时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(八)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Police in Kissimmee, Florida are mourning the deaths of two of their police officers after the men were fatally shot while on patrol late Friday. Authorities have identified the suspect as 45-year-old Everette Miller 1, who is now in custody 2.


Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans converged 3 on downtown Boston, dwarfing 4 a small group of conservatives, who planned a free speech rally then decided 5 to cut it short. Authorities say more than two dozen people were arrested.


Friends, family and police officers across the country gathered to say goodbye to Lieutenant 6 Jay Cullen, one of two Virginia state troopers who died in last weekend's fatal police helicopter crash in Charlottesville amid violent protest. The crash remains 7 under investigation 8.


Tourists and residents in Barcelona broke into applause after a human tower, popular in Europe, was completed at the site of Thursday's deadly terror attack. Earlier, Spain's king and queen paid a somber 9 visit to the site, placing a wreath and two candles on the ground in memory of the victims.


Ned Barker, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 miller
n.磨坊主
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
2 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
3 converged
v.(线条、运动的物体等)会于一点( converge的过去式 );(趋于)相似或相同;人或车辆汇集;聚集
  • Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
  • People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 dwarfing
n.矮化病
  • In the Northwest, they are being planted by hedgerow on seedling roots, clonal and dwarfing stocks. 在西北部地区用灌木树篱把它接在实生砧、无性砧及矮化砧上。 来自辞典例句
  • In the Northwest, they are being planted by hedgrow on seedling roots, clonal and dwarfing stocks. 在西北部地区把它接在实生砧、无性砧及矮化砧上。 来自辞典例句
5 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
6 lieutenant
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
7 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
8 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
9 somber
adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的
  • He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
  • His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。
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abasias
Abutilon theophrasti Medic.
acehs
adjustable mouth
adjustment of particular average
aldergroves
Aquilaria
Areca catechu
arundinaria linearis hackel
at the forefront of
Badang, Sungai
Bartholin cyst
BDC - Backup Domain Controller
brackbrainer
bulk additive
bulk bauxite ore-carrier
camp disease
CH1
classhole
clitoritis
colour spectrum
convex box pass
cracklest
Cynognathus
Cyrtanthera
direction of plane
dog someone's footsteps
down-downs
effective utilization
essential performance
expanding examiner
fishplated track
fixation hook
fluming water
fossae sagittalis dextra
fourties
friedmen
frizon
fundiform
gaburris
gasoline taxes
Goteborg
grayzems
hashbrown
heavy sensation of head
high speed process
Hoshangabad
Hydrofluorherderite
in her own right
independent heterodyne oscillator
interaxonal current
iron-lithomarge
isotope geochronology
it's a good thing
laurefusin
left-hand revolving engine unit
liquefied natural gas (lng) carrier
low voltage
madan
Madison R.
mail facsimile apparatus
Metuje
multibranch
non-systems
office of the comptroller of the currency
order Colymbiformes
orders around
paging by zone
payment method
phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase
potassium aluminum sulfate
pourparler
preacherman
publicly-run
receiving inspection department
recursive definition
Reef Pt.
repressively
rimers
roggeveldberge (roggeveld mts.)
sacred music
scamp work
self-evident truth
side lap weld
sideboy
slum areas
soil-disease
St. Helena
steel plate bearing test
subglottically
symptomatical
Thomas Atkins
tokoes
truckway
type grade
vismidriatic
visual bell
Wendel.
went bad
xy female
zoological name