MBA加油站-英语晨读2017-06-23

1. illegal    [ɪ'liːg(ə)l]    adj. 非法的

It is illegal to drive when you aredrunk. 

酒后驾驶是非法的

legal    ['liːg(ə)l]     adj. 合法的

2. criminal  ['krɪmɪn(ə)l]  n. 罪犯    adj. 刑事的，与犯罪有关的

The police are doing all that they can tobring the criminals to justice.

警察竭尽所能将罪犯绳之于法。

crime     [kraɪm]    n. 罪行，犯罪      

3. sin    [sɪn]          n. 罪，罪恶    v. 犯罪

He wanted to confess his sins before hedied.   临死之前他想认罪。

4. guilt   [gɪlt]           n. 犯罪，内疚

  guilty  ['gɪltɪ]          adj. 有罪的，内疚的

They were found guilty of murder.  他们被判犯有谋杀罪。

I feel so guilty because I didn't reviewlessons today.  今天没有复习功课，我觉得特内疚。

5. rob   [rɒb]           v. 抢劫

The robbers killed four policemen while robbinga bank. 劫匪在银行抢劫时，杀死了四名警察。

robber   ['rɒbə]    n. 抢劫者        robbery   ['rɒb(ə)rɪ]   n. 抢劫

6. kidnap  ['kɪdnæp]      v. 绑架

The son of a businessman was kidnapped onhis way to school yesterday.

昨天一个商人的儿子在上学路上被绑架。

7. hijack   ['haɪdʒæk]     v. /n. 劫持 〔飞机、车辆或船〕

Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flightfrom Cairo to Paris

两名男子试图劫持一架从开罗飞往巴黎的飞机。

8. assassinate   [ə'sæsɪneɪt]    v. 暗杀，行刺

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at atheater in 1865.

亚伯拉罕.林肯于1865年在一个剧院被暗杀。

9. abuse  [ə'bjuːz]   v. /n.  虐待，滥用

If you abuse your body now, you'll pay theprice when you're older.

如果你现在虐待你的身体，当你上年纪的时候会付出代价的。

child abuse  虐待儿童

abuse of power 职权的滥用      drug abuse 药物滥用，毒品滥用

10. bully  ['bʊlɪ]  v. 欺负，恃强凌弱    n. 欺凌行为，恃强凌弱者

We find that one in four children is bulliedat school.

我们发现，每四个孩子就有一个在学校受人欺负。