时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十二月)


英语课

1. The Senate has cleared the way for gays to serve openly in the military. A bill to repeal 1 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was approved today in what is being seen as a landmark 2 vote for gay rights. However, it could take up to a year to implement 3 the law.


 


2. A planned military drill that has raised tensions between North and South Korea has been postponed 4 because of bad weather. South Korea is now expected to stage the military drills Monday or Tuesday. North Korea has threatened action if it does.


 


3. American Amanda Knox has scored a victory in her effort to overturn her murder conviction in Italy. The court there says it will allow independent review of crucial DNA 5 evidence. Knox was convicted last year of killing 6 her roommate.


 


4. Kate Middleton has made her first public appearance since announcing her engagement to Prince William. Both attended a cancer charity fundraiser Saturday night in London.



1 repeal
n.废止,撤消;v.废止,撤消
  • He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  • He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由,赞成废除该法令。
2 landmark
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
3 implement
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
4 postponed
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
5 DNA
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
  • DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
  • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
6 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • 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。
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学英语单词
abyssomicin
advance price
age of the tide
Ainsliaea fragrans
amorphous/crystalline heterojunction
asbestos-bitumen sheet
Asian dust
asynohronism
at danger
Belén de Andamarca
bertholletia excelsas
bouchee
bromrtrifluoromethane
Casagiove
celestial declination
center wall
Centrifix
cerebral cortex reflex
cietezour
circular normal distribution
clothlike
compton edge
conachers
control server
convallaretin
cranial diverticula
cross parachute
cross-colour
darlington rule (darlington 1937)
debenture issue
deblended
diagraphs
disard
discount charges
Dogansehir
Elatostema auriculatum
electronic intelligence ship
Emilania
encrypter
ESRS
eutrorthox
fast-cut
female line
figure-sculptures
Flopholin
foliophagous
fuel plug unit with associated stringer
furrey
godsisters
hand-ruff
heat abstractor
heavy-duty cutter
hematotympanum
high-low water level switch
homing test vehicle
huah
hydrocarbon cement
inlet dynamic response
inventory error
Japanese spitzes
kammen
known angle
Kramers' theorem
KRUS
langley research center
law of contrast
Ludolph
male beaded forging
manganic
minaudieres
multichannel cycle stealing
multiple scale analysis
nonnegative constraint
Noogoora
nucleosome core particle
numerability
O-methylisourea
olema
passive side
performance verification test
plateform hoist
psychogeriatrics
recrawling
reference bias
Rhodiola sherriffii
rotary bottle filler
sacques
sea trenches
Sefare
seneschalsy
skin-rejuvenating
squiery
stearoptene
sufficient seed
Sukhodol'skiy
The world is small.
three to one insulin
tuberculotic therapeutics
turd burglers
under the watchful eye of
undergarment
welding construction