夏说英语新闻晨读 第66期:莎拉波娃遭国际网联停赛配合调查

 本期内容：

Porsche joined Tag Heuer and Nike in suspending sponsorship of Maria Sharapova, after the Russian tennis star revealed that she had failed a drugs test. The International Tennis Federation² said it would suspend her from March 12th, pending¹ an investigation³. The world’s highest-earning sportswoman says she missed a notification that a medicine she had taken for years had been banned.

词义解析:

Suspend：暂停
Sponsorship：赞助
Reveal: 披露
Pending：待决定的
Notification：通告

1 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

2 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。