美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-09
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. A powerful earthquake strikes near the border between Pakistan and India, rocking South Asia and killing 1 more than 3,000 people.
2. Iraq's government announces plans for new security measures ahead of next week's referendum on the country's new constitution.
3. New details emerge on the alleged 2 New York City subway terror plot as local and federal officials jostle over the threat's credibility.
4. An African soccer legend is among the presidential contenders in Liberia's first post-war elections on track to take place next week.
5. And robotic vehicles zoom 3 across the Mojave Desert in Nevada competing for a two-million-dollar prize in a Pentagon-sponsored race.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. plot
1 plot plots
A plot is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government.
Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow 4 the government.
He was responding to reports of an assassination 5 plot against him.
N-COUNT: usu N to-inf, N against n
= conspiracy 6
2. jostle
1 jostle jostles jostling jostled
If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you.
You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture.
We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping.
She was cheered and clapped by tourists who jostled to see her.
VB
3. zoom
1 zoom zooms 7 zooming 8 zoomed 9
If you zoom somewhere, you go there very quickly. (INFORMAL)
We zoomed through the gallery.
A police car zoomed by very close to them.
VB
= speed
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- 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
- The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
- I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。
- After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
- The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. 从你口中打出的喷嚏速度可达每小时600里。 来自互联网
- When the camera zooms in, the whole world watches out. 当镜头对准（汶川），全世界都在关注。 来自互联网
- Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- Panning and zooming, especially when paired together, create navigation difficulties for users. 对于用户来说，平移和缩放一起使用时，产生了更多的导航困难。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