时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(一)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1. President Trump 1 signed an executive action Tuesday to advance the construction of the keystone XL and Dakota access oil pipelines 2. The aggressive moves are a step overhauling 3 America's energy policy and dealt a swift blow to Barack Obama's legacy 4 on climate change. 


2. President Trump maintained the false claim that there were millions of illegal votes cast in November's election. White House press secretary said today the president's belief was based on "Studies and evidence",  but didn't provide examples. 


3. Emboldened 5 by president Trump's inauguration 6, Israel approved the plans to build 2500 new settler homes in the West Bank, signaling a major ramp-up of construction, despite warnings from much of the international community that undermines the two states solution. 


4. In Florida, a horse slipped into a deep narrow ditch before crews were called out to make a tricky 7 rescue. The rescue team blindfolded 8 the horse, placed the harness around its body before lifting the animal onto the road. 


Norreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute. 



n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
管道( pipeline的名词复数 ); 输油管道; 在考虑(或规划、准备) 中; 在酿中
  • The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
  • The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。
n.大修;拆修;卸修;翻修v.彻底检查( overhaul的现在分词 );大修;赶上;超越
  • I had no chance of overhauling him. 我没有赶上他的可能。 来自辞典例句
  • Some sites need little alterations but some need total overhauling. 有些网站需要做出细微修改,而有些网站就需要整体改版。 来自互联网
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
  • He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
v.鼓励,使有胆量( embolden的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her. 他借酒壮胆,走上前去向她作自我介绍。
  • His success emboldened him to expand his business. 他有了成就因而激发他进一步扩展业务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.开幕、就职典礼
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
adj.狡猾的,奸诈的;(工作等)棘手的,微妙的
  • I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手,你能帮我吗?
  • He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题,只做了个笼统的表述。
v.(尤指用布)挡住(某人)的视线( blindfold的过去式 );蒙住(某人)的眼睛;使不理解;蒙骗
  • The hostages were tied up and blindfolded. 人质被捆绑起来并蒙上了眼睛。
  • They were each blindfolded with big red handkerchiefs. 他们每个人的眼睛都被一块红色大手巾蒙住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
?-cell
abrolute electromagnetic unit
acetylating agent
aeolopantalon
Aldrich
alhred
American persimmon
antihallucinatory
arrects
arsenical bath
back nailing
basal metabolisms
bathymetric navigation
biologic effect of ultrosound
Board of Police Commissioners
bond interest payable
Bullecort
butt virginity
centre block type joint
cholangia
coholders
cold-setting binder
contempil
cooling oven
daban
daniel defoes
dichroic ratio
discrete optimal design
disk mark
Dooley
dys-cyclia
etatist
ethnopoetic
feasible plan
flexible-connector
forepost
gives play to
group planning and decision making
heavy mill
high frequency of transduction(hft)
ICE-LAP6
ideal coding
information logic graph
injection moulding
insulatedswitch rod
interferoid
intestinal artery
Kinevac
let things slide
leucoprotease
mickell
ministers of religion
modifier complex
mythohistorically
near sonic
network routing center
neuraxitis
nonblock code
oleander ferns
optical transceiver
orthodontic pliers
ousted president
pelvic fracture
percussive drill
phytomining
pillars of the community
Pindaric flights
polarity-reversing switch
preemergent herbicides
prompt multiplication
prontosil album
quadratic integers
quf
raised quarter vessel
read/write/erase head assembly
releaf
Rhodesian trypanosomiasis
ring-filament lamp
Sandiré
silking
siluruss
skin-fold thickness
special endorsement
static synchronizing torque
system margin
tetraethyl gas
thingmy
topclass
traumatic hemorrhage
tributyl tin chloride
trouvoada
trumpet major
tungsten-titanium carbide
uncle tom's cabin
undrained creep
universal impulse model
vacancy ratio
ventriculonector
Veterans' Day
virtual meridian
yu-wei