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
Arnarfjordhur
automatically cleared failure
backstory
baseline system
birde
bladder cell
blending house
brand iron
breakopen
ceramic coated rocket engine
cesium-kupletskite
clottings
co-habit
cornutrypeta taiwanensis
costobrachial
Deane, Silas
dhiafanion (diafanion)
diet pyramid
diplomatic bags
dual-isotope subtraction technique
eckard
electrothermal atomizer
ellisor
end winding region
episternal
exoccipital
exsiccates
fir control system
flame front in sintering
folk writer
formular investing
forty-spots
grace commission
hand-cuffs
handlamps
holdeman
i-wrete
image data element
inferior grade
irredeemable money
isome
journalism of opinion
kryogen brown A
letter balance
linear-phase wavelet
living quarter
local controller (first-level controller)
magnetic-core with rectangular hysteresis loop
mangels
mental life
metal conduit
mimosoid
mirror concentrator
mouldiness
multiplepoinding
native palladium
nonrapid eye movement sleeps
nucleus fission
nutritious cup nursery
open numbering
optical quarter meter
outyield
partries
personal ground
photo-graph
plasma oscillation analyzer
power semiconductor
Processus palatinus
sail close to the wind
salt mines
scoill
secured bonds
seismologically
Seneca root
seneke
shapesuit
shayers
silly pills
simple harmonic quantity
single-fiber connector
solod
speedreads
spindle fibre
statenchyma
stepwise regeneration
storebrand
stout (beer)
straight nose
swing-position steady rest and ejector
taiwan habu
television-station
timetablings
title-domain
trace amounts
tree monkey
user information throughput
valve plug
vice-premiers
winding over-heat protective relay
wordwraps
zaitzevia parallele
zepto-ohm