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
acidergic
agricultural products processing
anti-chemical
apriona rugicollis
atp phosphohydrolase
Axminsters
beachman
boundary defect
building societies
cabaletta
carry into effect/practice
ceeldam
cellular genetics
chamber response
chlroanil
chronic interstital hepatits
coendured
coral fish disease
costopneumopexy
daddie
dead beaten stock
decolours
dewatered tailings
disturbed-one output signal
doriah
dual accelerometer
durandin
EcoMotors
eightballs
ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether
fault outcrop
fire break
fire proofing wood chipboard
fissure eruptions
flash houses
flyleaves
four-pieces butt matching
generalized data base subsystem
germanium tetraethyl
Getic
Gonadin
hang-gliders
hindered contraction
hour angle hyperbola
hyphen-minus
i like reading
industry economics
inflection-tangent -intersection method
judexes
judge-in-chambers
keiskei
Krivaso
Kūkas
lithiumplatinocyanide
litigatory
major Hang Seng Index constituent stock
make a fist
mcglashan
MDCLXVI
Melt-homogenization
Meyo-Centre
Mideastern
minimal-access routine
molecular sieve adsorption pump
nickelalumite
nuclear-medicine
octachloropropane
output register buffer
permeaseless mutant
phoresy
piloty
pit like invagination
plate correction
poloniums
postcerebral gland
prime ministers
Pseudaliidae
PYFB
rear wheel lifting link
red-stone
Sankt Märgen
self-blimped
Semem
signal generator
simulium (nevermannia) yushangense
smooth ... out
South India
spine of stratum
standard lamp
steel frame mill building
sulphurous brimstone
temper'd
tierer
top breadth
vanilla transaction
veteran soldiers
voice-operated control
weak sisht
whistle-ation
whitebills
wimpling
Withdrawal of Arbitrator