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
63NI
acanthas
ametabolion
automatic sizing device
begowks
biochemigenic
biotite kodurite
bishy barnabees
bithink
blue-tree
boiler short-water
bracket locking
bromchlorargyrite
bucrania
Cannabinosis
ceroplastes rubens maskell
certaynely
cetodesmata
Chaldean rite
chart for individual measurements
cirsium arvenses
co-emperors
coked-up
compilational original
croylstone
Dengfeng
Desmethylmethadone
differential-decay method
displacer
dough modelling
dynamic sounding
edge melting
equivalent distance of the oblique exposure
ernst hardness tester
ferrous ferricyanide
flatter ribbon-like fibre
flush joint
freeze-casting
half-anhour
highly oscillatory mode
hoggeries
hot-ticket
human leukocyte antigen (hla)
IN REM JURISDICTION
ionic replacement
Jellinek's symptom
juxtacanalicular
kalkan
kitsch
kohala
kupfer-lazul (bornite)
larus canus kamtschattschensis
liriomyza asterivora
lock the stable door when the horse in stolen
Medvin
meet with reverses
Mervent
milanese chant
mks units
Muralla
myelodysplasic
neur(o)-
nonstreamlined
number of refills/doses dispensed
order for purchase
outscreamed
outweary
Pelym
peripheralism
plant cost
potato root golden nematode
pteriss
quibblesome
recq
sample-and-hold device
sea target
seawell
set a price
shakhas
side-light screen
sizing press
slaney
Slovyansk
slow reactive substance
soutpansberg
splinter net
spun finish
step switch converter
symmetric quadratic form
tend-toward
tensal
Thallograptus
Tiomid
torture-chamber
trialmanufacture on a small batch basis
turbo-driven turbo-compressor
tyndales
under scrutiny
unfakeably
unsaturates
velocity-variation oscillator
yellowstone national parks