学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3320 fizzle

 今天我们要学的词是 fizzle.

 

fizzle 的原意是渐弱的嘶嘶声，引申出来就是逐渐消失，悄悄失败。Venezuela's opposition¹ leader Juan Guaido called for the military to join him and oust² dictator Nicolas Maduro, but the coup³ appeared to have fizzled a day later. 委内瑞拉反对派领导人胡安-瓜伊多呼吁军队与他一起将独裁者马杜罗赶走，但政变似乎在一天之后失败了。

 

As RussiaGate fizzles with the release of the Robert Mueller report and the lack of collusion-related indictments⁴, some started questioning the motives⁵ of the investigation⁶. 通俄门指控随着穆勒调查报告的公布以及没有提出与俄罗斯勾结的相关起诉而不了了之，有人开始质疑启动调查的动机。

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

3 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

4 indictments   

n.（制度、社会等的）衰败迹象( indictment的名词复数 )；刑事起诉书；公诉书；控告

参考例句：

• A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization. 纽约的一个陪审团对这个组织的创始人提起了多项刑事诉讼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These two indictments are self-evident and require no elaboration. 这两条意义自明，无须多说。 来自互联网

5 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

6 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。