时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(十)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1. Donald Trump 1 says he will never abandon his White House bid, rejecting a growing backlash from republican leaders who disavowed  the GOP presidential nominee 2. The controversy 3 comes as Trump was caught on tape bragging 4 about predatory advances on women in 2005. He apologized in a video statement and said he was wrong.  


2. A weakening hurricane Matthew struck Georgia and Carolina on Saturday in what appears to be the last leg of its march up to the east coast. The hurricane was blamed for at least ten deaths in the U.S and hundreds were left dead in Matthew's wake in Haiti. 


3. German authorities on Saturday said a successful control detonation 5 was carried out after investigators 6 found several hundreds grams of "highly volatile 7" explosives in an apartment. Officials say a Syrian man was being sought in connection with planning a bombing attack. 


4. A husband and wife from Maine are this year's winner of the North American wife-carrying championship. They will compete in the world championship in Finland next year. Elliot and Giana Storey bested 43 other couples to win the 17th annual competition. 


Krysta Fauria, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的现在分词 );大话
  • He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
  • Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口,亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句
n.爆炸;巨响
  • A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade.街垒传来一阵骇人的爆炸声。
  • Within a few hundreds of microseconds,detonation is complete.在几百微秒之内,爆炸便完成了。
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
学英语单词
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active field period
air date
Alice Walker
antenna swing
arch over
ascochytin
astatic watt hour
auxiliary airfields
axle end bearing
behind backs
Biocide TS-802
blastoparenchymatous
block pool
board foot measure
bowwoman
brewages
Cajamarca, R.
carrier-side frequency level difference
cephalic mesoderm
chlorargyrite
cocm
cold bent test
combination of slots
counter-punches
Cyathidites
daffiest
demand matching
Dermoepidermal
Dongara
draft plan
dyrke
embedded fonts
entercept
euro-boreal
fast-flying
febris monoleptica
fluxionists
gdf
gerbilarium
grippable part
HCCH
helicodiscids
help me out
hepatic portal vein
immediate replacement
insertion force
Inula rhizocephala
Isachne
Iwopin
Jacques Bernoulli
Kendall's terminology
kleenexes
klinostat
lathyrus odoratuss
loaders
longowal
M region
mobile charge
Mucone, Fiume
multi-aperture electrode
nearest-neighbour index
neck of talus
neolitsea aciculata variabillima
non-abbr.atant
non-conducting state
office of commercial attache
offshore pollution
omnium-gatherums
optimization process
overlearnedness
perishings
photometric method
photosensitised
photospheric model
radices tinosporae
ratio of trade account payable to purchase
recessed room
rumpent
salt stock pickle
Saturnday
scaffoldize
Schwabegg
shusha
Shën Ilias, Mali i
smallscale integration
soil bank legislation
sports-league
stud fixing tool
subsoil drainage
super-large
superior tabes
television satellite
the best possible results
thioureas
Thorngrove
total budget rate
transitioning
triple threat
Villaviciosa de Odón
yurt
zeeman broading