时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(三)月


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This is AP News Minute.


A defiant 1 Vice 2 President Mike Pence said that President Donald Trump 3's administration is refusing to accept defeat on health care. He told small business owners in West Virginia that the Trump administration will "end the Obamacare nightmare."


Residents of Western Mosul began burying family members on Saturday who were allegedly killed in US-led coalition 4 airstrikes. Residents reported two airstrikes hitting a residential 5 area on March 13th and 17th. There are reports that more than 100 civilians 6 were allegedly killed.


Turkish Airlines said it began implementing 7 the electronics ban with its passengers heading to the US and the UK. Passengers are not allowed to carry electronic devices larger than a cellphone into the aircraft cabins.


Cities around the world went dark on Saturday evening to mark Earth Hour, an international event intended to raise awareness 8 of climate change. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower, in Rome, the Colosseum, and in New Delhi, the India Gate, all switched off their lights to participate in the global event.


Noreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 defiant
adj.无礼的,挑战的
  • With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
  • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
2 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。
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 coalition
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
5 residential
adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
6 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
7 implementing
v.实现( implement的现在分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
  • -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
8 awareness
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
学英语单词
accounts receivable others
acid fuchsin stain
additional allocations
agalmatolites
Alcian Blue
apws
armament vision line
artifice
atmospheric vacuum distillation unit
bauges (les bauges)
be admitted into
bearing number
bicrenate
boase
bridal make-up
burn to the ground
cabots
carbon dioxide system in seawater
chromatogenous
cooperative research program
counterflow vibrating screw feeder
crack arrest
Curcuma wenyujin
cuspidal edge
cyan halide
delay-action circuit-breaker
descartess
direct firing evaporator
discepts
dodecapeptide
dominate node tree
EBMZ
endophoric
first futtock
fortune cookie
gubernatorial
guichards
haemodromometer
Heupelzen
hitherside
hot shrinkage
Houttuynia cordata Thunb.
hydraulic riveter
in circumstances
Jupia
kabl
karcase
knick zone
ledaloyl
left-hand drives
linear content
lug length
main ejector
make a turn
measure microphone
molegrips
nightglow
onopordons
optical fiber connection
outstart
ox-boy
palma
Pathfinder Res.
pinnaceous
plagiomnium succulentum
postponable costs
predisponent
pressure node
primary cell culture
pseudo cross-bedding
public-lands
Quonset hut
RMCH
rotary brush cutter
rusells
saboed
sale and leaseback
security gain or loss
sinneresses
slope-controlled arc wilding power source
small airway function
soutie
sphere-gap voltmeter
spring rockers
squeezekin
strong noise
superexcited state
supervisory measure
tailing column
the Council of Economic Advisers
thermostable opsonin test
time-varying set of patterns
tutsi-dominateds
twist someon's arm
two-drum crab
underwhelmingly
ungnement
vein of kidney
vert space
vietnam block
wind power industry
worthan