美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-17

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1. A blow for President Bush, the Senate rejects extending parts of Patriot¹ Act, saying they infringe² too much on Americans' privacy and liberty.

2. In Iraq, authorities tally³ ballots⁴ and field complaints from the country's parliamentary election, which drew an estimated turnout of 70 percent.

3. New York city's Transit⁵ Union calls for a selective strike against two private bus lines, putting off a crippling citywide shutdown at least for now.

4. European Union leaders threaten sanctions against Iran over its president's widely condemned⁶ comments about Israel and the Holocaust⁷.

5. And at South Korea's biggest aquarium⁸, divers⁹ in Santa outfits¹¹ perform an underwater concert, celebrating Christmas in their own festive¹² way.
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1. infringe
1 infringe infringes¹³ infringing¹⁴ infringed¹⁵
2 infringe infringes infringing infringed
If something infringes people's rights, it interferes¹⁶ with these rights and does not allow people the freedom they are entitled to.
They rob us, they infringe our rights, they kill us.
It's starting to infringe on our personal liberties.
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2. tally
3 tally tallies¹⁷ tallying¹⁸ tallied¹⁹
If you tally numbers, items, or totals, you count them.
...as we tally the number of workers who have been laid off this year...
When the final numbers are tallied, sales will almost certainly have fallen.
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3. aquarium
1 aquarium aquariums²⁰ or aquaria
An aquarium is a building, often in a zoo, where fish and underwater animals are kept.
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4. outfit¹⁰
1 outfit outfits
An outfit is a set of clothes.
She was wearing an outfit she'd bought the previous day.
I spent lots of money on smart new outfits for work.
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5. field
11 field fields fielding fielded
If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully. (JOURNALISM)
He was later shown on television, fielding questions.
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