夏说英语新闻晨读 第75期:现实版纸牌屋

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A judge agreed to postpone¹ a hearing in which the FBI was seeking to force Apple to help unlock an iPhone used by a dead terrorist. The American law-enforcement agency said an (unnamed) outside party had provided another way of extracting data from the device; if it works, it will drop the lawsuit², which technology companies have united to oppose.

词义解析:

Postpone：推迟
Hearing：听证会
Law-enforcement agency：执法部门
Extract from：提取

1 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

2 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。