夏说英语新闻晨读 第494期:天后演唱会上的人脸识别

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A major stadium in Los Angeles has confirmed that it uses facial recognition tech during sport and music events, to spot known troublemakers². The Rose Bowl told news site Gizmodo that it used the tech "inside and outside" the stadium gates. It made the statement after an article in Rolling Stone alleged³ that Taylor Swift fans were scanned at a pop concert in an effort to spot stalkers. However, the companies involved have been reluctant to talk.

stadium: n. 体育馆
confirm: vt. 证实
facial recognition: 面部识别
spot: vt. 发现
troublemaker¹: n. 惹事的人
allege⁴: vt. 声称
scan: vt. 扫描
stalker: n. 私生粉；跟踪者
reluctant: adj. 不情愿的

1 troublemaker   

n.惹是生非者，闹事者，捣乱者

参考例句：

• I would hate you to think me a troublemaker.我不愿你认为我是个搬弄是非的人。
• Li Yang has always been a troublemaker.李阳总是制造麻烦。

2 troublemakers   

n.惹是生非者，捣乱者( troublemaker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was employed to chuck out any troublemakers. 他受雇把捣乱者赶走。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers. 她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 allege   

vt.宣称，申述，主张，断言

参考例句：

• The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
• Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。