BBC News with Iain Purdon
The mediatycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoonRupert Murdoch has told a British inquiry into media ethics that he's never asked a prime minister for anything. Mr Murdoch said he wanted to end what he called the myth that he'd used the power or influence of one of his British newspapers to gain favourable treatment.
"Politiciansgo out of their wayto impress people in the press. I think that's part of the democratic process. All politicians of all sides like to have their views known by the editors, hoping that they will beput across, hoping that they will succeed in impressing people. That's the game."
He said that if he wassolely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solelyconcerned with commercial interest, he would always have backed the Conservative Party because it was more supportive of business.
The French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has said that the UN Security Council might have to consider action backed up by military force in Syria if the current peace plan fails. Activists say the violence is continuing with more than 20 people killed during the day. Jim Muir has been following events from neighbouring Lebanon.
In the city of Hama,distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraughtresidents pulled from the rubble of a destroyed building the broken body of a two-year-old little girl, one of at least seven people who activists said were killed in violent shelling of the quarter by government forces. Two UN observers were a short distance away in the centre of town. There was more deadly shelling in the town and the south and deaths from sniping in suburbs of Damascus despite UN monitors being close to both places. The French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has had enough. He said that if the Syrian regime does not comply with thetruce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truceby early May, the Security Council should consider authorising military intervention.
The head of Israel's armed forces has said he doesn't think Iran will develop nuclear weapons. In an interview with an Israeli newspaper, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz said the Iranian leadership was made up of "rational people". It would not want, as he put it, to "go the extra mile".
In the United States, the Republican Newt Gingrich is about to withdraw from the race to be his party's presidential candidate. American media said Mr Gingrich would suspend his campaign next Tuesday. Addressing Republican supporters in North Carolina, Mr Gingrich said he still believed that he would be the best candidate, but he had to be honest about what was happening in the real world, and that he would now give his support to Mr Romney.
"I am committed to this party. I am committed to defeating Obama. We will find ways to try to be helpful. I do think it's pretty clear that Governor Romney isultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimatelygoing to be the nominee, and we'll do everything we can to make sure that he is, in fact, effective. And we as a team are effective both in winning this fall and then frankly in governing." Newt Gingrich speaking earlier (And that's) This is the World News from the BBC.
The Libyan authorities have banned political parties based on religion, tribe orethnicity">ethnicity">ethnicity">ethnicity. The announcement comes two months before elections to choose an assembly which will form a government and write a new constitution. Libya's National Transitional Council said the ban was in the interests of national unity. It's been denounced as undemocratic by the Muslim Brotherhood, which formed a political party in March and was expected to perform well in the elections.
A military judge in the United States has rejected a request to throw out all the charges in the case of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking thousands of classified documents to thewhistle-blowingwebsite Wikileaks. The decision made at a hearing in Fort Meade, Maryland means Private Manning's trial will go ahead in September as planned.
In what's being seen as a landmark case, an Indian woman has legallyannul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annulled">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annulleda marriage that her parents arranged for her when she was a child. Laxmi Sargara, who is now 18, was married at the age of one to a three-year-old groom in the state of Rajasthan. Jo Jolly reports.
The teenager only found out about her marriage this month when her parents told her she would have to move to her in-laws' house. After asking a local social worker for help, Laxmi was able to persuade her husband to sign a legal document to annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul the marriage and have this verified by a government official. Child marriage is illegal in India but is still common in many rural areas. Campaigners hope this case will encourage others to fight against the practice.
Scientists at a German research institute say satellite data from Global Positioning Systems, or GPS, could be used to provide much faster tsunami warnings. The scientists say they've analysed data gathered from over 500 GPS stations at the time adevastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastatingearthquake hit Japan in March last year. They say it could have been used to predict both the correct magnitude of the quake and the size of the resultant tsunami in just three to four minutes, faster than traditional methods.
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The media tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon Rupert Murdoch has told a British inquiry into media ethics that he's never asked a prime minister for anything. Mr Murdoch said he wanted to end what he called the myth that he'd used the power or influence of one of his British newspapers to gain favourable treatment.
