Mladic Set to Boycott War Crimes Hearing

 　　Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic plans to boycott¹ a scheduled court appearance Monday at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

　　A lawyer for Mladic said Sunday that the former Bosnian Serb military commander is refusing to appear because the court has not yet approved his defense² team.

　　Mladic, who is accused of war crimes in the three-year Bosnian war that ended in 1995, is scheduled to enter a plea in Monday's hearing. If he does not appear, the court will likely enter a "not guilty" plea for him.

　　The court has not formally commented on Mladic's announcement.

　　Mladic is accused of orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre³ of 8,000 Muslim men and boys, Europe's worst mass killing⁴ since World War II, and the 44-month siege of Bosnia's capital city, Sarajevo, in which 10,000 people died.

　　If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.

　　He was arrested in Serbia in May after being a fugitive⁵ for 16 years.

1 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。