cull: 扑杀

2005-11-10 11:29

Local governments have culled about 500,000 poultry within a 3-kilometre radius of the outbreak sites to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.

field work: 实地考察

2005-11-08 10:24

The UN health agency and Chinese officials were discussing what role the WHO should play, said Roy Wadia, a spokesman in Beijing for the agency. He said it could offer help in field work, lab testing and other areas.

riot: 骚乱;暴动

2005-11-01 11:10

The 10 consecutive nights of riots have shaken the government to its core and opened a new front in the increasingly violent rupture between Muslims and non-Muslims in Western Europe.

derail: 脱轨;出轨

2005-10-31 11:10

At least 102 people died and 92 others were injured when a passenger train derailed in southern India Saturday as it attempted to cross tracks washed away by a flood, police said.

stampede: 蜂拥;踩踏

2005-10-27 10:57

Cries of "ghost" spooked 12 students to their death in a primary school stampede on Tuesday. The tragedy occurred in Tongjiang County in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, about 600 kilometres from the capital Chengdu.

stamp out: 扑灭

2005-10-26 11:13

The epidemic has been stamped out, and no new outbreak spots have been found," the ministry said in a statement. "Anhui implemented a chain of emergency control measures."

runoff: 决定性竞选

2005-10-24 10:53

Warsaw's conservative Mayor Lech Kaczynski won Poland's presidential runoff vote Sunday, sealing the rise of a party headed by his twin brother that pledges to uphold Roman Catholic values and strong welfare state protections.

adjournment: 延期;休会

2005-10-19 11:18

Saddam's lawyer said Tuesday he would ask for a three-month adjournment at his client's trial for a 1982 massacre, and challenge the court's competence to hear the case. The trial was to begin on Wednesday.

trilogy: 三部曲

2005-10-18 10:34

His literary body of work amounts to 13 million Chinese characters. He was best known for his trilogy "Jiliu" (torrent), which was written between 1931 and 1940, and included three semi-autobiographical novels.

touch down: 着陆;落地

2005-10-17 11:20

The return module of Shenzhou VI and astronauts Fei Junlong, Nie Haisheng touched down in the main landing field in Central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 4:33 A.M. Monday after a five-day flight.

Low profile: 低调的形象

2005-10-14 13:35

Steinmeier, a 49-year-old lawyer, has been a low profile but powerful figure in Schroeder's government.

cold front: 冷锋

2005-10-13 11:05

Residents of North China have to get their heavy woollens out from today with a cold front closing in and temperatures set to drop appreciably.

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