| 六月份熱門新聞字彙 Headline News Vocabulary | ||||||||
| 標題 | Vocabulary | vocabulary in context | 摘要 | 翻譯 | English source | Types | ||
| 權力下放 （放棄） | relinquish |
relinquish his
party responsibilities--- She relinquished all control over the family business to her daughter. |
go | 放棄他的政黨責任 權力移交：power shift |
Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 請辭下臺 | resignation(n.); resign(v.) | President Chen Shui-bian approved the resignation of two officials yesterday in compliance with the president's reform efforts and
to make room for future reforms.--- He handed his resignation. |
go | 陳總統同意兩位官員的請辭已順應總統的改革決心並替未來的改革鋪路。 approve of ：贊成，同意 compliance with：服從，遵守 |
Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 印尼災後重建 （剷平） |
bulldoze(v.)
bulldozer(n.) |
... they had to come in and bulldoze entire towns and then rebuild permanent buildings. ---to bulldoze the ground before building |
go | 他們之後必須再回來把那些城鎮剷平才能蓋永久的建築。 bulldozer︰推土機 rebuild︰重建 rehabilitate︰恢復原本的生活 |
Taipei Times | Society | ||
| 天安門事件週年 （鎮壓） |
crackdown | their outspoken, long-standing
positions on the crackdown --- The bigger Democratic Party's platform condemns the "atrocity" and demands punishment for the officials who ordered the military crackdown. |
go | 他們長久對鎮壓事件所採取直言不諱的姿態 atrocity： 惡行 |
Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 罷免案 （簽名連署活動） |
signature drive | The KMT is also initiating a signature drive called "A-bian steps down to save Taiwan" to
encourage the public to demand Chen's resignation... --- a signature drive and a rally to demand Chen's resignation |
go | 國民黨正舉行名為阿扁下台救台灣的簽名連署活動，鼓勵大眾要求總統自動請辭 倒閣：dismiss the Cabinet 罷免: recall |
Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 菲律賓廢除死刑 | death penalty | The abolition of the death penalty will be complemented by a stricter and sterner enforcement of
the law on all fronts. --- Some politicians would like to restore the death penalty for people convicted of terrorism. |
go | 死刑的廢除將會由更嚴厲周全的法律執行所取代 | Taipei Times | Law | ||
| 機票變貴 （附加費） |
surcharge; skyrocketing(adj.) | Fuel surcharges are additional charges levied on air travelers to help airlines
cope with skyrocketing oil prices. --- 1)a 10% surcharge on airline tickets 2) The trade deficit has skyrocketed. |
go | 燃油附加費是旅客為了協助航空公司應付猛然上漲的油價所需支付的額外費用。 | Taipei Times | Soceity | ||
| 罷免案 （澄清） |
rebuttal(n.) rebut(v.) | The president gave a
point-by-point rebuttal to the 10 allegations cited by the pan-blue legislators in
filing their recall motion against him . ---The judge was convinced by his firm rebuttal of the accusations. |
go | 陳總統針對泛藍立委所提出的十項罷免控訴提出點對點的澄清。 | Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 西班牙替猿猴立法 （未知的領域） |
uncharted territory/waters/area | Spain is about to take the world into uncharted legal territory. ---This new project will take us into uncharted territory. |
go | 西班牙將帶領世界進入法律上未知的領域。 uncharted:地圖上未標明的 |
Taipei Times | Law | ||
| 日重新武裝 （訓練有素的） |
full-fledged (AmE), fully-fled | The bill will
elevate the defense agency into a full-fledged ministry, but parliamentary approval
may have to wait until it meets later this year. ---After seven years of training, she's now a full-fledged doctor. |
go | 這項法案將會使國防單位加速成為一個訓練有素的部門，但要等之後議會會期開始才能生效。 | Taipei Times | Law | ||
| 走私 （丟棄） |
jettison | Chinese fishermen attempting to
land at Hsiaokinmen jettisoned
173 live birds after coast guard vessels tried to apprehend them. --- We had to jettison the cargo to make the plane lighter. |
go | 數名試圖登陸小金門的大陸漁民，在海巡隊要盤查時，將173隻鳥活生生丟棄。 | Taipei Times | Society | ||
| 走私 （走私者） |
smuggler(n.) smuggle (v.) | The coast guard warned the
public against helping smugglers
bring birds into the country, and not to buy birds if their origin was
unclear. --- He managed to smuggle a message out of prison to his friend. |
go | smuggle---走私 海巡暑警告民眾勿協助走私者將鳥入境，也不要亂買來路不明的鳥。 |
Taipei Times | Society | ||
| 水災 （重大災害） |
havoc | Several days of heavy rain have
taken a toll, inundating several areas, causing transportation havoc and millions of NT dollars in
agricultural losses. --- The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city. |
go | havoc---重大災害 inundate--- 淹沒 連日來的豪雨造成一人死亡，淹沒了許多地區，導致了交通運輸的重大災害和數百萬的農業損失。 水災救濟/ 賑災：flood relief |
Taipei Times | Climate | ||
| sogo案 （傳喚） |
subpoena | has been subpoenaed by the prosecutors … ---The defence has subpoenaed three witness. |
go | subpoena 1)傳喚(v) 2)傳票 (n) 被檢察官傳喚 控方：prosecution 辯方：defence |
Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 刺馬 （搜查） |
raid | Kaohsiung prosecutors yesterday raided four pirate radio stations --- Police raided the club. | go | pirate---剽竊，盜版 高雄檢方昨天搜查四個地下電台 |
Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 刺馬 （沒收） |
confiscate | confiscating
their equipment ---The teacher confiscated my radio because I was playing it in the classroom. |
go | 沒收他們的設備 | Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 拉法葉案 （回扣） |
kickback | doled out kickbacks in connection with the purchase of Lafayette frigates from
France. ---For arranging the contract he got a kickback of $20,000. |
go | dole (1) 發放v. (2) 救濟金n. 發放和法國購買拉法葉鑑有關的回扣 |
Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 拉法葉案 （毀謗） |
defamation | Lei sued them for defamation --- He sued a newspaper for defamation of character. |
go | 雷控告他們毀謗 | Taipei Times | Politics | ||
| 北京校園暴動 （有意破壞 (尤指公物)） |
vandalize | dormitories and cars had been vandalized --- We can't use any of the public telephones round here; they've all been vandalized. |
go | vandlize --有意破壞 (尤指公物) 宿舍和車輛被破壞 |
Taipei Times | Society | ||
| 世界杯 （困惑） |
flummoxed | he was flummoxed by how "falling down on purpose is part of the
game" ---She was completely fummoxed by the second question. |
go | 他很困惑為什麼"故意跌倒"也是比賽的一部份 | Taipei Times | Sport | ||