学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2885 pardon

今天我们要学的词是pardon。Pardon动词，意思是宽恕、赦免 。A U.S. backed Syrian group pardoned 96 alleged¹ members of ISIS in what it said was an attempt to dissuade² low-ranking ISIS members from pledging allegiance to the terror group. 一个由美国支持的叙利亚组织赦免了据信是伊斯兰国的成员共96名，该组织称此举是阻止低级别伊斯兰国成员为该恐怖组织效忠的一个尝试。A group of Arizona Democrats³ urged President Donald Trump⁴ not to pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. 一群亚利桑那州民主党人敦促总统唐纳德·川普不要赦免前马里考帕郡警长乔·阿帕约。好的，我们今天学习的词是pardon, pardon, pardon...
 

1 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

2 dissuade   

v.劝阻，阻止

参考例句：

• You'd better dissuade him from doing that.你最好劝阻他别那样干。
• I tried to dissuade her from investing her money in stocks and shares.我曾设法劝她不要投资于股票交易。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。