时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2015(十)月


英语课

 This is AP News Minute. 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton firmly defended her actions on Benghazi as she came face-to-face Thursday with a Republican-led special investigation 1 of the attacks in Libya. Clinton told the committee that she “took responsibility” for the attacks on the embassy. 2. Pentagon officials confirmed that US forces raided an ISIS facility that was holding 70 Iraqi hostages fearing for their lives. One US service member was killed after being wounded during the raid. Four Peshmerga soldiers were also wounded during the operation. 3. Masked man wielding 2 what looked like a sword stabbed four people out of school in Sweden on Thursday, killing 3 a teacher and a student before being shot dead by police. Sweden’s prime minister said the attack marked a dark day for the country.   4. And Hindu faithful across India celebrated 4 the festival of Dussehra, symbolizing 5 the victory of good over evil. Effigies 6 were burned in jubilation 7 as fireworks were set off in the streets. Emily Roseman, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.



1 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。
2 wielding
手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的现在分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响)
  • The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
  • He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。
3 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
4 celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
5 symbolizing
v.象征,作为…的象征( symbolize的现在分词 )
  • This symbol later evolved into a common hieroglyphic symbolizing victory. 这幕场景后来逐渐演化为象征胜利的普通象形文字。 来自时文部分
  • Mooncakes reunion, is symbolizing the Mid-Autumn festival will feed. 月饼象征着团圆,是中秋佳节必食之品。 来自互联网
6 effigies
n.(人的)雕像,模拟像,肖像( effigy的名词复数 )
  • stone effigies in the church 教堂里的石雕像
  • On 5 November British children burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. 每逢11月5日英国儿童都焚烧盖伊.福克斯的模拟像。 来自辞典例句
7 jubilation
n.欢庆,喜悦
  • The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.主场球迷为进球欢呼。
  • The whole city was a scene of jubilation.全市一片欢腾。
学英语单词
.fla
airstriking
Alrex
angle of optical rotation
automatic fine tuning
bank statistics
boar-spright
body core
buhlwork
bushman
chelyabinsks
chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS)
Chisholm Trail
cholangiole
cleat wiring
coalfield structure
Cock and Hen
coelothel
combination salads
computereasies
contrarian trading strategy
coolant fluid
Cottrell rectifier
Cranii
cytotypes
dejections
depth of probe
desmacyte
desmids
digging action
elevated storage
enrichers
expanding probang
face
Festuca liangshanica
flextimer
fluoroethane
Folin-Wu method
go into a huff
ground water rice soil
guttahs
haze(o)meter
headwater control
Indianapolitans
input-output framework
international double tax
jet-thrust
kebe
Kingston Peak
kruman
lines-of-sight
low coast
maiden work
Maxwell House instant coffee
Meantes
memory examination
milieu therapy
nailage
normal interval
oceanports
one-child allowance
particulars of sale
past-presidents
pc-only
periapsidal distance
planar stator motor
position detection
precommissure
prunus salicina var.pubipes bailey
quezales
reavow
record-set
reishi
rib
Ringuet
Rosso Fiorentino
Saint-Beuve, Charles Augustin
scalping machine
seariver
Sellasia
sergei vasilievich rachmaninovs
setora baibarana
simple rate of return
smooth-texture grease
solid state hybrid drive
Solids of infinite thermal conductivity
substantive rules
sup
symplocos acuminata
synchronous cultivation
tape begging marker
three-phase full wave rectifier
to someone's cost
trading activities
Tyrrhenia
ultra-militant
uniform law on checks
urothelial
variable X-ray source
War Office
wrobleska
yarn-beam