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BBC在线收听下载:埃及下令逮捕对穆兄会领导人
短语讲解:
1. At least 15 people were killed and 45 others are still missing in the town of Lac-Megantic where the crash sparked a massive blaze.
at least 至少
例句:Can we at least try?
我们至少试试看吧?
2. Having initially refuted suggestions that his company should be held to blame for a disaster, which wiped out virtually this entire town, he conceded that the train’s engineer had failed to fully secure the brakes.
wipe out 彻底摧毁
例句:The operation was designed to wipe out an enemy unit.
这次战役是想歼灭一个敌军部队。
3. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man accused of carrying out the Boston marathon bombings with his brother, has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction.
carry out 执行;进行
例句:We must carry out it wholeheartedly indeed.
我们必须尽力把它贯彻到底。
4. “Not guilty”, he said repeatedly as 30 charges were read out.
read out 宣读;读出
例句:She read out the list in sharp, clipped tones.
她清脆快速地宣读了名单。
5. Seventeen of the charges could lead to the death penalty. After the short hearing, Mr Tsarnaev blew a kiss to his family, was handcuffed again and was led out of the courtroom.
lead to 导致
例句:This may even lead to death.
这甚至可能导致死亡。
6. But the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood top people are now being taken in for planning criminal acts on that day when it was the security forces that opened fire, it really gives a sense that this is a crackdown against the Muslim Brother even though the military and civilian authorities are denying that.
even though 即使,纵然
例句:Even though I fail, I'll keep on trying.
我纵然失败仍会继续尝试下去。
7. According to a parliamentary commission, the abuses included the illegal bugging of politicians, the purchase of cars for private use as well as allegations of accepting money for access to local officials.
according to 依据
例句:He will give it to you according to your faith
依据你的信仰将赐予你。