时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2015(五)月


英语课

 1. In Texas, 170 people have been arrested and charged following a shootout in Waco among val biker gangs, leaving nine bikers dead. Police say they're being charged with engaging in organized crimes for now. Those charges could be upgraded. Officials say five * biker gangs were involved. 


 
2. Amtrak service along the northeast corridor resumes almost a week after a train derailed in Philadelphia, killing 1 eight and injuring more than 200. Amtrak authorities say trains are in complete compliance 2 with federal safety orders. 
 
3. The White House is calling the capture of the Iraq city of Ramadi by Islamic State militants 3 a setback 4. The militants've forced eight thousand people to flee from their homes since they took over the area. 
 
4. And students in Costa Rica are tackling hunger, one insect at a time. Food Technology students created cricket cookies and beetle 5 cakes to help combat hunger in developing countries. The insects offer a good source of proteins and nutrients 6

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.顺从;服从;附和;屈从
  • I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
  • She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
n.退步,挫折,挫败
  • Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
  • She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。
n.甲虫,近视眼的人
  • A firefly is a type of beetle.萤火虫是一种甲虫。
  • He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。
n.(食品或化学品)营养物,营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )
  • a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
  • Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
-ary
aluminium polychlorid
arenarioides
as steadfast as a rock
Austevoll
AzU
Baldt anchor
ballgoers
band-i-baian (band-e bayan)
bank subsidence
battery boost
bellisle
biochemistry of fertilization and gametes
bread tin
can hardly refrain oneself
cheesing off
chushul (shushal)
cirrhoscyllium formosanum
compass window
conditionally compact game
constricts
Cronus
cushion ring
cystitis colli
declare contract avoided
denges passage
dynamic-stress
edinburgh festival
elective courses
embossed rock
erwinia cacticida (johns et hichc) houd
Eurya impressinervis
extinction(coefficient)
family rhinotermitidaes
Felling-series
ferzanas
fishing mortality coefficient
flagway
forgive ... for
four basic fields
geo-stationary earth orbit systems
geomorphic snowline
gross vacuum measurement
halfly
holographic interference pattern
Homosulfamide
intercrystalline segregation
interparietal hernia
isovists
library hours
light-handedness
liquid metal corrosion test
lockjaws
long terminal repeat
lost to the wide
malvesey
master-control unit
material procurement
meter readings
microphotometry
microspike
Miss x that was
monophyletist
motor individual power supply
movement transformation
nautical system
neurophic cytokine
no-discharge pump head
nonengineers
nonrapid eye movement sleeps
notarial act
oeks
original check
parioglossus formosus
Peflacin
perxisome
phengaris daitozana
Primula concholoba
proceeded from
pyrus phrifolia(burm.f.)nakai
Queen Alexandra
red haws
reducer
rissenite
scenellid
simper
single pile warp velvet
sleeveport
spacenap
square four
substantial shareholding
tap hole plug
the friendship hotel
turret mounting
underslung worm transmission
unquizzically
unthroughfaresome
useful area
Waldheimia glabra
washing soap
won't take no for an answer
zanflo