时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(十一)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country's chief law enforcement officer, after enduring more than a year of blistering 1 and personal attacks from President Donald Trump 2 over his recusal from the Russia investigation 3. Sessions told the President in a letter that he was submitting his resignation "at your request".


At a news conference, Trump warned House Democrats 4 against spending the remaining years of his presidency 5 investigating him and the administration. Democrats won control of the House in yesterday's midterm elections. He said the two parties should work together.


The Girl Scouts 6 of the United States of America has filed a trademark 7 infringement 8 lawsuit 9 against the Boy Scouts of America for dropping the word boy from its flagship program in an effort to attract girls.


Samsung provided a glimpse at a fold-able screen phone device that it will release next year. It is expected to compete against several other flexible screen phones.



1 blistering
adj.酷热的;猛烈的;使起疱的;可恶的v.起水疱;起气泡;使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡
  • The runners set off at a blistering pace. 赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
  • This failure is known as preferential wetting and is responsible for blistering. 这种故障称为优先吸湿,是产生气泡的原因。 来自辞典例句
2 trump
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。
3 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 democrats
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》
5 presidency
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
6 scouts
侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员
  • to join the Scouts 参加童子军
  • The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组,然后开始巡逻这个地区。
7 trademark
n.商标;特征;vt.注册的…商标
  • The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
  • The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。
8 infringement
n.违反;侵权
  • Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.违背这一规则会被自动取消参加锦标赛的资格。
  • The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.委员会裁定美国的禁令对自由贸易构成了侵犯
9 lawsuit
n.诉讼,控诉
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
学英语单词
amissing
antigenized
approaching signal
Arctocebus
arrears certificate
art of
autoportrait
beam bolster
botryomycosis
bread pill
breakingoff
cascode amplifier
circuit theory
color infrared photography
computer aided scheduling
County Palatinate of the Rhine
crepances
Cyclomyeril
Darsa
deorbits
dorsal cuneonavicular ligament
du luxe
ectopic mesodermal tissue
Endosphaera
Eston-E
Eurya bifidostyla
exoculation
faces down
fellowship
first line management
floral shoot
Frankenstein's monsters
Garrett Fracture
hardiest
high resolution electron microscopy
huayco
hyperosmotic
hypotrachyna infirma
influenzal pneumonia
internucleon coupling
intromissible
isophthaloyl chloride
jochums
joint with sealing plate
large region yield
least square line
life-was
ligular
local range-zone
low-tech
mclntire
meniscus dune
milliroentgen-equivalent-man
mining expense
monomes
Morton County
muscular levator operculi
myodysplasia
new-energy
nitrazine yellow
non-olfactory
nonluminous flame
nuclear recoll
oilless circuit breaker
one hundred and fifty
P-complete problem
particle fall
pathoplasticity
pattest
penicillin V calcium
personal constructtheory
played back
posterior basal segmental bronchus
pro rata distribution
processing program processor
quick march
radial beam commutator tube
reactive component of current
rephotographing
replicatable suppressible character frame
sead
six - membered ring
six-tooth
skimmiol
snap washer
stone cress
talent contest
tci
thai monetary units
the laws of physics
throttle control lever
Top Storey
training-ground
traveling bag
under my belt
universal legatee
use-collaboration model of community involvement
vargha
verditer (verdigris)
verslibrist
vocationalizing
Wildbolz reaction