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外电报道如下:
U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign passed the 1,000 milestone1 Tuesday, with more than 800 of them during the stubborn insurgency2 that flared3 after the Americans brought down Saddam Hussein and President Bush declared major combat over.
Milestone的意思是“里程碑、 里程标、重要事件、转折点”。例如:The invention of the computer was a milestone in the history of man.(计算机的发明是人类历史上的一件大事).
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| n.里程碑;划时代的事件 | |
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insurgency
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| n.起义;暴动;叛变 | |
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Flared
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| adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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