美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(一月)
英语课
1. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify before Congress about the attack in Benghazi that killed US Ambassador Chris Stevens. Congressional republicans have accused the Obama administration of ignoring signs of deteriorating 1 security in Libya.
2. The House votes on a bill that would defuse a potential debt crisis for at least three months. GOP legislation also contains a provision that withholds 2 pay for members of Congress if the chamber 3 they serve in doesn't pass a budget.
3. British Prime Minister David Cameron says he wants to renegotiate his country's relationship with the European Union, before a referendum on whether it should leave the EU. He would offer the vote if his Conservative Party wins the next election.
4. The National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre delivered a speech that is being billed as a response to President Obama's inaugural 4 address. He accuses the president of using the word "absolutist" to cast law-abiding gun owners as extremists.
1 deteriorating
恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )
- The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
- I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。
2 withholds
v.扣留( withhold的第三人称单数 )；拒绝给予；抑制（某事物）；制止
- Marketing success or failure is directly traceable to the support that top management gives or withholds. 市场营销的成败直接归因于最高管理层能否给予支持。 来自辞典例句
- I lie awake fuming-isn't It'supposed to be the woman who withholds favours? 我干躺在那儿，气得睡不着：不应该是女人才会拿性作为要挟吗？ 来自互联网