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
accessory plate
aerial installation
air seasoning
al muayzilah
Alan Clark
antennarius hispidus
antepar
Aranda de Duero
arsenous oxides
Australia Internet providers
authentication authorization accounting
bartek
berthing signal
bibliomaniacal
breathing apparatuss
brightplating
bulk transportation
buxes
cat in the sack
Chochralski active crystal
chrysso viridiventris
colo(u)r paste
condactive pattern
Corregidor Island
data-entry
de Mussy's sign
decomposition of motion
deconstructivity
despeeding
direct reading scale
disarm a timer
Dzhalkhakh
electrical converter
eternal sleep
ethnoornithology
ethyl fluid
ewteuth
Free Software Foundation
genus Dictamnus
go-and-not-go gauge
goes away
gratulance
heavy water production
homological
impellents
kleeck
knightbridges
Koara
less-common
ligand field strength
Lingulacea
low probability high consequence event
marine risks
maternalises
metal moneys
middle juice
mineral varnish
moisture-temperature index
mortalists
naphtha gas reversion
natural international law
nauseations
Newton rings
noncandidacies
Note Page
octomeris brunnea
optical holography
orbit correction
out-of the money
Packington
palpates
parallel sixths
Paris polyphylla
prefers
preocclusion
prism-type anamorphotic attachment
product vulnerability
propeller aerodynamic balance test
prophetless
psychogalvanic response
ptyalo-
raphe
rule editor
sample value
semi-diurnal type
setlinestyle
settecentoes
shiomi
slobbered
soakers
storm shutter
studied
surface movement radar (smr)
theta-antigen
Thiobacilleae
tomin
tracking routine
triangle property
tylo-
vertical diameter of spherical tank
waitin
water-coloured