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美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-20

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1.New Orleans' mayor suspends reopening parts of the hurricane-ravaged city as Tropical Storm Rita threatens a new round of flooding.

2.Residents in the low-lying Florida Keys evacuate1 as Rita gathers strength in the Bahamas threatening to grow into a hurricane.

3.North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances.

4.British troops free two Britons from a Basra jail allegedly undercover commandos arrested on charges of shooting two Iraqi policemen.

5.And alleged2 organizers of the uprising in Uzbekistan that ended in a bloodbath and caused a global outcry are set to go on trial.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. undercover
undercover
Undercover work involves secretly obtaining information for the government or the police.
...an undercover operation designed to catch drug smugglers.
...undercover FBI agents.
...undercover reporters.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

+ undercover
Also an adverb.
Swanson persuaded Hubley to work undercover to capture the killer3.
ADV: ADV after v

2. commando
2 commando commandos or commandoes
A commando is a soldier who is a member of a commando.
Captain David Clement4 and 150 commandos stormed the port this morning.
N-COUNT

3. bloodbath
bloodbath bloodbaths
If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
The war degenerated5 into a bloodbath of tribal6 killings8.
N-COUNT also blood bath. emphasis
= massacre9

4. outcry
outcry outcries
An outcry is a reaction of strong disapproval10 and anger shown by the public or media about a recent event.
The killing7 caused an international outcry.
There was public outcry from those opposed to abortion11.
N-VAR: usu with supp
= protest


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1 evacuate ai1zL     
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
参考例句:
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
2 alleged gzaz3i     
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
参考例句:
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
3 killer rpLziK     
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
参考例句:
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
4 clement AVhyV     
adj.仁慈的;温和的
参考例句:
  • A clement judge reduced his sentence.一位仁慈的法官为他减了刑。
  • The planet's history contains many less stable and clement eras than the holocene.地球的历史包含着许多不如全新世稳定与温和的地质时期。
5 degenerated 41e5137359bcc159984e1d58f1f76d16     
衰退,堕落,退化( degenerate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The march degenerated into a riot. 示威游行变成了暴动。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track. 铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
6 tribal ifwzzw     
adj.部族的,种族的
参考例句:
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
7 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • 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。
8 killings 76d97e8407f821a6e56296c4c9a9388c     
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
参考例句:
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
9 massacre i71zk     
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
参考例句:
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
10 disapproval VuTx4     
n.反对,不赞成
参考例句:
  • The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
  • They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。
11 abortion ZzjzxH     
n.流产,堕胎
参考例句:
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
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