VOA慢速英语:What Are the FBI and Department of Justice?(翻译)

短语讲解：

1. The FBI generally conducts investigations for the Justice Department, which is responsible for enforcing the laws and administering justice.

be responsible for 为…负责，形成…的原因
例句：You'll be responsible for anything wrong.
出了事唯你是问。

2. These agencies work separately and together on intelligence activities related to U.S. foreign relations and national security.

relate to 涉及; 同…有…关系
例句：All these questions relate to philosophy.
这些问题都跟哲学有关。

3. FBI directors can serve as long as ten years, but no longer.

as long as 只要; 如果; 既然; 由于
例句：As long as I breathe, I will fight them.
只要一息尚存，我就要跟他们斗。
no longer 不再，已不
例句：After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.
大约3个月后，我就不再对尼古丁上瘾了。

4. The FBI has 56 locations in major U.S. cities, as well as more than 60 offices around the world.

as well as 也，又
例句：His interests included poetry as well as mathematics.
他不仅喜爱数学而且也爱写诗。

5. She took office in 2015 after President Obama nominated her and the Senate confirmed the nomination.

take office 就职; 任职
例句：When will the new President take office?
新总统什么时候就职。