福克斯新闻 白宫前安全顾问揭露特朗普过渡团队官员

Republicans are calling for answers amid reports that President Obama’s former national security adviser¹ unmasked Trump² transition officials in intelligence documents that were disseminated³ throughout the intelligence community. Senator Lindsay Graham:

有报道称，奥巴马总统前国家安全顾问在情报文件中揭露了特朗普过渡团队官员，这些文件已经在情报界广泛传播。共和党人要求给出答案。参议员林赛·格雷厄姆(Lindsay Graham)：

(Graham) “What was the reason and was there political motive⁴? I’d like to know that.”

“原因是什么？是否有政治动机？我想要知道。”

Senator Rand Paul wants Rice to answer questions under oath:

参议员保罗(Rand Paul)希望赖斯宣誓之后回答问题：

(Paul) “I see no legitimate⁵ reason for her to be searching a database and unmasking people.”

“我没有发现她搜索数据库揭露别人的任何合法理由。”

Democrats⁶ says the Rice story is a smokescreen meant to distract from the Russian election probe.

民主党人表示，赖斯事件只是烟幕，意图转移人们对俄罗斯干预选举事件的注意力。

In Washington, Rachel Sutherland, FOX News.

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1 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 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。

3 disseminated   

散布，传播( disseminate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Their findings have been widely disseminated . 他们的研究成果已经广为传播。
• Berkovitz had contracted polio after ingesting a vaccine disseminated under federal supervision. 伯考维茨在接种了在联邦监督下分发的牛痘疫苗后传染上脊髓灰质炎。

4 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

5 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

6 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》