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


英语课

 


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
academic progress check
accounting of work cost
air feed
Anglo-Saxony
anthracin
anti-static
bellosoes
bicornate
bilirubic acid
blue whale
bread and salt
Caballo, I.
cakobau
cane-and-white ware
Carduelis cucullata
cation interfacial active agent
chatillon
chinese number
chloralacetoxime
chlorazol black E
Christian architecture
crystal impedance meter
cysteine synthase
deformation testing
discount on sale
ECCP
epidemiology of cancer
February
flange splice plate
fooderie
for pleasure
foresterhill
formal access approval
fright stage
ftas
fugitometer
genus daucuss
genus Helix
Glorenza
gravity circulation of hot water
Halitherium
hearsey
income before U.K.Corp. Tax
inflammable cargo insurance
inside forward edge in eight form
interadaptation
Kalobwa
Kerch
Kolguyev, Ostrov
lin po tai
marginalized group
Maritimer
method of river diversion
micaceous iron oxide anti-corrosive primer
microporous membrane technique
Mogors
mormonite
museau
Musone, Fiume
nickel alumide
Niederfell
Oberex
obstetrix
panhysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
parfit
peripatetian
pillar-shaped
pimble-stone
plagiarisers
plastoquinone
poll / final
polymer solid electrolyte
polyvinyl pyrrolidone
pre-qualifier
precision boring tool
probe
production burst
radiation mass
rerails
Restinga Seca
saintfoins
sassetta
semirom
slip cast
speedometer two-speed adapter
stand-in
stereographers
stithly
storm microseism
the school year
total depravity
transmission request
tubercula majus
underground power room
unidiameter joint
universal dental engine
Vigna umbellata
voltaic arc
water quality surveillance
Wenje
wheni
working the anchor