学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2488 natural causes

今天我们要学的词是 natural causes. Natural causes 自然因素。Investigators¹ determined² the late U.S. Supreme³ Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of natural causes. 调查人员得出结论，美国联邦最高法院大法官斯卡利亚属于自然死亡。A former Bosnian Serb general died of natural causes at the detention⁴ center of the U.N court. 一名前波斯尼亚塞族将军死于联合国法院拘留中心，死因是自然死亡。 好的，我们今天学习的词是 natural causes, natural causes, natural causes...

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。