时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(七月)


英语课

1. Hurricane warnings are now posted for parts of the Texas coast as Tropical Storm Alex continues to strengthen in the Gulf 1. Forecasters think the storm's path will take it near the Texas-Mexico border. The storm could become a hurricane today. The storm's path is expected to take it away from the Gulf oil spill.


 


2. General David Petraeus will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee today. General Petraeus is President Obama's choice to take over as commander of the Afghanistan war. He will replace General Stanley McChrystal, who was fired last week after he and his aides were quoted in a Rolling Stone article disparaging 2 the administration.


 


3. President Obama's nominee 3 for the Supreme 4 Court is likely to be pressed today about how deferential 5 she might be to lawmakers as a justice on the high court. Confirmation 6 hearings for Elena Kagan started yesterday. During her opening statement, Kagan pledged to be impartial 7.


 


4. The search continues for an 11th alleged 8 spy. The FBI arrested ten people yesterday accused of serving secretly as agents of the Russian government in the United States. Court papers say their assignment was to search and develop ties in policy-making circles. Arrest took place in New York, Washington and Boston



n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
adj.轻蔑的,毁谤的v.轻视( disparage的现在分词 );贬低;批评;非难
  • Halliday's comments grew daily more and more sparklingly disagreeable and disparaging. 一天天过去,哈里代的评论越来越肆无忌惮,越来越讨人嫌,越来越阴损了。 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
  • Even with favorable items they would usually add some disparaging comments. 即使对好消息,他们也往往要加上几句诋毁的评语。 来自互联网
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
adj. 敬意的,恭敬的
  • They like five-star hotels and deferential treatment.他们喜欢五星级的宾馆和毕恭毕敬的接待。
  • I am deferential and respectful in the presence of artists.我一向恭敬、尊重艺术家。
n.证实,确认,批准
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
  • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
adj.(in,to)公正的,无偏见的
  • He gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in Ireland.他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
  • Careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils.就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
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3'-amino-3'-dexoythymidine
abdominal spatula
acidophyte
alum tanned sheep leather for gloves
artoo
aspn
auntlike
automated nautical chart index file
avenasterols
baldanza
banded rattlesnakes
benothing
bleached brown loam
blow molding machines
brevities
Broadway flat
calm your farm
chemical actinometer
China-controlled company
citation of honor
committee of ten
conch-shell
cue and timings sheet
digit puncher
digital media hub
disk-type friction clutch
dungings
echugin
egotistic, egotistical
electroanesthetic
electrostatic atomizer
factore
floatation circuit
fluorosilicone
fractionation factor
furosemides
grounded emitter
hard surrounding rock
hatched, matched, and despatched
high temperature digestion
hydrolyzer
independent patent
infrared albedo
integral-cavity reflex-klystron oscillator
intermediate contact
key offset
L-taxifoline
lessor of small plots
lieutenants colonel
lithizone
Livernon
locomotive fairing
loricating
Magnesiomargarite
malfunction analysis detection and recorder
medical centre
meniscus shape
morguelike
nitro muriatic acid
nonaggregating
nonesuch
nylon filled
of color
operating floor
overall project of forest enterprises
pachyptilus pacificus
pan-geosyncline
partial functions
pensione
Phyllanthus amarus
plane field
plunger type cell
pneumatic concentrator
point operating apparatus
QCB
quiescent volcano
reboot
reexported
reingratiates
resident supervisor
rhizoma alpiniae offcinarum
rose-chafer
run-and-shoot
selective translocated spray
self-acting door
semiintoxiation
sleep analyzing hybrid computer
sperm transfer
sulfurized tall oil
sun pitchers
suturae nasalis
swampine
test trunk
ultraluxurious
undersupplying
underwater towed craft
unreachability
vautier
warming-up steam system
wernli
Wolvertem
year of discretion