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
aerophotogrammetric plan
ala (pl. alae)
alun-formol-toxoid
amazeth
balance-of-stores system
baleri
blocked magnetic tape
bolt seat
bracers
breaking the bank
caught the point of
Cervantes Prize
cetonia auratas
character string routine
Charlotte Bordj
chlorinated oil
choirloft
cotton knitting machine
cultivated
cuminamide
debenture to bearer
derivative control(or lead network)
dittology
Doues
drinkably
esthetic value
Exogoninae
filtration field
fixed oceanographic station
fructus xanthil
gamebags
Glycalox
Gondwanaland
greige yarn
Hanza
Helomyzidae
hop-hornbeam
horson
HP (horizontal plane)
immunopharmacological
intestinal juices
inverse transformation method
JOCC
keister
letter-name
lighter-than-air
lightmen
Ligularia songarica
link quality report
look-ahead field
machinery maintenance engineering
masquerade party
meadow foxtail
mean time between service failure
medium-altitude bombing
microcryostat
military autopilot
miscellaneous standard fixed cost
morphovar
national switching network
nosomycosis
novation of loan
nucleotide homopolymer
object of observation
owie
palaeoneurology
Pinetops
pleated cartridge
ppal
presentation services layer
processing, data
pupilarity
radial field cathode-ray tube
relation of identity
RWP (radiation work permit)
Sakiai
salmon whell
self healing network
serial word operation
silicone bonded
single-domain network
skeletogenous sheath
slot-number ratio
spark number
sparrow eye
spinback
sterculic
striated bundle
take someone's words for it
taper internal thread
The ball is in someone's court.
to sb.'s disappointment
top-blast refining
total compensation package
trichiurus brevis
trintocs
trompat
trypherus nantouensis
virtual proxy
Wabash River
wash fastness
Xiao Chaihu Tang