BBC News with Marion Marshall
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency session to discuss the conflict in Mali. Before the meeting, France said it was seeking more international backing for its military offensive against Islamist fighters in the West African country. On the ground, Malian rebels have seized the central town of Diabaly from government troops. Mark Doyle reports from Bamako.
Day four of the French military operation and a mixed picture is emerging. The air campaign has hit several rebel rear bases in the Sahara desert, but the French military admit that an Islamist column pushed on in the centre of the country. The Islamists are still hundreds of miles away from the capital Bamako, and the French say this city would have fallen without their military intervention. But the rebels are well-equipped and apparently determined.
The Iraqi authorities say they’ve started releasing hundreds of detainees in an apparent response to recent protests by the Sunni minority. The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani apologised to the prisoners, saying they had been held unlawfully because of bureaucratic delays. He said more than 300 detainees had been released in the past week since he formed a government committee to look into protesters’ demands.
A group of Muslim clerics in Saudi Arabia has called on the government to put detainees held on security charges on trial or release them. The petition by 100 clerics in the ultra-conservative province of Qassim follows the detention of 11 women staging a small protest demanding the release of their relatives. The petition calls for fair hearings for prisoners warning that disaffection is growing, leading to protests and sit-ins.
A judge in Greece has ruled that a group of prisoners who escaped from jail last year committed no offence because they had been held in appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling conditions. The judge said that they were simply escaping humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation. The ruling was made in November, but it’s only now been made public. Mark Lowen is in Athens.
Cramped, dirty and a breach of human rights—that was the view of the Greek judge about the prison where the 15 nationals had been held. The men were said to have been detained with others in a room of 15 m2 with one toilet and no water or bedding. Some had caught typhoid and had no access to medical care. Greece is the main entry point for illegal immigrants into Europe—over 80 per cent pass through the country. And human rights groups have frequently condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemned">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemned the state of detention centres.
Long queues have formed in Havana outside embassies and the passport office after new legislation came into force allowing Cubans to travel abroad. Most Cubans will only need a valid passport and a visa to leave the communist-run island after more than five decades of severe restrictions. But the cost of applying for a visa is still high for the majority of Cubans—up to ten times the average monthly wage.
World News from the BBC
President Barack Obama says he’s now reviewing proposals to curb gun violence a month after the Connecticut school shooting where 20 children and six adults were killed by one gunman. President Obama said he’s studying proposals made by his Vice President Joe Biden. As Paul Adams reports from Washington:
He indicated that background checks, a renewed ban on assault weapons and keeping high-capacity magazines out of the wrong hands would all be on the list. Not everything, he said, would require legislation. He cited effective tracking of gun data as one example of the sorts of measures the administration could pursue without the help of Congress. But he urged members of Congress to examine their conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience and said the opponents of new controls were very good at whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whipping">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whipping up fears that the federal government was simply planning to take people’s guns away.
A convoy consisting of thousands of supporters of an influential Pakistani religious scholar, Tahir-ul-Qadri, has arrived in the capital Islamabad demanding electoral reform. Tahir-ul-Qadri says he wants a bloodless revolution, but the authorities accuse him of trying to postpone the election due in May.
New research suggests that Australia’s population wasn’t completely isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years as previously thought. A study of Aboriginal DNA suggests that Australia experienced a wave of migration from India 4,000 years ago. Rebecca Morelle reports.
A team of researchers compared the DNA of Aboriginal Australians with genetic material from around the world. By looking at small variations in the genes, they were able to see who was closely related to whom. They found that Australian and Indian DNA have mingled about 4,000 years ago, meaning some intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid Indian explorers arrived on the continent at around that time and they might not have come empty-handed. The scientists think the migrants brought along advanced stone tools called microliths.
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第二页:重点词汇解析
appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling
英汉解释
adj. 可怕的;令人震惊的
v. 使惊愕;惊吓(appal的ing形式)
同义词
a.dismaying
词汇辨析
afraid,fearful,awful,dreadful,frightful,terrible,horrible,terrific,appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling
这些形容词均含“害怕的、可怕的”之意。 afraid 指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
fearful 普通用词,既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧,又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。
awful 指威严得令人害怕或敬畏,有一定的感情色彩。
dreadful 指使人非常恐惧,毛骨悚然,也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
frightful 指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。
terrible 侧重指给人以长久的惊骇,极端的恐怖,令人难以忍受。
horrible 指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然,着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。
terrific 多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling 指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。
参考例句
1. That was anappalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appallingwaste.
那是极其严重的浪费。
2. We see objectively theappalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appallingmess the world is in.
我们客观地看到世界处于可怕的一团糟。
3. My trip to Calcutta brought home to me that some people have to live in the mostappalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appalling">appallingconditions.
我在加尔各答之行使我深切地体会到,有些人不得不在极其恶劣的环境中生活。
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humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation
英汉解释
n. 丢脸,耻辱;蒙羞;谦卑
同义词
n.abasement,chagrin,mortification
参考例句
1. This is ourshumiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation.
这是我们的耻辱。
2. I lovehumiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation.
我热爱丢脸。
3. Visiting the memorial can remind us of thehumiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliation">humiliationour country once suffered and arouse strong patriotism.