媒体大亨鲁伯特·默多克向有关媒体道德的英国调查表示,他从未向哪位总理要求过什么。有传闻说他利用他一份英国报纸的权力或影响力来获取优惠待遇,默多克说希望这种传闻能结束。
"Politicians go out of their way to impress people in the press. I think that's part of the democratic process. All politicians of all sides like to have their views known by the editors, hoping that they will be put across, hoping that they will succeed in impressing people. That's the game."
“政客们不辞辛劳想在媒体上给民众留下印象,我想这就是民主进程的一部分。各方的所有政客们都希望编辑们知道自己的观点,希望大家能明白自己的观点,希望能成功地在民众心中留下好感。这就是游戏规则。”
He said that if he was solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely concerned with commercial interest, he would always have backed the Conservative Party because it was more supportive of business.
他说,如果他只考虑商业利益的话,他会一直支持保守党,因为保守党更支持商业。
The French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has said that the UN Security Council might have to consider action backed up by military force in Syria if the current peace plan fails. Activists say the violence is continuing with more than 20 people killed during the day. Jim Muir has been following events from neighbouring Lebanon.
法国外长居贝说,如果目前的和平方案失败,联合国安理会或许必须得考虑采取军事行动。活动家称暴力仍在继续,当天就有20多人丧生。Jim Muir在邻国黎巴嫩做后续报道。
In the city of Hama, distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught residents pulled from the rubble of a destroyed building the broken body of a two-year-old little girl, one of at least seven people who activists said were killed in violent shelling of the quarter by government forces. Two UN observers were a short distance away in the centre of town. There was more deadly shelling in the town and the south and deaths from sniping in suburbs of Damascus despite UN monitors being close to both places. The French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has had enough. He said that if the Syrian regime does not comply with the truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce by early May, the Security Council should consider authorising military intervention.
在哈马市,忧心如焚的居民从一处被毁建筑的瓦砾堆里拖出一名两岁小女孩的伤痕残躯,活动家称女孩死于政府军在该地区发动的猛烈轰炸,至少7人丧生。两名联合国观察员就在不远处的市中心。该市和南部遭受的轰炸更惨重,大马士革郊区的死亡情况也很严重,尽管两地都有联合国观察员驻扎。法国外长居贝说得够多了,他说,如果叙利亚政府不在5月初休战,安理会会考虑授权武装干预。
The head of Israel's armed forces has said he doesn't think Iran will develop nuclear weapons. In an interview with an Israeli newspaper, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz said the Iranian leadership was made up of "rational people". It would not want, as he put it, to "go the extra mile".
以色列武装部队最高领导人说,他认为伊朗不会生产核武器。中将甘茨在接受以色列一家报纸的采访时说,伊朗的领导层都是“理性的人”。据他所说,他们不会费那么大精力的。
In the United States, the Republican Newt Gingrich is about to withdraw from the race to be his party's presidential candidate. American media said Mr Gingrich would suspend his campaign next Tuesday. Addressing Republican supporters in North Carolina, Mr Gingrich said he still believed that he would be the best candidate, but he had to be honest about what was happening in the real world, and that he would now give his support to Mr Romney.
美国共和党人金里奇将从该党总统候选人竞选中撤出,美国媒体称,金里奇会在下周二停止竞选。金里奇在北卡罗莱纳州向支持者发表讲话说,他仍相信自己是最佳候选人,但他必须承认现实世界所发生的事,并支持罗姆尼。
"I am committed to this party. I am committed to defeating Obama. We will find ways to try to be helpful. I do think it's pretty clear that Governor Romney is ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately going to be the nominee, and we'll do everything we can to make sure that he is, in fact, effective. And we as a team are effective both in winning this fall and then frankly in governing."
“我忠于本党,一心打败奥巴马。我们会想办法做有益之事,罗姆尼州长会成为最后的被提名人,我们会尽一切努力实现这个目标。作为一支团队,我们会最终赢得今年秋季的决赛并坦率执政。”
The Libyan authorities have banned political parties based on religion, tribe or ethnicity">ethnicity">ethnicity">ethnicity. The announcement comes two months before elections to choose an assembly which will form a government and write a new constitution. Libya's National Transitional Council said the ban was in the interests of national unity. It's been denounced as undemocratic by the Muslim Brotherhood, which formed a political party in March and was expected to perform well in the elections.
