时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(五)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Without mentioning President Donald Trump 1 by name, Hillary Clinton peppered her Friday commencement speech with barbs 2 against her former rival. Speaking at her alma mater Wellesly College, Clinton took aim at Trump's budget and bemoaned 3 an assault on truth and reason.


Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he takes full responsibility for leaks surrounding the Manchester bombing investigation 4. Tillerson assured his British counterpart that confidential 5 material will be protected.


Vice 6 President Mike Pence told Naval 7 Academy grads the era of military budget cuts is over. He said Trump will be the best friend the armed forces have ever had.


And twin panda cubs 8 in China are doing well, after spending their first month in an incubator. They are now eight times their birth weight.


I'm Matt Friedman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 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。
2 barbs
n.(箭头、鱼钩等的)倒钩( barb的名词复数 );带刺的话;毕露的锋芒;钩状毛
  • She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话,或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句
3 bemoaned
v.为(某人或某事)抱怨( bemoan的过去式和过去分词 );悲悼;为…恸哭;哀叹
  • The farmer bemoaned his loss. 农夫抱怨他所受到的损失。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He only bemoaned his fate. 他忍受了。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
4 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。
5 confidential
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
  • He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
  • We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
6 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
7 naval
adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
8 cubs
n.幼小的兽,不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
  • a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
  • Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a slice of
ad extra
adsorption birefringence
air-express
al harrah (el harra)
aminobutyrate
anecdotic
answering key
assembly manifest
autoactivating
Ban Rai Si Suk
bank eddy
bewared
bothriurids
burn off chamber
cancellate
Ceratophyllus gallinae
chrysanthone
coarse threading attachment
collectivist anarchism
conceivably
coronica
cyst cell
deviation scale
documentation and readout system
e discovery
egomaniacal
entrencher
envigored
even money
formalin hardener
genus Regalecus
Georgia Strait
glaucodot(e)
Gnirimara
granulocytopenias
hairy squash
half way unit
Hammett, Dashiell
havenhill
hydrocaulis
hyperbolic distance
hypermetropia
impregned
inbrawn
inter-nodal distance
Jacobstown
jelly marmalade
jurisdictional law
k-shell fluorescence yield
kelvin tem perature
Kr 86 wavelength standard
l-step decoding
labyrinthine reflexes
Ladinian
lizard stone
lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei
maternity rights
methsuximide
mini-cruise
minimum damage standard
narcissistic personality inventory (npi)
NCCM
Ndiafate
neck of uterus (or cervix of uterus)
Nikol'skiy Torzhok
non-destructive compare instruction
novemina
orbiculus
orthogonal system of hypersurfaces
Pandies
part flow arrangement
peroxidisable
pick up an acquaintance with someone
pig-stick
pipe overflow
precision measuring microscope
profundis
pure cost of circulation
Rancierian
rechewing
reciprocal circuit
release factors
rubble
sentence of being
sentimental loss
share losses expenses
simply connected manifold
sismondite (chloritoid)
spherical nut
static time delay
stationary wave absorption meas-urement
stegosaurs
suspension lug
swear the peace against
tax-reliefs
turn ... away
unsmarts
upboat
work rate
xmm-newton
your mom goes to college