新奇事件簿 欧洲大部分通缉犯为女性

The majority of the most-wanted fugitives¹ in Europe are women. Europe's crime agency Europol has revealed a list of 21 criminals who are on the run from the authorities. Eighteen of these are women. The wanted suspects have been accused of a range of charges including murder, human and drug trafficking and robbery. The most-wanted list was released as part of Europol's "Crime has no gender²" campaign. A spokeswoman said: "People think that usually these crimes are not being committed by women, but they are, and they are equally as serious as those committed by men." However, a crime expert told the BBC that: "Some women do commit serious crimes. They do so far less frequently than men."

在欧洲，大多数被通缉的逃犯都是女性。欧洲刑警组织公布了21名在逃罪犯名单，其中18名都是女性。这些被通缉的嫌疑人被控一系列罪名，包括谋杀、贩卖人口和毒品以及抢劫。这份通缉名单是欧洲刑警组织“犯罪不分性别”活动的一部分。一名发言人表示：“人们认为这些罪行通常不是由女性犯下的，但确实是，并且她们犯下的罪行和男性罪犯一样严重。”但一名犯罪专家告诉BBC：“一些女性确实会犯下严重的罪行。她们这样做的频率远远低于男性。”

The Europol campaign hopes to raise awareness³, "that women are just as likely to commit violent crimes as men." A spokeswoman said: "Even though the discourse⁴ is often around male fugitives, women can be just as bad." The campaign's website asks visitors the question: "Are women equally as capable of committing serious crimes as men?" It then answers that very question by stating: "The female fugitives featured on Europe's Most Wanted website prove that they are capable. The criminals - of both genders⁵ - in this new campaign by EU law enforcement are all wanted for grave offenses⁶ like murder, drug trafficking, fraud, theft and trafficking in human beings."

欧洲刑警组织希望提高人们的意识—“女性和男性一样容易暴力犯罪。”一名发言人表示：“尽管人们经常谈论男性逃亡者，但女性也可能一样坏。”该活动的网站向访问者提出了这样一个问题：“女性是否与男性一样有能力犯下严重罪行？”然后它回答了这个问题：“欧洲头号通缉犯网站上的女性逃犯证明了她们有能力。在欧盟执法部门发起的此次新行动中，罪犯—不论男女—都因谋杀、毒品走私、诈骗和贩卖人口等严重罪行而被通缉。”

1 fugitives   

n.亡命者，逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Three fugitives from the prison are still at large. 三名逃犯仍然未被抓获。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Members of the provisional government were prisoners or fugitives. 临时政府的成员或被捕或逃亡。 来自演讲部分

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

4 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

5 genders   

n.性某些语言的（阳性、阴性和中性，不同的性有不同的词尾等）( gender的名词复数 )；性别；某些语言的（名词、代词和形容词）性的区分

参考例句：

• There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter. 德语中有叁性：阳性、阴性和中性。 来自辞典例句
• Japan was fourth among the genders of foreign students. 日本在二十个留美学生输送地中列第四位。 来自互联网

6 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法