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BBC在线收听下载:马航mh370水下搜寻正式结束

2017-01-19来源:BBC

短语讲解:

1. A three-year search for the missing Malaysia Airline’s flight MH370 has been called off, leaving one of the great aviation mysteries unsolved.

call off 取消; 点名
例句:He has called off the trip
他已取消了这次行程。

2. A governor of the Turkish city of Istanbul says the suspect has confessed to carrying out the New Year’s Eve night club attack, which killed 39 people.

carry out 进行; 执行; 完成; 抬出去
例句:The Social Democrats could still carry out their threat to leave the government
社会民主党人仍有可能将其退出政府的威胁付诸实施。

3. The British Prime Minister Teresa May will give a long-awaited speech in a few hours setting out a strategy for Brexit.

set out 出发; 着手; 动身
例句:When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
每次出发远行,都要穿合适的鞋子。

4. In it she is expected to signal that she wants a full break from the European Union rather than a deal that leaves Britain half in, half out.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事
例句:The commune is expected to bring in more rice this year.
今年公社可望收获更多稻谷。

5. The choice is more hotly contested than usual as a coalition of Europe’s main parties who had sought to keep Eurosceptics out of power has broken down.

break down 失败; 划分(以便分析); 损坏
例句:Their car broke down.
他们的车子出故障了。