时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2005


英语课

1 Devastation 1 across the Gulf 2 Coast from Hurricane Katrina is described as 'overwhelming' and 'greater than worst fears'.

2 In Iraq, the US ambassador suggests the draft constitution may see still more changes to try to win Sunni Arab approval.

3 Lebanon names 4 pro-Syrian generals and an ex-lawmaker as suspects in the slaying 3 of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

4 In Paris, another fire at an apartment building--home to poor Africans, many illegal immigrants, killing 4 7 including 4 children.

5 And Lech Walesa sees no place for himself in Poland's public life despite helping 5 to topple communism in Eastern Europe.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

topple
2 topple topples toppling toppled
To topple a government or leader, especially one that is not elected by the people, means to cause them to lose power. (JOURNALISM)
...the revolution which toppled the regime.
VB
= overthrow



n.毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤
  • The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
  • There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
杀戮。
  • The man mimed the slaying of an enemy. 此人比手划脚地表演砍死一个敌人的情况。
  • He is suspected of having been an accomplice in the slaying,butthey can't pin it on him. 他有嫌疑曾参与该杀人案,但他们找不到证据来指控他。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
学英语单词
aC cm
acquits
baby budget
backtrack algorithm
Bakewell tart
ball-bearing hostess
blocking oscillator driver
bow jet thruster
Brakpoort
bredder
bufuss
calcemia
California Jack
candle-lights
Cardiamide
chilled beef clauses
Chiness speculum metal
corporation of Insurance Agents
creatonotos transiens
croysant
data content
eichwaldite (jeremejerite)
eigenton(e)
emergency analysis
enliveners
euphuistical
exposure of ulnar nerve
final connection
flameouts
flashing point tester
flat filament
flue-curing
gangrel
gentex exchange
Guyon's amputation
handle stolen goods
high methoxyl pectin
high-level waste disposal
homologous compounds
imidan
infrared astronomy telescope
Krasnyy Luch
lacerates
large-mouth bass
late ignition
livedo telangiectatica
Lully, Jean Baptiste
mineral paint
modem conversion function
niacinamide
nonempty closed subset
nonterminal node of tree
North Dakota
orbiteer
order Auriculariales
ordinary elliptic curve
overall commitment
plasmacytoma of conjunctiva
plateau potential
PMCT
poorhouses
product profitability
QMS
radioisotope battery
raise-up frame
rapping rod
rebuttable
recarburizer
renewest
Rice circuit
SAP - Session Announcement Protocol
saviour
scraper foundry trowel
sea mark
Shiwa Ngandu
silica
single-side bevel gear cutter
space telemetry
Stellaria crassifolia
stenosis of vagina
stephania tetrandra s. moore
stream orchid
styloid prominence
subserviently
sulphate formations
SuperFetch
surface working
sypher joint
Tanah Merah
taub
technical safety measure
tester line
Tetas, Pta.
thermal factor
toxotids
tube expansion
warrantless searches
washability of coal
what matter if
xbt.
yellow trumpetbush
ysidro