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BBC news 2012-01-18 加文本 讲解翻译
1. Mr Schettino could be charged with manslaughter. His lawyer says a judge has ordered that the captain be held under house arrest.
charge with指控…犯有罪
例句:They charged him with negligence of duty.
他们指责他玩忽职守。
2. Five more bodies were brought out of the Costa Concordia today, four men and a woman, the coast guard said.
bring out把…从室内搬出来, 带出来
例句:It's warm enough to bring out the garden chairs.
天气很暖和, 可以把花园用的椅子搬出来了。
3. The foreign ministry in Damascus said the Syrian people rejected any foreign intervention or attempt to infringe their sovereignty.
attempt to试图; 尝试
例句:He attempted to get in touch with them but without success.
他试图和他们联系, 但未成功。
4. The European Commission has decided to take legal action against Hungary because of new laws which it says infringe EU regulations.
take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句:The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。
5. The Hungarian government has since offered to negotiate, saying it hoped to address the commission's concerns without going through the full legal process.
go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句:When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。
6. Oil exploration was carried out in Somalia more than 20 years ago, but came to a standstill after the overthrow of Siad Barre's government in 1991.
carry out执行; 贯彻
例句:He carried out the plan in very detail.
他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。
7. A court in Turkey has jailed three more people in connection with the killing five years ago of the prominent
in connection with与…有关,连同
例句:He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
8. He'd angered Turkish nationalists by describing the mass killing of Armenians a century ago as genocide.
describe as描述为
例句:I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。
9. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is planning to shut down the English language version of its website for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest at proposed legal changes in the United States.
shut down完全关闭,倒闭,停止运转
例句:The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
那商店因生意萧条而停业。
10. Mexico is sending food aid to the north of the country where indigenous communities are suffering from severe shortages.
suffer from受苦;患病
例句:He suffered from poverty all his life.
他一生受贫穷之苦。