新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2017/01/06

 

The Beijing Hour

Evening Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Friday, January 6, 2017

Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.

Coming up on our program this evening...

The annual plenary session of the Communist Party of China's discipline agency is now underway...

Chinese authorities welcome the comments made in the exit report by the US Secretary of State...

and after years of searching for missing flight MH370, a decision on what steps to take next is looming¹...

In the 2nd half of our program - in depth discussion on issues, including....

A US automaker cancels plans for a new facility in Mexico...

Sino-US relations during the Donald Trump² presidency³...

and Chinese box office growth slows significantly...

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1 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

4 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。