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


英语课

 


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
addressing-mode field
Allergefon
amphoteric ion-exchange resin
Amplexiphyllum
ardisia villosa
azatropylidene
Ballybogy
belly of blast furnace
bleezy
butyle ether
Cabrini, Sain Frances Xavier
California corbina
Carduelinae
carpels
cauterizations
CD-DA
Clarke ellipsoid of 1866
CLCP
collecting eletrode
Commerce Services Provider
CW (cooling water)
dickin' around
dioxotetrahydropyrimidine
discoach
disporting
doctrine of limited government
drain trap
drainwater
economic prospect
escharotomies
exarceate
face to face
falcer
falcial sinuses
family Cordylidae
film-dubbing
flu-likest
force of support
fulmarus glacialiss
gar free
Gelineau's syndrome
Gordon,George Hamilton,4th Earl of Aberdeen
guama
hapas
hatchway cover
have a walk
hedg
Hinchcliffe
hinduja
hydroxy-tamoxifen
intentiveness
inter-consonantal
kicks over
knowledge model
kurche
landslide slope
leaf-like tissue
light inlet window
liverwort
loading network
Mabaalstad
matrilinear
mercurial air pump
microphot0meter
microwave radiation from sea surface
multichecking indicator gauge
multiple-slice-gradient-echo
nickel zinc ferrite
observer-target range
outwanderings
parametric synthesis
pear cider
penstocks
population planning
presentative instruction
pressure-independent vav terminal device
pseudo photographic effect
railway construction
reliever
Romay
Saxifraga brachypoda
scale-up
science and technology museum
scottos
side member
sikaiana
Simonsbath
state immunity
stretch forming machine
survival capsule
tachypnoea
Theobroma cacao L.
tracking computer
transportation depot
tricolour television tube
truck cap
two notes to one
weft feeler box
wiretap Trojan
without authority
Women Against Pornography
wurali