BBC news 2011-05-28 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. instigation n. 煽动；教唆
例句：At his instigation we conceal the fact from the authorities.
我们受他的怂恿向当局隐瞒了事实。

2. bribery n. 行贿,受贿,贿赂
例句：He was charged with bribery.
他被指控受贿。

3. hearing n. 听证会
例句：The financial committee had a hearing yesterday.
昨天经济委员会召开了一个听证会。

4. smear n. 诽谤；诋毁
例句：The newspapers ran a smear campaign against him.
报界掀起了一阵诽谤他的浪潮。

5. extradite vt. 引渡
例句：The police extradited a prisoner from Florida back to New York.
警方将一名犯人从佛罗里达州引渡回纽约。

6. lodge vt. 提出(申诉,抗议等)
例句：It is too late to lodge any objections.
现在提出任何异议已为时太晚。

7. prosecute vt. 检举、告发某人; 对某人提起公诉
例句：He was prosecuted for theft.
他因偷窃而被告发。

8. plunge v. (使)陷入
例句：That man plunged in the river but not to save the child.
那个人在河中沉浮, 但是救不了那个孩子。

9. exhume vt. 挖出,发掘出
例句：Marie Curie’s remains were exhumed and interred in the Pantheon.
玛丽．居里的遗体被移出葬在先贤祠中。

10. preserve vt. 保存；防腐；保藏
例句：The ancient Egyptians knew ways to preserve dead bodies from decay.
古埃及人懂得保存尸体，使之不会腐烂的方法。

11. plea n. 请愿, 请求,恳求
例句：They made no plea for relief.
他们并没有申请救济。