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历史上的今天:1月16日

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2010-01-26 00:56 字体： [ ]　

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today's highlight in history:
on january 16th, 1920, ¹禁止，禁酒令 began in the united states as the 18th ² to the us constitution took effect. (it was later ³ by the 21st amendment.)

on this date:
in 1547, ivan the terrible was crowned czar沙皇 of russia.

in 1883, the us civil service commission was established.

in 1919, nebraska, wyoming and missouri became the 36th, 37th and 38th states to ratify批准 prohibition, which went into effect生效 a year later.

in 1942, actress carole lombard, her mother and about twenty other people were killed when their plane crashed near las vegas, nevada, while returning from a war-bond ⁵ tour.

in 1944, general dwight d. eisenhower took command of指挥，开始控制 the ⁶ invasion force in london.

in 1964, the musical "hello, dolly!" opened on broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.

in 1967, alan s. boyd was sworn in宣誓就职 as the first secretary of transportation.

in 1989, three days of rioting暴乱 erupted in miami when a police officer fatally致命地 shot a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of a passenger.

in 1991, the white house announced the start of operation desert storm沙漠风暴 to drive iraqi forces out of kuwait.

in 1992, officials of the government of el salvador and rebel leaders signed a ⁷ in mexico city ending 12 years of civil war.

ten years ago: the ⁸ union sent more than eleven-thousand reinforcements增援部队，救兵 to the caucasus to halt a civil war between armenians and azerbaijanis.

five years ago: in union, south carolina, a ⁹ announced he would seek the death penalty for susan smith, the woman accused of drowning her two young sons, three-year-old michael and 14-month-old alex. (smith was later convicted of murder, but was sentenced to life in prison.)

one year ago: closing three days of opening arguments, house ¹⁰ demanded president clinton's removal from office, telling a hushed安静的，寂静的 senate that otherwise the ¹¹ itself may be "deeply and perhaps ¹² damaged." forty-five ¹³ albanians were found slain杀死 near the southern kosovo village of racak.

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1
n.禁止；禁令，禁律
参考例句：
the prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。 they voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。

2
n.改正，修正，改善，修正案
参考例句：
the amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。 the opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

3
撤销，废除( repeal的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
the labour party repealed the act. 工党废除了那项法令。 the legislature repealed the unpopular rent act. 立法机关废除了不得人心的租借法案。

4
v.批准，认可，追认
参考例句：
the heads of two governments met to ratify the peace treaty.两国政府首脑会晤批准和平条约。 the agreement have to be ratify by the board.该协议必须由董事会批准。

5
n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传
参考例句：
the teacher conferred with the principal about dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。 the clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

6
adj.协约国的；同盟国的
参考例句：
britain was allied with the united states many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。 allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

7
n.合同，条约，公约，协定
参考例句：
the two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。 the trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

8
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
参考例句：
zhukov was a marshal of the former soviet union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。 germany began to attack the soviet union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

9
n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人
参考例句：
the defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。 the prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

10
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
in some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 you've been summoned to the prosecutors' office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

11
n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)
参考例句：
roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the united states.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。 two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

12
adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地
参考例句：
the accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。 the ship is now permanently moored on the thames in london.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

13
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
this music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。 the plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

14
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
the soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。 his boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

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