来纪念馆参观,可以让我们重温国家曾经遭受的耻辱,唤醒我们的爱国心。
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cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped
英汉解释
adj. 狭窄的;难懂的;难辨的
v. 用夹钳夹;约束(cramp的过去分词)
参考例句
1. In the Middle Ages, science wascramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">crampedby ignorance and superstition.
中世纪时,科学的发展受到无知和迷信的束缚。
2. "life and the memory of itcramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped, /dim, on a piece of Bristol board" (Elizabeth Bishop); it can also apply to a source of light to indicate insufficiency.
“生活及其回忆在一块上等板纸上束缚着、模糊着”(伊丽莎白大主教);它也能用于被表示不足光线的来源。
3. All farmed chickens, turkeys, and pigs spend their brief lives in dark and crowded warehouses, many of them socramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">cramped">crampedthat they can't even turn around or spread a single wing.
大部分农场里的鸡,火鸡,和猪,短暂的一生都生活在黑暗狭小的空间里,它们生活得如此拥挤,甚至不可能转身,或伸展开单只的翅膀。
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condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn
英汉解释
vt. 谴责;判刑,定罪;声讨
同义词
v.decry,doom,excoriate,sentence
词汇辨析
blame,accuse,condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn,scold,denounce,reproach,rebuke
这些动词均含有“责备,非难”之意。 blame 普通用词,语气较弱,仅是一般的责难、归咎于,不含用语言责骂之意。
accuse 语气比blame强,本义为归罪,可用作指非难或谴责之义。
condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn 正式用词,表示谴责,有较强的司法意味,侧重从道义或原则上的谴责。
scold 普通用词,多指上级对下级、长辈对后辈或雇主对雇员的态度粗暴、言词激烈的数落。
denounce 与condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn同义,但着重公开性。
reproach 侧重指因他人粗心、自私等引起不满而去指责、找岔。
rebuke 多指上级对下级进行的公开、强烈、严正而不宽容的责备。隐含一定权威的意味。
参考例句
1. The building wascondemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemned and is to be torn down.
这座建筑物已被宣告不能居住并即将拆除。
2. Would youcondemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemnthis woman to a life where people look at her face when they talk to her?
和她话时人人只看她的脸不看她的胸你忍心让这女人一辈子都这么痛苦吗?
3. Any fool can criticize,condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn">condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
任何笨蛋都可以批评,谴责和抱怨,但是理解和宽容需要个人品质和自我控制!
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conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience
英汉解释
n. 道德心,良心
同义词
n.moral sense,scruples,sense of right and wrong
参考例句
1. A cleanconscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscienceis a soft pillow.
清白的良心是一个温柔的枕头。
2. A brave man risks his life not hisconscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience.
勇敢的人用生命而不是用良心冒险。
3. Relate only what in yourconscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscience">conscienceyou think necessary for me to hear.
请您只讲那些您从良心上认为需要讲给我听的话吧。
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whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip
英汉解释
vt. 抽打;煽动;搅打(蛋,奶油);[口]彻底击败
n. 鞭子;抽打;车夫;搅拌器
vi. 抽打;急走;拍击
同义词
n.lash,party whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip,whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whiplash
v.flog,lash,mop up,whisk
词汇辨析
beat,strike,hit,thrash,whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip
这些动词均含有“打”之意。 beat 普通用词,含义广泛,指连续打击。游戏、竞赛或战争中作打败解。
strike 普通用词,多指急速或突然一次猛击。
hit 普通用词,常与strike换用,侧重有目标的猛击,强调用力击中。
thrash 侧重指用棍子或鞭子等痛打。
whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip 多指用鞭子抽打。
参考例句
1. to bewhip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whipped for something
因…而被惩罚;因…而被打
2. Farmer Jack hit him with a longwhip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip.
农民杰克就用一个很长的鞭子抽打它。
3. Thewhip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whip">whipstung him.
鞭打使他感到刺痛。
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intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid
英汉解释
adj. 无畏的;勇敢的;勇猛的
同义词
a.audacious,brave,dauntless,fearless
参考例句
1. "Sire, " said the Minister of the Interior to Napoleon, "yesterday I saw the mostintrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepidman in your Empire.
“陛下,”拿破仑的内政大臣说,“昨天我见到了一个您的帝国中最勇敢的人。”
2. Super SLGintrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepidtypes of small game, the professional attributes of a very distinctive, hematemesis recommended!
超强悍的SLG类型的小游戏,各职业的属性非常鲜明,吐血推荐!
3. Is depending upon the gem attribute addition, an ordinary weapon also completely has the possibility to turn anintrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepid">intrepidmurder sharp weapon originally.
依靠着宝石的属性加成,原本一件普通的武器也完全有可能变成一件强悍的杀人利器。