时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(三)月


英语课


1. It's a huge day for presidential politics and voting has begun on the crucial four-state primary that could determine both the Democratic and Republican races. Hillary Clinton is looking to put a stop to the momentum 1 that has carried Barack Obama to victories in the last 11 Democratic contests. On the Republican side, John McCain hopes to clinch 2 the nomination 3 and force Mick Huckabee to the sidelines.


 


2. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has touched down in Israel amid escalating 4 tensions in the Middle East. Rice made a pitch stop in Egypt, saying rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza must stop for the situation to improve. She also says Israel's military must not target Palestinian civilians 5.


 


3. Six people including 2 children were found dead in Memphis. Police say they were victims of gunshot wounds and 3 other children were hurt. Authorities haven't given any information about potential suspects or a possible motive 6.  


 


 4. Police in West Palm Beach is still trying to figure out what drove a man to go on a shooting rampage at a Wendy's. The gunman opened fire, killing 7 one and injuring another five. The man later took his own life.


 



n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
v.敲弯,钉牢;确定;扭住对方 [参]clench
  • Clinch the boards together.用钉子把木板钉牢在一起。
  • We don't accept us dollars,please Swiss francs to clinch a deal business.我方不收美元,请最好用瑞士法郎来成交生意。
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
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。
学英语单词
adsorptionally
alneway
area of ambiguity
basic iteration control structure
Birmingham wire gage
butter tree
calavite passage
calyx lobe
carrier-reference black level
casing main body
cathering
claudicating
communise
composition cable
contact wear allowance
contiuous exposure
contribution unit
cornucopians
Cuneocuboidal
cycling circuit
desert spread
drainage-pump
electrical time-constant
electrometric analysis
envigoring
examination of finger nails
florencios
focusing magnet
forespar
freir
ghoulishly
Halochalzite
hayri
heaven-king
hertz
hi-rez
holds back
hygrokinesis
Ibison
icterus anhepaticus
inciting
indirect output
initial register indicator
internal-mix oil burner
isocedrane
jet tube
Kaufmann's method
Kayasula
least perceptible chromaticity difference
linkage category I
liquid adsorption method
magnesite clinker
mastoiditis interna
melt adhesive
merchant intelligence
mercury-arc
misdriving
mold amylase
monitor headphone
nda
normalized endogenous variable
off-set well
overriding royalty interest
paratactic lines
payload-mass ratio
persistent current loop
philanderer
polysaccharidic
primary cancer
psychomotor
push-down operation
rami anterior lateralis
reevaluated
Remeskylä
remoteness of damage
replenishment time
sand patch method
self-locking-type differential
self-verification
Sherwin
sht
solid state relay
sports spirit
stock loan
system similarity
Tanagro, Fiume
ten commandmentss
terminal affinity
theory of inflation
threenager
thumprinting
thylacinids
track mechanics
trigger segment
velutinids
venae cerebri Galeni
visuospatially
Volunteer's remorse
wafering machine
with great difficulty
xanthinol
yoshitomi