时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(八)月


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This is AP News Minute.


A Brazilian police official tells the AP that the story of 4 US swimmers being robbed at gunpoint in Rio was false. According to the official, the swimmers were confronted by a security guard at a gas station after they forced open a bathroom door and vandalized the bathroom. Olympics officials say the swimmers made a mistake.


Democratic presidential nominee 1 Hillary Clinton spent part of her Thursday afternoon hearing from a select group of chiefs of police and sheriffs. Officers gathered in New York City to offer the nominee suggestions on how to reduce tensions between communities and police officers.


Southern California's big wildfire continues to grow. The fire command says the destructive blaze has scorched 2 more than 49 square miles. As of Thursday morning, up from 40 square miles Wednesday night.


And from Seattle to New York City, statues of a naked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump 3 caused a stir in major cities. This statue, seen standing 4 in the buff as crowds snapped photos was removed by New York parks and recreation crews some time after installation.


Emily Roseman, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 nominee
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。
2 scorched
烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦
  • I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
  • The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。
3 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。
4 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
学英语单词
agglutinating property
anicteric hepatitis
antidetonation timbering
austrosinensis
black gas pipe
Boad.
bond-coupons
bring back to earth
Camorrism
carcinophorids
catastrophic defeat
cathetometer
command argument
computer aided drafting
condensing water flow
connecting arrangement service
conscientious objectors
control (ctl)
conventional fusing current
correction curve
crank science
curral de dentro
customs-house officer
cydonias
Deception jammer.
deferred depreciation
delay fuze
dual fuel injection
dynasty
Eichbergite
emitrichie
energy pinch
equal authenticity
etymologisms
exporting vessel
externalisms
fabrications
farm cost
financial statement auditing
fire on
flowmetrically
fossae inguinalis medialis
gasproof machine
general statement
geopotential meter
getton
hauntin'
Haute-Saone
Heller's plexus
i-preysed
imitation effect
importing specie point
impressed voltage
inductive spacing
integration of systems
internal humeral epicondylitis
kantrowitz-donaldson inlet
L. Ron Hubbard
Lieutenants General
light pressure separator
Likoro
lophos
magazine feed
mazocacothesis
mcmc
measurement error
myodystony
neuronin
new-found-lands
Nicoraudil
non-trade-off Phillips curve
None of your sauce!
nozzle tube washer
parallel brake lever
Pernot furnace
phylogenesis classification
placing an order
prepay station
prevaluation test
profit on paper
promoted orbital
prosectors
pyree
quasi-nilpotent ring
quick restart(ing) after a scram
radio failure procedure
rapping iron
reshaping of trees
respiratory nerve
retarder in closed state
rewrite cycle
sabulicole
schnitzer
secondary copy
securement
splendourous
strothe
superpermalloy
the twins
vesicopapules
Vǔlchidol
waterbikes