美联社新闻一分钟 AP 17名传教人员在海地遭绑架

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

US and Haitian authorities are working together to secure the release of 12 adults and five children.

美国和海地当局正在共同努力，确保12名成年人和5名儿童获释。

The 17, who are with a US-based missionary¹ organization, were abducted² in Haiti by a gang that's notorious for kidnappings, killings⁴ and extortion.

这17人是美国一个传教士组织的成员，他们在海地被一个以绑架、杀戮和勒索而臭名昭著的团伙绑架。

Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in Brunswick, Georgia, in the trial of three white men accused of killing³ Ahmaud Arbery.

佐治亚州不伦瑞克的陪审团遴选于周一开始，审判三名被控杀害艾哈迈德·阿贝里的白人男子。

Prosecutors⁵ say two of the men pursued Arbery, who was black, when they saw him jogging through their neighborhood.

检察官说，其中两名男子追赶黑人阿贝里，当时他们看到他在他们的社区慢跑。

Vice⁶ President Kamala Harris goes to Lake Mead⁷, Nevada on Monday to highlight problems linked to the western drought.

副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯周一前往内华达州的米德湖，强调与西部干旱有关的问题。

She's promoting the Biden Administration's infrastructure⁸ and climate proposals that are stalled in Congress.

她正在推动拜登政府的基础设施和气候提案，这些提案在国会停滞不前。

Former President Bill Clinton has returned home to New York state.

美国前总统比尔·克林顿回到了纽约州的家中。

Clinton spent six days hospitalized in Southern California with an infection.

克林顿因感染在南加州住院6天。

1 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

2 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

3 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。

4 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

5 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 mead   

n.蜂蜜酒

参考例句：

• He gave me a cup of mead.他给我倒了杯蜂蜜酒。
• He drank some mead at supper.晚饭时他喝了一些蜂蜜酒。

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。