时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(二)月


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This is AP News Minute.


National security advisor 1 Michael Flynn says that Trump 2 administration is putting Iran on notice after it tested a ballistic missile. Flynn told the reporters Wednesday the administration condemns 3 such actions by Iran that undermine security, prosperity and stability in the Middle East and beyond, and that puts American lives at risk.


A Delaware prison is on lockdown after guards were reportedly taken hostage. Department of Corrections described the situation as an isolated 4 incident and that there was no threat to the public.


World Hijab Day is celebrated 5 in New York with dozens of supporters on the steps of City Hall. The day, founded in 2013, started in reaction to Muslim women being harassed 6 for wearing the head covering used by some women who practice Islam.


And a lava 7 stream has been created from a Hawaiian island volcano eruption 8. The gusher 9 opened up earlier this week and has been flowing steadily 10 ever since, but possesses no threat to nearby communities.


Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 advisor
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者
  • They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
2 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。
3 condemns
v.(通常因道义上的原因而)谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 );宣判;宣布…不能使用;迫使…陷于不幸的境地
  • Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
5 celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
6 harassed
n.熔岩,火山岩
  • The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
  • His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。
7 eruption
n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作
  • The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
  • The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
8 gusher
n.喷油井
  • We endeavour to avoid the old,romantic idea of a gusher.我们力图避免那种有关喷油井的陈旧的、不切实际的计划。
  • The oil rushes up the tube and spouts up as a gusher.石油会沿着钢管上涌,如同自喷井那样喷射出来。
9 steadily
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
学英语单词
anthericiol
archidendron lucidum
austenites
automatic distillation apparatus
back-up path
baptism of desire
barbecue grill
bobbysocks
branch-loop incidence matrix
bush baptists
busting
calamity howler
calorie intake
Caprino Veronese
carpentry work
Ceratophyllales
combination wrapped and braided hose
compass planes
credit advice
cross join
cruciverbalists
Deddington
diaclina quadrimaculata
dreys
dump line
Dunavarsany
dyestuff for polypropylene fibre
elephant-hide pahoehoe
elwesii
euro-americans
free running circuit
freight forwarder's combined transport b/l
frivoling
furanonyl
grain division
Grynfelt's triangle
guide structure
heparphosphotides
heterogametism
hotrodder
Hounslow Heath
huner
individual regotiation
inspiratory-expiratory phase time ratio
intensity convolution integral
interconversions
interfers
intermediate haulage
Jāsk-e Kohneh
koniometer
Kugelblitz,kugelblitz
laid - off workers
lamp-chimney
laydown
marie-jose
Matengo
mcelwain
mene, mene, tekel, upharsin
Meterazine
Microsporon furfur
mud berth
nauseated
nitrobenzene thiocyanate
operational control unit
overjust
overmarking
picture frequency setting
platoscope
platy flowagestructure
polysilane
powell creek
printer's letter
pyramis ossis temporatis
qudit
rays hill
recessus costodiaphragmaticus
recommendatives
revision date
rolling hatch beam
rotating bezel
scope range of the fluctuation of voltage
scripophilies
semimetalic friction material
showtimes
Sinclair, Lake
soil water suction
soothingness
sparse file
spilcer
squaring bands
Stellera
stoddy
subsistence money
swiss gold-trading pool
tank safety valve
tender deposit
timodyne
trauma of retrodiscal pad
trial-bil
two-channel receiver
two-stage firing