美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-08

1. In New Orleans soldiers coax¹ some Hurricane Katrina holdouts from their homes. All residents in the flooded city are ordered out by force if necessary.

2. President Bush and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor lead the nation's farewell to Chief Justice William Rehnquist at his funeral service.

3. In a harsh report, investigators² slam the UN for allowing Iraq's Saddam Hussein to bilk billions of dollars from the Oil-For-Food program.

4. US forces in Iraq rescue an American hostage Roy Hallums while a roadside bomb in southern Iraq kills four American security guards.

5. And fraud charges and a big boycott³ rally mar⁴ Egypt’s first-ever contested presidential vote allowing challengers to Hosni Mubarak.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. holdout
holdout holdouts
A holdout is someone who refuses to agree or act with other people in a particular situation and by doing so stops the situation from progressing or being resolved. (AM)
France has been the holdout in trying to negotiate an end to the dispute.
N-COUNT

2. bilk
bilk bilks bilking bilked
To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it. (AM, INFORMAL)
He disappeared in 1980 after being convicted of bilking investors⁵ out of $3 million.
VB
= cheat

3. mar
mar mars marring marred⁶
To mar something means to spoil or damage it.
A number of problems marred the smooth running of this event.
That election was marred by massive cheating.
VB
= ruin

1 coax   

v.哄诱，劝诱，用诱哄得到，诱取

参考例句：

• I had to coax the information out of him.我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
• He tried to coax the secret from me.他试图哄骗我说出秘方。

2 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

4 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

5 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

6 marred   

adj. 被损毁, 污损的

参考例句：

• The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
• Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。