学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2105-hate-crime

今天我们要学的词是 hate crime. Hate crime 仇恨犯罪。华盛顿特区警方公布的年度报告显示，Race-based hate crimes spiked¹ by nearly 40 percent in 2013. 2013年基于种族原因的仇恨犯罪比2012年激增了近40%。Of the 18 race-based hate crimes in 2013, the majority of victims were white and the majority of suspects were black. 在这18起基于种族原因的仇恨犯罪中，大多数受害者是白人，大多数犯罪嫌疑人是黑人。好的，今天我们学习的词是hate crime, hate crime, hate crime...

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adj.有穗的；成锥形的；有尖顶的

参考例句：

• The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句