夏说英语新闻晨读 第485期:巴黎黄背心暴乱

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The Eiffel Tower in Paris is to close on Saturday amid fears of further street violence from "yellow vest" anti-government protests. Across France, 89,000 police officers will be on duty and armoured vehicles will be deployed² in the capital. Police have urged shops and restaurants on Paris's Champs-Elysees to shut and some museums will also be closed. The government has said it is scrapping⁴ unpopular fuel tax increases in its budget - the original trigger for the protests.

violence: n. 暴力
vest: n. 背心
armoured vehicle: 装甲车
armoured: adj. 装配铠甲的
deploy¹: vt. 部署
urge: vt. 力劝
scrap³: vt. 废除
trigger: n. 起因

1 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

4 scrapping   

刮，切除坯体余泥

参考例句：

• He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
• These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。