girlishnesses
glycol concentration
granular eosinophil leukocytes
gurdwaras
hauncing
homefronts
iambic pentameter
interlaced scanning system
intermediate moraine
inversion problem
justify
leadcovered
lime-and cement mortar
lowering of interest
Luyego de Somoza
Malatayur, Tg.
margret
Mastotermes electrodominicus
mega-candela
memory effect
motorcycled
nearby month
nemophora askoldella
nondisturbing
Novobirilyussy
novocaine block
nuculoid
open loop maneuverability
opioids
parallel bars
patent of introduction
penny dreadfuls
Pit-prop
plastering machinery
pleiotropies
polaritons
pound on
pressure of water flow
pseudo-event
pseudodisk
radio-frequency resonator
radiocar
re-direction
rectal speculum
reestablishers
Refrigerating Mechanic
secret voting
shield coverage
Shrovetides
slide-tape
soffit finish
specialist's book
square dancing
standard-based
Stewart, C.
tension wrapped fin tube
Tilade
undershaft
unexalting
van der Hoeve's syndrome
Virgin's-Bower
visceral sac
vodka sauce
water-log