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
abevacuation
accumulator expansion
aero-arthrosis
aeronautique
afrayne
Ag-AA
Alpino salami
Ampelopsis acutidentata
aphthaus fever
apophysate
arm of crank shaft
arms-race
auxiliary optical axis
beef goulashes
betider
blast whirl
boiler gauge board
Broadstone
building design office
calculated heading
cetron
chaetoceros muelleri
cistactic
concealed nail
congestion in the cephalic circulation system
critical hop
cyphering
earthite
ectopia of gastric mucosa
elijah muhammads
Elops saurus
emissions-control
everill
exprimer
foaminess
fresh water freeboard
glycoxidatively
grayish-bluest
heavy duty tape
hog bung
hydrochloric acid poisoning
hypernetted-chain
ilities
inventory on seizure
kissing my ass
language-processing
Lens-St-Servais
losses not covered
Marconi's law
minute.
mirability
mlat
monotrematas
nanostructured
narrow-body aircraft
National Museum of History
noncoral
palladium tube
pancake syrup
photoprinter-rectifier
pledging
post-marriage
rain spell
ramsyn
random pore model
Reptilase-S
ricochetedbulletwound
rimrocks
roseolate
sand cutting machine
Scandicci
scantling draft ship
sedamine
shmoosing
short circuiting arc
sing-a-long
soluble crystal
spatial variation
spruces up
stand characteristics
stepwise stability constant
stylemogs
substrate material
surgonopods
tailing disposal
tensor product of modules
tetchy
tiltdozer
tourmaline-corundum rock
trackstick
transimpedance
trossi
uterotubogram
vendor test
vibrances
villous process tumor
violinic
well-presseds
western red cedar
wet diving
wolensky
yata