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报刊英语单词精选讲解300【27】

216.body bag : 装尸袋

a heavy-duty bag that is used to contain a corpse.

一种结实的用来装运尸体的袋子。

the officer warmed the man to drop his gun or “end up in a body bag.”

警察警告那人放下武器,否则必死无疑。

217.bomb squad : 爆破小组

a team of police who are specially-trained to remove and deactivate bombs.

经专门训练,从事排除和拆卸炸弹的一支警察队伍。

the bomb squad was called in to deactivate the car bomb.

有关部门请来爆破小组拆除这枚汽车炸弹。

218.bootlegging : 贩卖违禁品

the illegal distribution of items such as alcohol, drugs, firearms, etc.

非法销售物品如酒类、毒品、枪支等。

three mexicans were arrested for bootlegging firearms across the border.

三名墨西哥人因越境贩卖枪支而被捕。

219.break-in : 非法闯入

a burglar

入室盗窃

it looks like you are the victim of a break-in.

看起来,你是入室盗窃的受害者。

220.bribery : 行贿受贿

the act of offering, giving, or taking bribes.

赠送,提供,或接受贿金的行为。

the congressman resigned after having been found guilty of bribery.

这位议员被证实犯有行贿受贿罪后辞职了。

221.bucket shop : 投机商号

(also called “telephone boiler room.”) an office that is used to promote worthless land or securities by mail or through

telemarketing.

(也被称为”电话交易所”)通过邮件或电话营销来推销荒地或垃圾证券的地点。

crooks across the country are using bucket shops to scam older people.

全国各地的骗子都利用投机商号来欺骗老年人。

222.bug : 窃听

to use electronic listening devices to listen in on the conversations of others.

使用电子收听装置来偷听他人的谈话。

this office has been bugged.

这间办公室已被窃听。

223.bum rap : 错捕

an unmerited arrest

不应实施的逮捕。

steve served six months jail time on a bum rap.

史迪夫因错捕而受了6 个月的监禁。