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
abuza
Achenwald
affected roles
Akur
anti-seepage
approach position
aqueous complex
Argentine Basin
Bacillus leprae
barbage shoot
beam plasma system
blast wire
boiler hold
bottom loading belt conveyer
Bowman's space
box type column
by request of
ceramic melter
clariflocculation
complainingly
correction for sag
created date
credit card sale
cryocrystallography
decapterus
deep space mission
double standard hammer frame
duodenal disease
ecopsychologists
effect of elevated layer
electrolytic winning
essy
fall zone peneplain
folding link
footbath
Gastripon
gray absorber rod
H. & R.
Habenaria balfouriana
hackney-coaches
hammer die
Hebrewwise
hoplolatilus fronticinctus
hotboxed
Huacho
i-deas
iatrogenic illness
ice prevention measure
international astronomical union(iau)
iopronic acid
keel stop
key account
knot-grass
lateralis sulci
made ground
midmovement
multiparities
multiple entry-exit visa
Namaponda
nines
ossa tigris
outcome delivery
overripe wood
paperwoman
partly-exempt
penlike
penril
perfect peristome
phytophagous
post-build
powerdown
punch card format
quisenberry
radar air traffic control
ratio of bad debts to credit sales
re-rivet
reactor building auxilliary hoist
receive-in port
riveting clamp
rope bucket
scoring line
scytales
sebrina
sensitive heat loss
service bracket
Sibiromotsin
signal driver
sluggabeds
subacute dermaltoxicity
technoshamanistic
total parthenoge-nesis
Tournan-en-Brie
trinity theory of governmental powers
Tulameen
undamped waves
unhumanized
unsmooths
valex extract
variable speed drive
violatest
watermakers
wave tilt