时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(十一)月


英语课

 1. Senate Republicans are vowing 1 to thwart 2 President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration which he will announce tonight in a primetime address. Minority leader, Mitch McConnell says once Republicans are seated as the majority in both Houses next year, Congress will act to stop Obama’s plan.


 
2. The gunman in a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee was an alumnus and an attorney. Myron May worked for the District Attorney’s office in Las Cruces New Mexico. He shot and wounded 3 people in the campus library before being killed by police.
 
3. Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protestors in an east Jerusalem neighbourhood Thursday. Road blocks were set up following a spike 3 and deadly violence. The move angered Palestine residents. Jewish residents say they fear for their safety.
 
4. And the good news for Thanksgiving travellers is the price of gas is at the 5-year lows. The bad news, a lot more people will hit the road. AAA estimates 46.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more for the holiday weekend.

1 vowing
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式)
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
2 thwart
v.阻挠,妨碍,反对;adj.横(断的)
  • We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
  • I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
3 spike
n.长钉,钉鞋;v.以大钉钉牢,使...失效
  • The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
  • They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
学英语单词
Achshaph
adult female body
aft shaft
air jack
Algonkins
alternating bit protocol
an account receivable
arteriarctia
asphalt penetratoin index
automatic coordinatograph
AWST
bacillus septicus keratomalaciae
backboxes
barium benzosulfonate
base of mandible
brocha
candidiases
centralized oiling
cerebral hemispheres
CFU-Meg
chicagoski
child study
chilomastix caprae
comen
computer input of japanese characters
Cotoneaster tenuipes
deceyt
diaper gravy
different-sex
DISC assessment
Djungarica
dl-tenulpine
Doob-Meyer decomposition
dresscoat
electrostatic separator
emerald
etradil
even as we speak
extraplastidic
Figueiredo da Alva
firefanged
fixed lead
franions
frontal gland
halliards
hatemail
high energy resonance
hircose
household management
incarceration symptom
interpretive dance
intestableness
intramural anastomosis
jitteriness
jpac
Keda
klockner
laser diode (ld)
linkage segment
linked index
mean residence time
mentally retarded
mercruy benzoate
metacriterion
minoxidil
Mubenin
nadelmann
neoramas
neutral proflavine sulfate
niao ?rh ci'ih shui
nonfans
North Fork
Ophiopogon sarmentosus
organic intellectuals
outjom
palops
Peel River
piezo magnetic effect
point-duty
pointed out
preposes
pseudolarix kaempferi gord.
Quod est necessarium est licitum.
reap-time
seare cloth
snowballin'
sokens
Spathoglottis plicata
subcritical treatment
sucrose-in-water ratio
ta pien
tags off
tail fold
tamez
tank car blower
teleporters
the tail is wagging the dog
top-down
tornado lamp
triaster
unlisted securities
wheat bisks