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
active valence
anticonceptualism
arresting enursis
Aurelius, Marcus
auto spectral density
beta-lipoprotein
blatik
Boulbon
breeze
brick pavement
Cat-5
CGS electromagnetic system of units
characterologically
chuck spindle
contemplations
continuous layer
copremesis
cross-valley
crum up
curry-favell
deandra
deattaches
digital pair gain
dissipateth
divalently
Dsu, data service unit.
Earth Station-Libya
eastern fox squirrel
ectepicondylar
edge-rooted plane map
eight-grade worker
eke out one's livelihood
error of lens distortion
essentiallyas
foliophagous
fuel oil atomizer
george whitefield
harton
hermetically-sealed refrigerating system
intermediate index
isoosmotic(isotonic)
jellylike mass of nitroglycerin
kieselguhur Merck
knit fabric finishing
ko-ko
labyrinthical
lupus superficialis
magnetic -core switch
malosol
Montrachet
multiple resonance
non-appearance
non-dealing partner
nonfeeder
novocaine
nucla
originated in
pellet implantation
peritoneomuscular
plain-bodied sheep
poke someone in the ribs
poorless
pop-tart
pseudofeminists
public opinion poll
pure water reservoir
quasi-convex
ratio of margin
RCDR
recapitalizations
region of
rhizoma homalonemae
Saxifraga nutans
semantic tree
Semi-Arianism
shagbark
sharecrop farmer
shock speed
shuddersome
silkmoth
sounding stone
South Trinco Canyon
space link
spherical gas holder
stereophoroscope
supply chain sustainability
synthetic-aperture radar
Tacora, Vol.
talar ra.
three dimensional space
through type current transformer
tinplating
to insist on
tree-pruning
unheimlich
urge sb to do
Urizept
useful insect
variety of the yellow-fleshed group
Vekshinella
wafe
waste condensate pump