(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Reuters reports that U.S. Senator John McCain has died.
据路透社报道,美国参议员约翰·麦凯恩去世 。
McCain was a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2008,
麦凯恩曾是越南战争的囚犯,2008年竞选总统失败,
as a self-styled maverick Republican and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump.
他自称是特立独行的共和党人,并成为唐纳德·特朗普总统的著名批评者 。
He was 81. A Senator for Arizona for more than three decades,
他已经81岁了 。麦凯恩担任亚利桑那州参议员已有30多年,
McCain had been suffering from glioblastoma, brain cancer since July 2017 and had not been at the U.S. Capitol this year.
自2017年7月以来,他一直患有胶质母细胞瘤,这是一种脑癌,他今年还没有在国会出现过 。
His family said on Friday that McCain was discontinuing cancer treatment.
麦凯恩的家人周五宣布,麦凯恩正在停止进一步的癌症治疗 。
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词汇解析
1、prominent
著名的;突出的
The most prominent poets of the Victorian period had all but faded from the scene.
维多利亚时期最显赫的诗人差不多已全部湮没无声了 。
2、discontinue
停止;使中止
You'll know when to discontinue certain media and publications and when to pump more money into others.
你会知道何时停止某些媒体和出版物,以及何时在其他广告形式上投入更多资金等 。
And pray that the shoe manufacturer doesn't discontinue your running shoe!
祈祷鞋制造商没有中断你跑步鞋的制造!