时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(九)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Cabinet members and Vice 1 President Mike Pence are among those who denied witting a New York Time's op-ed. The essay said White House officials are actively 2 thwarting 3 President Trump's most dangerous impulses.


Supreme 4 Court nominee 5 Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation 6 hearings are set to wrap up on Friday. On Thursday, Kavanaugh was questioned about topics including abortion 7 and the Russia investigation 8.


Senator Tom Carper has won Delaware's Democratic primary, holding off an anti-establishment challenger. He'll face Republican Rob Arlett in the general election.


And a fast-moving wildfire in northern California has burned at least 34 square miles. A 45-mile stretch of Interstate 5 near the Oregon state line remained closed Thursday night.



1 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 actively
adv.积极地,勤奋地
  • During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
  • We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。
3 thwarting
阻挠( thwart的现在分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过
  • The republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program. 共和党人企图通过阻挠总统的经济计划使其难堪。
  • There were too many men resisting his authority thwarting him. 下边对他这个长官心怀不服的,故意作对的,可多着哩。
4 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
5 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
6 confirmation
n.证实,确认,批准
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
  • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
7 abortion
n.流产,堕胎
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
8 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。
学英语单词
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air leakage
altitude measurement
anterior abdominal wall syndrome
aptapurification
biogas plane
BIOSEM
blurring
buzz-saw
carefully-selected
chirally
condenser aperture
cost statement analysis
costocervical vein (dorsal vein)
counter mark
cutaneous extramedullary hematopoiesis
cystauchenotmy
day range
depurative
differential pressure cell
disk initialize
double bladed knife switch
driving wheel set
dual range
femoral artery
fence row
fighter sweep
Filippi's gland
free to air
genus Megatherium
gioe
Grass Lake
Haslingfield
heat checking
highschoolboys
i-weld
ichiwawa
immunolabels
indestructibleness
inertia latch
injury of prostate
irradiated coating
jet soldering
keystroke compatibility
King Cash
lauchtane
lime mill
lines of work
manocryometer
methylene-citryl-salicylic acid
Milgram's obedience experiment
Mini Mouse
mini-marshmallows
mizer
Musinia Peak
neucleolysis
Newton first law
nornidulin
not for me
on the score
on-off keying (ook) modulation
one-inning
P113
packing follower
partna
per steering compass
piano duet
prep.
preparatory fire
Queen Astrid Park
realpolitical
reciprocity effects
recurse
recurvated
regenerated forest under shelter-wood system
remittences of income to state
reservoir backwater
rollerbladings
rotorway
scout cruiser
Set a thief to catch a thief.
single-piece disposable type share
sloughed
slow to absorb water
special service
split piston skirt
St-Marcel-sur-Aude
stochastic integral equation
sweitenolide
TC PAM
undoubting
valetas
velocity separator
Vermirax
vernacularise
Villedieu-sur-Indre
vocational curriculum
vortex amplifier
wide-range oxygen sensor
wild raspberry
wild types
william shockleys