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
ACDT
aerometers
aggregation of particles
Arctic province
autovectors
babel babel
batch type fermentation
body shape appearance
Bogorodka
box bridge
caerostris paradoxa
Callovian Stage
cancel out
carabaos
ceel
CERN ISR
cesium tube
chauhans
chepstow
classicistic
cocoon-break
cointegration rank
Corporate Finance Division
culvert section
curved tunnel
cyclic recovery
cysticolithotripsy
Dail Eireann
dendranthemas
diaziridine
discommending
doormice
dress shop
dual-SIM phone
Dubosekovo
dysmorphocaryocyte
enclosure technology
essexite melaphyre
evangelistical
fixing dimension
gauze filter tray
grapeys
Gurvinder
Harnai
hate
horizontal tabulator key
hydrargyrism
hyperlipaemias
ice-cream
in idle
inter-frame compression
interferecne canceling
ipecac, ipecacuanha
kahawais
kaskawulsh gl.
linguistics string theory
Maditha, Mt.
Mamonta
Miller integrator
mixed random variable
mulders
multipulse linear predictive coding
nested families
oil cut off valve bonnet
organization of the work
osagia
outcraftying
parc
partial soil preparation
pikey
price of trade conducted at rural fairs
prior data bank
psychrospheric
quezales
read access
real class
Rigel Kent
Robert Motherwell
rocker-arm roller
rough sea resistance
Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte
Santa Clara-a-Velha
secondary mass selection
single tie-up
single-unit planter
slip the calf
solid-rubber dielectric
SOP (simulated operating procedure)
starter handle
supermarket scanning system
tap line
tesaglitazar
trekometer
tumbridge
uncontrolled satellite system
unmeltingly
untensioned
wealth-creation
welded steel space frame
wheelchair
WHOIS WHOIS
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