时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(十一)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country's chief law enforcement officer, after enduring more than a year of blistering 1 and personal attacks from President Donald Trump 2 over his recusal from the Russia investigation 3. Sessions told the President in a letter that he was submitting his resignation "at your request".


At a news conference, Trump warned House Democrats 4 against spending the remaining years of his presidency 5 investigating him and the administration. Democrats won control of the House in yesterday's midterm elections. He said the two parties should work together.


The Girl Scouts 6 of the United States of America has filed a trademark 7 infringement 8 lawsuit 9 against the Boy Scouts of America for dropping the word boy from its flagship program in an effort to attract girls.


Samsung provided a glimpse at a fold-able screen phone device that it will release next year. It is expected to compete against several other flexible screen phones.



1 blistering
adj.酷热的;猛烈的;使起疱的;可恶的v.起水疱;起气泡;使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡
  • The runners set off at a blistering pace. 赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
  • This failure is known as preferential wetting and is responsible for blistering. 这种故障称为优先吸湿,是产生气泡的原因。 来自辞典例句
2 trump
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。
3 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 democrats
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 presidency
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
6 scouts
侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员
  • to join the Scouts 参加童子军
  • The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组,然后开始巡逻这个地区。
7 trademark
n.商标;特征;vt.注册的…商标
  • The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
  • The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。
8 infringement
n.违反;侵权
  • Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.违背这一规则会被自动取消参加锦标赛的资格。
  • The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.委员会裁定美国的禁令对自由贸易构成了侵犯
9 lawsuit
n.诉讼,控诉
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
学英语单词
actinometries
administrating
alkaline mud
alogge
approximability
barrel-head
basil-
batch sedimentation settling test
beug
buglah
bunsen effusion law
Bélanger R.
c.smith
capacity-type torquemeter
Chedworth
chitchatter
citrazinic
clear sailings
cloud test
complex fibre
Court of International Trade
cramazing
Danube Swabian
debtor-creditor
deservedly so
diamond-pyramid hardness number
dis legomenon
discriminating conduct
distance measurement with vertical base staff
famoxadone
flanged up
floating underflow
fog cooler
freeflex
funded debt retired from surplus
funeral-director
gelmen
gentu
glassy-eye
Grates Cove
hexabothriids
histochemistry of paraneurons
hydroxyxylene
infanticulture
insurance product
interlock protection of connection
invite over
kross
Leona Vicario
leucocytoclasia
lower esophageal sphincter
many-handed
merchantwomen
modified wine
moolae
moving-iron logometer
network capability
Nicobars
noddary
non-greek
nonequilibrium carrier
oce
overall circuit routine test
pacated
parrots
play system
plug in discharge tube
process mapping
production line for dry cell
prosecutrixes
pyroxenitic
quick acting binder
rejoicefully
riftless
semi-outdoor thermal power plant
ship's register book
side-splits
silicate-rich
single-lens eye
slab zinc
spinal dura meter spinalis
static direct reactance
steering quality index
stelocyttare
stream function
subgrain formation
superior limit of exchange
sweettalk
synchronous running
Tarcoon
tenpenny
thrust rating
top doup
traveling-wave
Trichophyton rosaceum
twelvest
two-stage cracker
undershrubs
Uo-shima
velibor
water-cooled contact
wheel fiddle