英语新闻听写 美司法部长威廉·巴尔藐视国会?

According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, the House Oversight¹ Committee said that

据《路透社》报道，周三，众议院监管委员会表示，

it will move forward with a vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress

如果司法部长威廉·巴尔和商务部长威尔伯·罗斯不遵守有关特朗普政府处理美国人口普查的文件的传票，

if they do not comply with a subpoena² for documents related to the Trump³ administration's handling of the US Census⁴.

那么委员会将推进一项投票，认定他们藐视国会。

Two months ago, the Oversight Committee issued subpoenas⁵ for unredacted documents related to the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship⁶ question to the 2020 Census.

两个月前，监管委员会发出传票，索取有关特朗普政府在2020人口普查中增加一个国籍问题的计划的未修订文件。

Representative Elijah Cummings, chairman of the committee, said in a statement,

众议员伊利亚·卡明斯是众议院监管委员会的主席，他在一个声明中表示，

“We have been extremely patient in waiting for these documents, which were subpoenaed⁷ more than two months ago on a bipartisan basis."

1 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

2 subpoena   

n.（法律）传票；v.传讯

参考例句：

• He was brought up to court with a subpoena.他接到传讯，来到法庭上。
• Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses.特别委员会有权传唤证人。

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。

4 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

5 subpoenas   

n.（传唤出庭的）传票( subpoena的名词复数 )v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求，提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。 来自辞典例句
• Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power. Report for Congress April 2, 2003. 金灿荣：《美国国会的监督功能》，载《教学与研究》2003年第2期。 来自互联网

6 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

7 subpoenaed   

v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The court subpoenaed her to appear as a witness. 法庭传唤她出庭作证。
• The finance director is subpoenaed by prosecution. 财务经理被检查机关传讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》