美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-15

1. Hamas has wrestled² control of the Gaza Strip from the Western-backed Fatah. It comes on the same day President Mahmoud Abbas declared a state of emergency and announced he's firing the Hamas prime minister and planning to install a new government.

2. Lewis "Scooter" Libby could be behind bars within weeks. That's because a federal judge said he won't delay the former White House aide's sentence in the CIA leak case.

3. The parents of a missing British girl are lashing⁴ out at the media for publishing an anonymous⁵ letter about the four-year-old's possible fate. It claims the girl is buried in a remote southern Portugal location.

4. And Paris Hilton is back in an all-women's jail. The socialite was transferred after spending nearly a week in a medical ward⁶.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. wrestle¹: verb
Combating to overcome an opposing force.

2. lash³ out: phrase
If you lash out at someone or something, you speak to them or about them very angrily or critically.

3. ward: n-count
A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment.

1 wrestle   

vi.摔跤，角力；搏斗；全力对付

参考例句：

• He taught his little brother how to wrestle.他教他小弟弟如何摔跤。
• We have to wrestle with difficulties.我们必须同困难作斗争。

2 wrestled   

v.（与某人）搏斗( wrestle的过去式和过去分词 )；扭成一团；扭打；（与…）摔跤

参考例句：

• As a boy he had boxed and wrestled. 他小的时候又是打拳又是摔跤。
• Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. 武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

4 lashing   

n.鞭打；痛斥；大量；许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

6 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。