时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(八)月


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This is AP News Minute.


A Brazilian police official tells the AP that the story of 4 US swimmers being robbed at gunpoint in Rio was false. According to the official, the swimmers were confronted by a security guard at a gas station after they forced open a bathroom door and vandalized the bathroom. Olympics officials say the swimmers made a mistake.


Democratic presidential nominee 1 Hillary Clinton spent part of her Thursday afternoon hearing from a select group of chiefs of police and sheriffs. Officers gathered in New York City to offer the nominee suggestions on how to reduce tensions between communities and police officers.


Southern California's big wildfire continues to grow. The fire command says the destructive blaze has scorched 2 more than 49 square miles. As of Thursday morning, up from 40 square miles Wednesday night.


And from Seattle to New York City, statues of a naked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump 3 caused a stir in major cities. This statue, seen standing 4 in the buff as crowds snapped photos was removed by New York parks and recreation crews some time after installation.


Emily Roseman, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
2 scorched
烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦
  • I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
  • The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。
3 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。
4 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
学英语单词
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A. F. O.
ad hoc settlement
addressings
anticky
arbitrary equilibrium
ashiest
automatic udder washing device
batakari
Bunsen ice calorimeter
bunz
Calamagrostis acutiflora
central fan system
chrysanthemum lacustres
cneoranidea bicoloripes
common decency
comparative ecological immunology
connected winding
cross-linker
crossing of biases
crude ne-he
cybercommuter
demoed
donatio testamento
drop waist
dynamoelectric machine
edges of the raster
epidermolytic toxins
erithacus rubecolas
fish or cut bait
flat rope
Flying Dutchman
for what it's worth
gear change lever
geometric mean inequality
gore copper
gunpowders
gypcyere
haramaki
healthy lifestyle
high voltage switchgear
in living color
inactive case
include
information-seeking study
inovirus
isakoff
kiddy car
kinken(-)seije
kobaladze
limited franchise
linking base period
lithides
low masses
minamiuonuma (muikamachi)
miniaturized circuit element
modified mean square successive difference
monopulse radar
mourningly
mtsb
on-line databases
optimum nozzle
osmically
pallia
penetrant compatibility
Piroplasmia
plain rib body machine
plasmogen
pola
postanesthetic
postpended
postripeness
pre - paid phone card
pull apart connector
pylorogastrectomy
rabbitry
rami pharyngei
safety isle
satyrism
second - hand car
self-bias cut-off effect
self-organizing function
self-retractor
sell the bear's skin before one has caught the bear
Sermoyer
shanda
silico-copper alloy
soft potash soap
solid manganese frog
speilberg
spent nuclear fuel reprocessing
stillbirth
supercurvature
tapinocephalids
three - phase rectifier
tridipole antenna
uniqueness theorem for entropy
watchmaker's cramp
wire teletype
xylose coacentration test
yellowbelly marmot
yumtastic