时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(五)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Without mentioning President Donald Trump 1 by name, Hillary Clinton peppered her Friday commencement speech with barbs 2 against her former rival. Speaking at her alma mater Wellesly College, Clinton took aim at Trump's budget and bemoaned 3 an assault on truth and reason.


Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he takes full responsibility for leaks surrounding the Manchester bombing investigation 4. Tillerson assured his British counterpart that confidential 5 material will be protected.


Vice 6 President Mike Pence told Naval 7 Academy grads the era of military budget cuts is over. He said Trump will be the best friend the armed forces have ever had.


And twin panda cubs 8 in China are doing well, after spending their first month in an incubator. They are now eight times their birth weight.


I'm Matt Friedman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 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。
2 barbs
n.(箭头、鱼钩等的)倒钩( barb的名词复数 );带刺的话;毕露的锋芒;钩状毛
  • She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话,或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句
3 bemoaned
v.为(某人或某事)抱怨( bemoan的过去式和过去分词 );悲悼;为…恸哭;哀叹
  • The farmer bemoaned his loss. 农夫抱怨他所受到的损失。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He only bemoaned his fate. 他忍受了。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
4 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
5 confidential
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
  • He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
  • We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
6 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
7 naval
adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
8 cubs
n.幼小的兽,不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
  • a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
  • Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a networkof
abalonegeneric term for genus haliotis
acute nondifferentiated leukemia
Airedale terrier
Andulo
arise with the lark
arithmetical continuum
automatic regulation
AVSR
batch convert
be amazed at
beer soup
bifurcation area
bladder plum
blanketeer
cantilever arch truss
Capitania
casing drum
Caspian
chain-conveyer furnace
cheena
cine film
cisobitan
Clarke's ulcer
coltsfoot
competition-policy
Congo Canyon
contractility
cosumnes r.
counteraccusations
critical deformationvalue
cyanoimipramine
deblends
diagonal homomorphism
direction lines method
dye beck
elastic spacer
electrochemically plate making
evaluation meeting
farming bacteriology
ferrosilicon aluminium
fizuk
Flathead L.
fluidization tower
foam dyeing
follower load
frequency difference
Freudianly
genetoxin
Glyadyanskoye
gravimetric undulation
hourly fluctuation
howlets
in full settlement
indirect contact
initial storage gas weight
inking up
interbalance
it'll cost you
Jha Jha
kinematic chain
late autumn
linolenate
marts
meta-antimonous acid
metabolic products
mew gull
military exercise
mingle with
mylohyoid artery
neon-hydrogen bubble chamber
oesophageal sympathetic nervous system
on-premises-standby equipment
operators compartment
ophiotreta
Osaka Bay
p-like
perhydrogenate
pull a rock
purpura arthrotica
sewage comminute and disinfect system
something of the sort
spring blade ruling pen
stopway lights
stricture of vesicourethral orifice
structural-deficit
sweep optical square
sweep-initiating pulse
tarso-metatarsal (pl.tarso-metatarsi)
thysanopteran
tingey
transport cafe
ultimate spacing pattern
USNAVEUR
uzaroside
vein of sylvian fossa
visigraph
von Bergmann's operation
vortex 1attice method
wet diazo copying
whiptail lizard
world-leading