美联社新闻一分钟 AP 美国大批航班取消的情况延续到周一

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights.

扰乱假日旅行的航班取消问题延续到周一，美国各大航空公司每家取消了数十个航班。

Delta¹, United, JetBlue and American have all said that the omicron variant² was causing staffing problems.

达美航空、联合航空、捷蓝航空和美国航空都表示，奥密克戎变异毒株造成了人员配备问题。

Blowing snow in mountains of Northern California and Nevada closed key highways, while an arctic blast brought frigid³ temperatures to the Pacific Northwest.

北加州和内华达州山区的暴风雪造成主要高速公路封闭，而一股北极寒流给太平洋西北部带来了严寒低温。

Unusually warm weather settled over parts of Texas and the Southeast.

得克萨斯州和东南部的部分地区出现了异常温暖的天气。

A jury has signaled that it's settled into deliberations at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell with a request for a white board and sticky notes.

陪审团表示，吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔的性交易审判已经进入审议阶段，要求提交白板和便签。

The British socialite is charged with grooming⁴ teenagers as young as 14 to be sexually assaulted by financier Jeffrey Epstein.

这位英国社交名媛被指控诱骗青少年，最小的年龄仅14岁，使其遭到金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的性侵。

The humanitarian⁵ group Sea-Watch says they have rescued nearly 450 migrants in five operations in the Mediterranean⁶ in recent days.

人道主义组织“海洋观察”表示，他们最近几天在地中海的五次行动中营救了近450名移民。

Sea-Watch urged European authorities to offer the migrants a safe port because weather conditions were deteriorating⁷.

“海洋观察”敦促欧洲当局为移民提供一个安全的港口，因为天气状况正在恶化。

1 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

2 variant   

adj.不同的，变异的；n.变体，异体

参考例句：

• We give professional suggestions according to variant tanning stages for each customer.我们针对每位顾客不同的日晒阶段，提供强度适合的晒黑建议。
• In a variant of this approach,the tests are data- driven.这个方法的一个变种，是数据驱动的测试。

3 frigid   

adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的

参考例句：

• The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
• She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。

4 grooming   

n. 修饰, 美容，（动物）梳理毛发

参考例句：

• You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
• We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

6 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

7 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。