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n. 小产( abortion的复数形式 ); 小产胎儿; (计划)等中止或夭折; <生>败育
n. termination of pregnancy
n. failure of a plan

Consumers are spending more apparently because they have to. The Commerce Department reports a 0.4% jump last month as people shelled out more money to buy food and fill up their gas tanks. Take[Taking] those two categories out of the mixing, consume

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

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发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

The Senate has defeated an effort to add a stronger abortion ban to its health care overhaul. NPR's Julie Rovner has more. By a 54-45 vote, Senators who support abortion rights turned back the efforts of those who oppose abortion to include in the bi

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In Egypt today, thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested against the military ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. But this time, there was no violence. Crowds massed in several cities after Friday prayers, waving flags and chanting slogan

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Doctor: Casual sex harmful to students Casual sex among middle school students may be contributing to growing sterility problems among young women in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Prov

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President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal on Monday as he started his first full week in office. At the White House, Trump called it a great thing for the American worker - what we just did. 美国总统

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