时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2015(十)月


英语课

 This is AP News Minute. 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton firmly defended her actions on Benghazi as she came face-to-face Thursday with a Republican-led special investigation 1 of the attacks in Libya. Clinton told the committee that she “took responsibility” for the attacks on the embassy. 2. Pentagon officials confirmed that US forces raided an ISIS facility that was holding 70 Iraqi hostages fearing for their lives. One US service member was killed after being wounded during the raid. Four Peshmerga soldiers were also wounded during the operation. 3. Masked man wielding 2 what looked like a sword stabbed four people out of school in Sweden on Thursday, killing 3 a teacher and a student before being shot dead by police. Sweden’s prime minister said the attack marked a dark day for the country.   4. And Hindu faithful across India celebrated 4 the festival of Dussehra, symbolizing 5 the victory of good over evil. Effigies 6 were burned in jubilation 7 as fireworks were set off in the streets. Emily Roseman, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.



1 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。
2 wielding
手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的现在分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响)
  • The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
  • He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。
3 killing
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。
4 celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
5 symbolizing
v.象征,作为…的象征( symbolize的现在分词 )
  • This symbol later evolved into a common hieroglyphic symbolizing victory. 这幕场景后来逐渐演化为象征胜利的普通象形文字。 来自时文部分
  • Mooncakes reunion, is symbolizing the Mid-Autumn festival will feed. 月饼象征着团圆,是中秋佳节必食之品。 来自互联网
6 effigies
n.(人的)雕像,模拟像,肖像( effigy的名词复数 )
  • stone effigies in the church 教堂里的石雕像
  • On 5 November British children burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. 每逢11月5日英国儿童都焚烧盖伊.福克斯的模拟像。 来自辞典例句
7 jubilation
n.欢庆,喜悦
  • The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.主场球迷为进球欢呼。
  • The whole city was a scene of jubilation.全市一片欢腾。
学英语单词
A wink is as good as a nod .
acid proof stoneware
albomycin
all wasted amount
analysis of essays by computer
approved sample
at the end of one's resources
axiomatizable
azylenes
baled
be prolific of
Berthelot's test
billones
box bit drill
branched polysaccharide chain
brugmansias
car distribution
chalk bags
chernin
cockerham
color lithographic ink
compressor sheet
consalazinic acid
couz
dambreuse
dharani
drive shaft lever
emerald creeper
empirical theology
final cleanup
genus Silphium
gird one's loins
graduate away
hatom? bushi (okinawa)
high pressure expansion turbine
high temperature effects
hurraing
hydroxyiodoquinolinesulfonic acid
i.r.c.
increment of width at curves
indirect matching of blood
International Television Federation
is in need of
isochronal trajectory
kinghood
kohms
leguminivorous
magnetic memory plate
Merdja Khereddine
Mezzolombardo
micro-macro links
mm-mmm
neutral sulphate
nidia
no couplings
no station address
non-legalistic
of school age
old boys' club
on the ear
panti-
papaver argemones
parakrithella cholelithia
parietal ovicell
paulownia glabrata rehd.
Paungde
pee and kew
period of angiosperms
piano-forte
pinguisane
protophilic
reclaimed oil
rectification switchgear
rolled shape
Sancerre
scale leg
sea-baseds
shmegeggies
Sidenafil
skein dyeing machine
smooth going
square corner Braun tube
sulfur-yellow
suspended expanded metal lath ceiling
thomas malthuss
tonic accent
trachy
track barrow
tranche certificate of deposit
tuneup shop
two-deep
ulysse
unleachable
utma
variable-function generator
vauxes
vector graphics
Verethraghna
weld distortion
winged headland
XRE
zinc retort