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
-istical
ambocyte
androsphinx
apache dancer
arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide
Asaletten
asymptotic bound
autumnal constellations
bit-by-bit execution
blood-covered
cable-televisions
Camellia leyeensis
centrifugal switch
chemtec
coarse aggregate
Columbus Monument
congenital hemivertebra
count me out
country manager
cultrate(d)
Currency Legal Revaluation
deburr
deployment
devolve into
dimensionalises
Disputes on Maritime Contract
dissociator
dkm
dv cementer
e-printing
eddy-root
excess workers
femtobels
fibrillar entanglement
flavicomous
gainsaid
gasoline taxes
gasstation
gear radial runout tester
Glomera aortica
goulstons
green June beetle
group diffusion
Hanseniaspora
inquire about/upon
instats
inventory costing and control
Jepson claims
jet sets
knife edged follower
komenic acid
leave something standing
masculation
membrane insertion signal
menhidrosis
method acting
microelectrostatic copying
molasse-type
mortar screwing type rice milling machine
muco-endosteal
nasruddin
naval advanced logistic support site
NDE (nondestructive evaluation)
number of equivalent labels
one's mind is on something
pasture rose
pertman
pre-soak
proof of will
push-pull connector
qubec
rana longicrus
red myelocyte
reference particle
rubber sheathed trailing cable
SAS-500
science and technology development strategy
serrate serrated
silaceus
sitz
small enteritis
soil friction
solution contains a certain amount of acid
steep road
stored data description
Suininki
synovial cavity
taxoid
three feet race
trimethoxybenzyl-dihydroimidazole hydrochloride
Truss-member
ultra-short time film evaporator
ultrasonic defectoscope
undercover slipway
unintuitively
vahaji
value of calculation
wakeman
Where from?
whippence
worth somebody's while
Zuénoula