学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2495 deposition

今天我们要学的词是 deposition¹. Deposition 证词。Bill Cosby's wife gave a deposition in a lawsuit² against her husband for sexually assaulting women decades ago. 考斯比的妻子在考斯比被控几十年前性侵女性的案件中提供证词。A DC judge ordered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump³ to come to DC a deposition about his company's lawsuit against a New York top chef. 美国首都华盛顿的一名法官要求共和党总统参选人川普来华盛顿，为他们公司跟纽约一位名厨的纠纷案件提供证词。好的，我们今天学习的词是 deposition, deposition, deposition...

1 deposition   

n.免职，罢官；作证；沉淀；沉淀物

参考例句：

• It was this issue which led to the deposition of the king.正是这件事导致了国王被废黜。
• This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.这导致钙在血管中沉积。

2 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。