比利亚当局禁止基于宗教、部落或种族的党派。两个月后,埃及即将选举成立政府并起草新宪法的议会。利比亚全国过渡委员会称,该禁令是为了全国团结而发布的。穆斯林兄弟组织称此举不民主,该组织三月份成了一个政党,并有可能在选举中表现不错。
A military judge in the United States has rejected a request to throw out all the charges in the case of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking thousands of classified documents to the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. The decision made at a hearing in Fort Meade, Maryland means Private Manning's trial will go ahead in September as planned.
美国一位军事法官驳回要求抛弃布拉德·曼宁案件中的所有指控的请求,曼宁被指控向举报网站维基解密泄露数十万份秘密文档。马里兰州米德堡的一次听审会做出了这个决定,这意味着对士兵曼宁的审判将在九月份如期进行。
In what's being seen as a landmark case, an Indian woman has legally annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annulled">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annulled a marriage that her parents arranged for her when she was a child. Laxmi Sargara, who is now 18, was married at the age of one to a three-year-old groom in the state of Rajasthan. Jo Jolly reports.
一名印度妇女通过法律程序解除了幼年时父母为自己安排的婚姻,这件案例被视为一个里程碑。在拉贾斯坦邦,今年18岁的Laxmi Sargara一岁时,就被嫁给一位三岁的新郎。Jo Jolly报道。
The teenager only found out about her marriage this month when her parents told her she would have to move to her in-laws' house. After asking a local social worker for help, Laxmi was able to persuade her husband to sign a legal document to annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul the marriage and have this verified by a government official. Child marriage is illegal in India but is still common in many rural areas. Campaigners hope this case will encourage others to fight against the practice.
本月,Laxmi的父母告诉她必须搬到夫家去住,她这才知道自己的婚姻大事。Laxmi向当地的社会工作者求助,成功劝说丈夫签署法律文件终结婚姻,并得到政府官员的批准。童婚在印度为非法,但在许多农村地区仍很普遍。
Scientists at a German research institute say satellite data from Global Positioning Systems, or GPS, could be used to provide much faster tsunami warnings. The scientists say they've analysed data gathered from over 500 GPS stations at the time a devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating earthquake hit Japan in March last year. They say it could have been used to predict both the correct magnitude of the quake and the size of the resultant tsunami in just three to four minutes, faster than traditional methods.
活动人士希望这件案例能鼓励其他人打破这种习俗。德国一研究所的科学家说,全球定位系统(GPS)可以用来提供更快速的海啸预警。科学家说,他们分析了去年3月日本大地震时500个GPS站点的数据,称GPS可以用来预测更准确的地震震级,并在三到四分钟内预测出随后的海啸级别,比传统的方法要快。
第三页:词汇解析
tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon
英汉解释
n. 企业界大亨,巨头;巨富
同义词
n.baron,big businessman,business leader,king
参考例句
1. Bill gate is a billionaire computertycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoonin the world.
比尔盖茨是世界上拥有亿万财富的大亨。
2. At that time my father was a Hollywoodtycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon, head of Paramount Studios.
那时我父亲是好莱坞的大亨,派拉蒙制片公司的经理。
3. He might have got away with it, were it not for an uppity Floridatycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon">tycoon, Bill Koch, who had bought four of the Jefferson bottles.
他(罗德斯多克)本可以卷款潜逃,要不是自负的佛罗里达州大亨——比尔科赫,(一口气)买下了四瓶杰弗逊先生的藏酒。
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solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely
英汉解释
adv. 单独地,唯一地
同义词
r.alone,entirely,exclusively,only
参考例句
1. He will judge the casesolely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solelyon its merits.
他将完全根据是非曲直审理这一案件。
2. I suggest beginners concentratesolely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solelyon this method until they have more experience.
我建议初学者只专注于这个方法,直到他们更有经验。
3. Not that it issolely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely">solely, or chiefly, to form great thinkers that freedom of thinking is required.
造就几个伟大的思想家并不是需要拥有思想自由唯一的或主要的原因。
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distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught
英汉解释
adj. 发狂的;心烦意乱的
同义词
a.overwrought
参考例句
1. People across the country weredistraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught.
整个国家的人非常失望。
2. But we completely messed up the end of the match. We went onto the back foot after their first goal and all we can say is we aredistraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught.
