美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-1-21
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(一)月
英语课
1. Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley held their final presidential debate, leading up to the Iowa caucuses 1. Topics they addressed included gun control, regulations for Wall Street and how to fight the Islamic State militants 2.
2. Three of the four Americans released by Iran have arrived in Germany. They’ll return to the US after medical evaluations 3. The fourth American chose to remain in Iran.
3. The US Marine 4 Corps 5 has released the names of a dozen marines missing since their two helicopters crashed off Hawaii’s coast. Big waves are complicating 6 the search.
4. And Brazil’s incredibly popular carnival 7 festival begins in about two weeks. Samba schools are rehearsing for the main parade in Rio de Janeiro.
1 caucuses
n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议
- Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网
2 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
3 evaluations
估价( evaluation的名词复数 )； 赋值； 估计价值； [医学]诊断
- In fact, our moral evaluations are merely expressions of our desires. 事实上，我们的道德评价只是我们欲望的表达形式。 来自哲学部分
- Properly speaking, however, these evaluations and insights are not within the concept of official notice. 但准确地讲，这些评估和深远见识并未包括在官方通知概念里。
4 marine
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
5 corps
n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组
- The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
6 complicating
使复杂化( complicate的现在分词 )
- High spiking fever with chills is suggestive of a complicating pylephlebitis. 伴有寒战的高热，暗示合并门静脉炎。
- In America these actions become executive puberty rites, complicating relationships that are already complicated enough. 在美国，这些行动成了行政青春期的惯例，使本来已经够复杂的关系变得更复杂了。