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This is AP News Minute.

The Senate has firmly rejected President Donald Trump1's declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. Minutes after the vote, Trump signaled on Twitter that he may veto the measure.

Beto O'Rourke has entered the 2020 presidential race, shaking up an already packed democratic field. The former Texas congressman2 is promising3 a campaign built on bipartisan optimism by traveling the country and listening to voters.

British lawmakers have voted to delay Brexit for at least 3 months, just 15 days before the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union. Any extension to Brexit has to be approved by all 27 remaining EU countries.

And a British-led scientific mission off the Seychelles has successfully retrieved4 an underwater drone from the Indian Ocean. The Nekton Mission is on an unprecedented5 exploration to document changes that could affect billions of people.


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1 trump LU1zK     
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。
2 Congressman TvMzt7     
n.(美)国会议员
参考例句:
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
3 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
4 retrieved 1f81ff822b0877397035890c32e35843     
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 );恢复;寻回;检索(储存的信息)
参考例句:
  • Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句
5 unprecedented 7gSyJ     
adj.无前例的,新奇的
参考例句:
  • The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
  • A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

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