时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(四)月


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This is AP News Minute.


The Pentagon is backing President Donald Trump 1's assertion that the missile strikes in Syria were "mission accomplished 2." At a briefing Saturday, Pentagon officials said the US-led airstrikes successfully hit every target and they were not aware of any civilian 3 casualties.


Russia condemned 4 the Syrian airstrikes at an emergency UN security meeting it requested. The US ambassador to UN, Nikki Haley, said that the US is "locked and loaded" if the Syrian regime uses poisonous gas again.


Vice 5 President Mike Pence told U.S. Allies in Latin America the US-led airstrikes on Syria "degraded and crippled" the country's chemical weapons capability 6. Pence is fling in for President Trump at the Summit of the Americas.


Tens of Thousands of people sang, cheered and cried at the funeral for anti-apartheid activist 7 Winnie Mandela. The woman often refereed 8 to as the "Mother of the Nation" is being buried as a national hero in South Africa.


This is Julian Stiles, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.



1 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
2 accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
3 civilian
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
4 condemned
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。
5 capability
n.能力;才能;(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
  • She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
  • Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。
6 activist
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
7 refereed
vi.担任裁判(referee的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • Your focus should be on getting papers published in refereed journals. 首要的就是发表文章,而且是在匿名审稿的杂志上。 来自互联网
  • It was a national judge who refereed the game. 执法这场比赛的是国家裁判。 来自互联网
学英语单词
absorbent aggregate
altilev
am haraba (chad)
angle of turning
bartolomei
bearing enelosure
Bru.
calamoin
calm water
carpinus fargesiana winkl.
champion vein
closed fist bandage
clutch wire
colfoscerils
comroe
creamy candy
cribraria microcarpa
crystal pressure sensing device
cut splice
data-processor
downgazes
dry ice bath
dyer's oak
emergency blow manifold
engraveth
equalizer connection
Erikson, Erik H.
error vector
fall into disfavour with
flow-limiting venturi
glue logic board
golgi lamella
guest starring
halieutaea stellata
head motion
heterocomplexation
high grade mill
houran
Humboldt Mountains
Hydropyrophyllite
illegal payment
inertia head
inspection technology
intercept lead angle
interruption of lactation
Kemihaara
Kenam, Tg.
king snake
Kotone
Kugelberg-Welander disease
kun lung wu
LAN tester
law of reciprocal proportions
long-term equilibrium
Madelung's operation
mccoubrey
meniscus instability
Mergozzo
moment of rudder force
monkeyengine
mowar
multi-
multielectrode voltage stabilizing tube
nonairbrushed
not a bit of it
numerically controlled drilling machine with vertical spindle
parameter type
parmelia meiophora
peduncular veins
plumpkin
power of a test
price declining
raft harbor
relaxation procedure
res angusta domi
Ribah clause
right size
rotary pin
satar
scratch your head
screw(-type) extruder
semi-finalists
Sevithion
shipborne jamming station
slow-burning smokeless powder
space-cadet
spitznagel
suggest oneself
surface acoustic wave device fabrication
takes possession of
technical preparation building
three-decked
throat-cuttings
tranny chaser
trapezoidal flume
Ulyanivka
uncrimped
unlocking pallet
urethane rubber
vitreotomy
woman-hating
Yashkul'