时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(六)月


英语课

 1. President Barack Obama summoned top congressional leaders to the white house to discuss the volatile 1 security situation in Iraq.Officials say the president could ultimately approve limited airstrikes if stronger definitive 2 targets emerge.


 
2. In Iraq, security forces battled the Sunni militants 3 targeting the country's main oil refinery 4 and said they regained 5 partial control of the city near the Syrian border.
3. Amazon has introduced a new smartphone that will share many of the characteristics found on other Amazon devices. In other words, it could be easier to buy staff through your phone. The  fire phone has other features, including the ability to render images in 3D.
 
4. And the US patent office ruled the Washington RedSkins nickname is "disparaging 6 of Native Americans". And that team trademark 7 protection should be canceled. The RedSkins said they will appeal. They have done so before and won.  
 
Hannah Buchdahl, Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

1 volatile
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
2 definitive
adj.确切的,权威性的;最后的,决定性的
  • This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
  • No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样,还没有人给出明确的答复。
3 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
4 refinery
n.精炼厂,提炼厂
  • They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
  • The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
5 regained
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
  • The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
  • She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻,但很快恢复了镇静。
6 disparaging
adj.轻蔑的,毁谤的v.轻视( disparage的现在分词 );贬低;批评;非难
  • Halliday's comments grew daily more and more sparklingly disagreeable and disparaging. 一天天过去,哈里代的评论越来越肆无忌惮,越来越讨人嫌,越来越阴损了。 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
  • Even with favorable items they would usually add some disparaging comments. 即使对好消息,他们也往往要加上几句诋毁的评语。 来自互联网
7 trademark
n.商标;特征;vt.注册的…商标
  • The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
  • The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。
学英语单词
abactio
absolute linkage
acquired zinc deficiency
adjustment to surplus
argutum
arsenic compounds
artar root
bear comparison to
binary transfer
bright field electron image
brighten hand
brylcreemed
caustic flooding
celestial radio tracking
circle lens
closed loop carburetor control
coil building
college-placement
complete Riemannian geometry
constrained system parameter stream
dialed in
differential gear ratio
dignotion
dihydrofurans
disipidin
dithiobis-ethylenenitrilo-tetraacetic acid
doo-dad
dove tree
dynorphine
echo ranging sonar
Elatostema minutifurfuraceum
gimbleted
grant of probate
H. G. Wells
hemibel
interpreter for reduction rules
inverse-time definite time limit relay
inward substantial variation
karatists
kerneri
largay
lease agreement
Lena Canyon
letewes
lotment
Marmolada
minimal detectable activity
multipurpose vehicle
multivariate beta distribution
Musci
nell gywns
noblemen
non-relapsings
opposed jet
oriented sphere
osteoinductivity
Petimid
phagedenas
phase shift-oscillator
pietisms
plate-coupled
plicofollis nella
plurative
polemize
police lock-up
purdie
pyrochlorite
rappas
reduced-order observer
reperforator-transmitter (rt)
reserved as spare
Resplene
rounded numeric data
Ruskträsk
sahakian
seiches
select the entire document
short-range transport aircraft
show bag
shutoff nozzle
skaers
soda spent liquor
spirographis porphyrin
spit feathers
square wave back edge
Starkovo
statistical simulation
structural steel hull
superconducting quantumelectronics
take the stump
tracker wires
training specification
two-wheels
unself
velikovskians
vena facialis posterior
Waltonville
watch man
wear protection
What day is tomorrow
work-hour
xylopine