时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年2月


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AZUZ: Activists 1 and protesters, Hollywood stars and politicians turned out in cities worldwide over the weekend for what's called the Women's March.


The first one also a massive event, was held a year ago, on the weekend when U.S. President Donald Trump 2 was inaugurated. And many of this year's demonstrators, like those in the first women's march protested against the election and the policies of the U.S. leader.


President Trump tweeted that people should march to celebrate America's economic success over the past year, and the lowest female unemployment in 18 years.


Other issues of the march included sexual harassment 3. Recently, there's been a wave of accusations 4 against politicians, entertainers and members of the media. Religious freedom, immigration, women's rights and equality were also addressed by hundreds of thousand of men, women and children who marched in America.



1 activists
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 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。
3 harassment
n.骚扰,扰乱,烦恼,烦乱
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
4 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。