但是我们在其后的比赛中完全乱了阵脚。在他们进了第一个球后,我们一直处于不利的境地。现在我们所能说的,就是痛心不已。
3. See your life not as adistraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraught">distraughtdrama but as a romantic comedy. Recognize the inherent farce-like quality in situations including sex and relationships.
不要把生活看成悲剧,把它看成烂漫的喜剧。承认与生俱来的荒唐滑稽事情——就像性、爱情之类一样。
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truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce
英汉解释
n. 停战;休战;休战协定
vt. 以休战结束;停止争执
vi. 停战
同义词
n.armistice,cease-fire
参考例句
1. The Russians rejected a French offer for atruce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce.
俄国人拒绝法国人提出的停战建议。
2. The rockets fired from Lebanon this week were a reminder, if one were needed, that the 2006 war ended in atruce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">trucenot a peace.
本周从黎巴嫩发射的火箭就是个提醒,假如需要提醒的话,提醒我们2006年的战争结束不过是休战,而非和平。
3. The Israeli government also rejected thetruce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truce">truceproposal. Israeli spokesman Mark Regev says Hamas is a terrorist organization that refuses to renounce violence or recognize Israel.
以色列政府也拒绝停战的建议。以色列发言人雷格夫说,哈马斯是一个恐怖组织,它拒绝放弃暴力,拒绝承认以色列。
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ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately
英汉解释
adv. 最后;根本;基本上
同义词
r.at last,at long last,finally,in the end
参考例句
1. Butultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimatelyget the proceeds in cash.
但最终获得的收益以现金支付。
2. Ultimately, for this process to work, you must choose consistency over every other reason or justification you have for trading.
最后,为了实现这个过程,你必须选择持续一致作为你的交易理由,并放弃其它理由。
3. Nor does it help the business case for such an investment, that smart grids by definition reduce demand—and thereby revenues andultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimately">ultimatelyprofits.
也不会帮助这种商业案例投资,原因是按照定义智能电网会降低需求,从而降低收入和最终的利润。
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ethnicity">ethnicity">ethnicity">ethnicity
英汉解释
n. 种族划分
参考例句
1. Your gender, skin color,ethnicity">ethnicity">ethnicity">ethnicitywill be irrelevant.
你的性别、肤色、种族地位也将消失。
2. Ethnicity: One world -- many cultures, backgrounds, beliefs.
一个世界--许多文化,背景,信仰。
3. Literature, Religion, Gender and Ethnicity: England, Middle East and China in the Middle Ages. Taipei : LinkingBooks.
《文学、宗教、性别和民族:中古时代的英国、中东、中国》台北:联经。
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annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul
英汉解释
vt. 取消;废除;宣告无效
同义词
v.avoid,countermand,invalidate,lift
反义词
v.formalise,formalize,validate
参考例句
1. toannul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annulall unpleasant memories of his early childhood
抹掉童年的一切不愉快的记忆
2. For them, the decision toannul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annulsame-sex marriages will be personal, even painful.
对这些同性恋者来说,决定取消婚礼是私人的,而且是痛苦的。
3. They have the power to alter orannul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annul">annulinappropriate decisions of their own standing committees.
有权改变或者撤销本级人民代表大会常务委员会不适当的决定。
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devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating
英汉解释
adj. 毁灭性的;全然的
v. 摧毁(devastate的ing形式);毁坏
同义词
a.annihilating,annihilative,crushing,withering
参考例句
1. Learn the moves, craft your strategy, and unleashdevastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastatingcombinations on your opponent.
学习的行动,工艺的战略,并发动毁灭性的组合对你的对手。
2. Where they are rare, these fire storms aredevastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating, and burn all beneath the falling wall of flame in a holocaust.
这些火风暴是极具毁灭性的,燃烧着掉落下来将下面的一切烧的干干净净,简直是大屠杀。
3. A good cast of Fissure can isolate an opponent and cut off their escape. Practice often to achievedevastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastating">devastatingresults.
一个好的沟壑可以孤立你的敌人,切断他们的退路。多练习就能达到这种分隔的效果。