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.


Former Virginia senator Jim Webb annouced he's dropping out of the Democratic race for president. But he says he's still considering how he might remain a voice in the campaign.
Canada has a new prime minister. After 10 years of Conservative rule, the Liberal Justin Trudeau succeeded Stephen Harper in the role, promising 1 sunny ways and a Liberal agenda.
In a surprise visit to Jerusalem, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged for calm after weeks of violence in the region have killed 10 Israelis and 43 Palestinians.
And a case of misleading advertising 2 that's led to a lawsuit 3 and a brewing 4 settlement. A federal judge in Miami is set to approve refunds 5 of up to 50 dollars per household to drinkers of the U.S.-brewed Beck's beer over packaging emphasizing German origins.
Noreen Nasir, Associated Press with AP News Minute.

1 promising
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
2 advertising
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
3 lawsuit
n.诉讼,控诉
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
4 brewing
n.归还,偿还额,退款( refund的名词复数 )v.归还,退还( refund的第三人称单数 )
  • Tomorrow he would return them to the store and claim refunds. 明天他要把它们退还给商店并要求退款。 来自辞典例句
  • The new method means that taxpayers get refunds much faster. 这种新办法意味着纳税人可以较快地领到退还款。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
a buster
actual transfer rate
all-change
allpass
alpine relict
antiripening
Arara, R.
astrana
at wt
autocratic organizational design
auxiliary controller
awn development manifestation
bead-thermistor
binary scale
blennophobia
broider
Cheilodynia
clavicular fracture
collection period
coolant circulator seal gas
Cornus macrophylla
cote champenoise
cross section container
current sensing device
d'ange
Dahurian
dapperling
descriptive bibliography
detailed level
dizz
domhoff
down-flow apron
downloaded
drill team
earth-return
fitters
forward air navigator (fan)
grey-brown
ground capacity
half-decades
hammer pick
hardware interrput facility
hembury
hole cleaning
hyperacetylating
hyperconical function
inconsistent shared data
individual agents
intercellular layer
interest payable reserve
ischiorectal region
kabbalas
Kenly
khalsas
lazy arm
lemmatizations
lemon rinds
linear arrangement of genes
lion-huntings
low bridge ahead
magneride
magnetic vane instrument
maximum sustainable yield
menschlike
message request queue
misshapenness
multi stage skirt
multi-collar thrust bearing
narcotraficante
navaroli
negative sequence braking
nerst
neural net
nicca
normophosphatemic
open gunwale
peeling skin syndrome
present value control
process of payment
project-baseds
rassles
receiving service user
rsamds
search key
shaunessy
solsticial point
space myopia (empty-field myopia)
steepwise
sulbentine
system access
take it with a grain of salt
talked up
thousand-year egg
tickety-boo
toing and froing
trimethylace tonitric
trunk lines
ultramarine trade
unspecie
urerythrin
voodoos
waist rail