历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-04
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2014年
英语课
November 4th, 1979Start of the Iranian hostage crisis as militants 1 storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seize its occupants . For many of the dozens of hostages, it is the start of 444 days of captivity 2, a saga 3 that grips America.
1995Hopes for Middle East peace are dealt a tragic 4 blow as Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated 5. A Jewish extremist fatally shoots Rabin minutes after he speaks at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
1956During the Cold War, Soviet 6 troops move in to crush the Hungarian revolution in Eastern Europe. It happens just weeks after students in Hungary revolt against their country’s communist rulers.
1955Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young, who won more majorly games than any other pitcher 7 dies in Ohio. He was 88 years old.
1969Rapper and producer Sean Diddy Combs is born in New York City.
Today in History, November 4th, Carold Bradley, the Associate Press.
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
n.囚禁；被俘；束缚
- A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
- He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇
- The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
- The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。
adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的
- The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。