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今天我们要学的词是 protégé.

 

protégé 来自法语，意思是门徒、门生。 A regional bloc¹ of Latin American countries once called on Maduro, a protégé of the late Hugo Chavez, not to take office following Venezuela's election that was considered a sham². 一个拉丁美洲国家区域组织曾经呼吁委内瑞拉已故总统查韦斯的门徒马杜罗，在被认为是一场欺骗的选举中当选后不要上任。

 

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir won the election over his former protege, Najib, after a multibillion-dollar corruption³ scandal at Najib's state investment fund 1MDB. 马来西亚总理马哈蒂尔在大选中战胜他以前的门徒纳吉布，之前纳吉布国家投资基金1MDB发生了数十亿美元的腐败丑闻。

1 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

2 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。