福克斯新闻 夏洛茨维尔邦联雕像被布覆盖

Black fabric¹ will now cover the statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson that stand in Charlottesville, Virginia, a week after a meleebetween white nationalists and counter-protesters broke out, leading to a car attack killing² one woman.

佛吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔邦联领导人罗伯特·李(Robert E. Lee )将军和石墙将军托马斯·杰克逊(Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall”Jackson)的雕像被黑布遮盖。一周前，白人民族主义者和反对派抗议者之间爆发混战，导致一起汽车袭击，造成1一名女子死亡。

The vote came after a contentious³ city council meeting:

市政委员会经过有争议的会议之后举行了投票：

(Woman) "You are not a leader. And that has been clear since the first day you sat in that chair!"

“你并不是领导人。从你坐在那把椅子上的第一天开始，这一点就非常明确。”

Police arrested three people outside that meeting. The shrouds⁴ are to mark the city mourning the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.

警方在会议现场外逮捕了三人。黑布是为了号召整座城市悼念遇难的32岁的海尔(Heather Heyer)。

Eben Brown, FOX News.

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1 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

2 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。

3 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

4 shrouds   

n.裹尸布( shroud的名词复数 )；寿衣；遮蔽物；覆盖物v.隐瞒( shroud的第三人称单数 )；保密

参考例句：

• 'For instance,' returned Madame Defarge, composedly,'shrouds.' “比如说，”德伐日太太平静地回答，“裹尸布。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• Figure 3-10 illustrates the result of a study or conical shrouds. 图3-10表明了对锥形外壳的研究结果。 来自辞典例句