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
acceleration hodograph
adherent capsule
agate bead
Aragoua
as greedy as a wolf
atomic compsoition
bank cheque
bartoli
bashfull
battery case
beam blanker
beta decay,beta-decay
big capsicums
boiler blow down valve
butteriest
caloricity of gas
Camellia grandibracteata
chionophilous
coax
collophanite
collusion opportunities
Condé-en-Brie
control data terminal
cross rail elevating device
Delphinapterus leucas
domestic water price
down-heartedness
drive ... to drink
electric spark forming
expectation-maximization
far-field antenna range
field simulation
Friesoythe
gas diesel engine
genus mulloidichthyss
guaguas
hadiyyah
heat power piant
homeware
iconographic fixation
indewed
initial assessment
internal tube
intestinotoxin
jet-bubbling deaerator
keb
kyrene
large disturbance
lay-in
lenticular papillae
licensed database
longissima
lycopodium alopecuroidess
maintenance services
memory key
mohdar
movement towards equalization of value
neolithization
non-loaded cable
nurseless
optical base-line measuring apparatus
optical character reade
osteoporoses
OTC Options
paleozoogeographer
paranephric abscess
personal investigation
Pocassee National Wildlife Refuge
poopy suit
quar-man
rate of load change
reinternalized
resources classroom for aboriginal education
rod fibre
Réguiny
sapphire-blue
self-provisionings
silver thread
spermatorrheal ring
Stellaria infracta
strain measuring instrument
Sub-flooring
subordinated bond
subpage frame
sudweeks
terminal regeneration
the rub and worries of life
thonor
tieline
tradest
undamped analytical balance
unforgettingly
unparreled
us adapter
voting in
Wachau
wanions
Ways and Means of taxation
weightlessly
wheel horses
yavapes
ywiss