时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(一月)


英语课

 1. Republican presidential contender Ron Paul is back in Iowa today. He's been doing well in the polls there and has become the latest target of the pack of Republicans vying 1 for the party's nomination 2.


 
 
 
2. A two-and-a-half-hour funeral procession for North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has ended with a 21-gun salute 3. The hearse passed in front of tens of thousands who wailed 4 in grief.
 
 
 
3. Nebraska Democrat 5 Ben Nelson says he has decided 6 to leave the US Senate after 2012. His departure is expected to make it easier for Republicans to win the only seat in Nebraska's congressional delegation 7 that hasn't already gone to the GOP.
 
 
 
4. This crocodile in Australia clearly did not want the grass cut at its enclosure. It ripped the piece of equipment out of the hands of a handler and submerged it in water. Crews were later able to get it out.

1 vying
adj.竞争的;比赛的
  • California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹,加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
  • Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。
2 nomination
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
3 salute
vi.行礼,致意,问候,放礼炮;vt.向…致意,迎接,赞扬;n.招呼,敬礼,礼炮
  • Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
  • The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。
4 wailed
v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She wailed over her father's remains. 她对着父亲的遗体嚎啕大哭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The women of the town wailed over the war victims. 城里的妇女为战争的死难者们痛哭。 来自辞典例句
5 democrat
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
6 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
7 delegation
n.代表团;派遣
  • The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
  • We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
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agglutinativity
agitating vane
air-scrub (air wash)
alarm flag
balanced fm discriminator
Baron Adrian
board voltage
breath of wind
Bugok
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carangoides talamparoides
ceased to be
ceruminal ear
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day light bulb
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Dumdum fever
eat like a wolf
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fluorescence microwave double resonance
free banking
Genahist
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IHV
Incarvillea lutea
intrarole conflect
ketobodies
kick start, kick starter
knocks on
kronbergs green
Lapith
link bait
logarism
Lugaga
lunatomalacia
Lysylbradykinin
maimuna
maritime nuclear steam generator
monoger
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Syringa amurensis
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took advantage of
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troll flower
try your best
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viral cuspid antigen
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volumise
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Zebak
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