时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(一)月


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This is AP News Minute.


President Barack Obama defended his decision to grant clemency 1 to convicted leaker Chelsea Manning. Mr. Obama made the comments at the White House Wednesday during his last press conference as president. The president said he felt comfortable justice has been served and Manning has served a tough prison sentence.


Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency says that climate change is real. This came during Scott Pruitt's Senate confirmation 2 hearing in response to questions by Democrats 3. Pruitt's response breaks with both the president-elect and his own past statements.


Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara are both in a Texas hospital. The 92-year-old was admitted over the weekend for shortness of breath, while Mrs. Bush was reportedly admitted as a precaution after experiencing fatigue 4 and coughing.


And the world's oldest panda in captivity 5 reached a major milestone 6 Wednesday, celebrating her 37th birthday in a breeding center in China. The average lifespan for a panda in the wild is reportedly 18 to 20 years, while in captivity, it's 30 years.


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



1 clemency
n.温和,仁慈,宽厚
  • The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题,将由国王决定。
  • They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。
2 confirmation
n.证实,确认,批准
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
  • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
3 democrats
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 fatigue
n.疲劳,劳累
  • The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
  • I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
5 captivity
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
  • A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
6 milestone
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
学英语单词
adeline virginia stephen woolves
Advanced RISC Computing Specification
amvescap
angular grate
antinegro
arrow's impossibility theorem
asian longhorned beetles
association of value
auditory sac
Australian blacksnake
automatic data reduction equipment
automatic message switching center
automorphy
bitter fennel oil
Bleomycin,bleomycin
clucks
Commelina communis L.
common declaration
common rorquals
communication common carrier
constant-current dynamo
cookt
cosmid vector
cross hedging
curlily
curvature of the earth
data copy
date of listing
dc-coded picture
dct coefficient
decay gamma
derived type conversion
distributing hair
dock brief
double diode
drag angle
drawing wire
Dutch treats
EPT port
expedited registration service
final-state interaction
fitness and health
forced oscillator
gravity drain plug
groin field
have a toothache
hightransconductance
image by function
in-tech
induction wire guidance
installation of system software
isotropic carbon fibre
kelo
lanthanum-base alloy
livere
long oo
Malah
manchester-by-the-sea
marketing practices
mathematical function program
medee
misciting
Mogi-Mirim
nanoplastic
nature and flavour
neimark
percentage change
pivot view
platinum-wire temperature sensor
platyphyllous
play for a fool
procorticotropin
quiescent period
recompencing
Repulse B.
returned to
rig-vedas
self-feed conveyer
session pacing
shatter zone
singersongwriter
sniffs at
social-mindedly
spiral field
spiral source of dislocation
static arthropathy
stitched down
sub-critical
thermocyclers
tissue degeneratiaon
toothed ring connector
treptows
Uafato
unculture
unmasculinized
upmodulated
vat pasteurization
vernor
vorsters
whey mucoid
Wielkopolska, Nizina
Zelah