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
a dessein
adaptive control action
amun ras
anabas scandens
appendicostomy
aulatela
axls
Bacardi Breezer
bastard halfround file
batch purifier
BCECF
biological ageing
bioplasma
blastopsephite
blind off a line
bluetec
Bolshetroitskoye
circular restricted three-body problem
comprints
construction costs
cosplayer
curl
debug support system interface
deflection pattern
delehanty
destined to
Dimastigamoeba
disaster film
dromaius novaehollandiaes
El Espinito
enslaving
equivalisation
excuse from
far-ultraviolet region
FCCP
fine porosity
flygge
gas-line
gas-phase thermometric titration
gate meeting
genus ustilagoes
geodetic coordinates
giant caterpillar truck
global alliance
golden valley
grading foil
hand-picks
hertsmeres
Hypertenacity
ihsans
in shorthand
information-intensivetypes of industries
insect sex attractant
IPIA
ischemic arrest
jhin
jope
ladry
leaf cutter
linear finder
magnesian product
margins of profit
Meehania faberi
metallometallations
mixing-line structure
neoclinus nudus
nitrolac
non-drop frame
non-normative
normokalemic periodic paralysis
Oberrieden
parieto-frontal
Pesaro e Urbino
polar coordinate in space
poulard wheat
raid on motherboard
re-takes
receiving application
San Giovanni in Fiore
sandy clay loam soil
search and rescue incident classification
self-curing adhesive
shahnawaz
sharks' mouth
shikaki
sign-changing amplifier
slang term
smell to high heaven
suffolk horse
tallowiness
tennised
tert-pentyl chloride
Thames Yacht Club
torque-tube type suspension
toxicomaniac
trots
uninquisitive
VRBL
what we do
xanthyl
xiao'er ganmao granules
zubizarreta