学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3490 treason

 今天我们要学的词是 treason.

 

treason 的意思是叛国，叛国罪。 A special court in Pakistan has sentenced former president and military dictator Gen. Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of treason for undermining the constitution. 巴基斯坦的一个特别法庭以叛国罪判处前总统兼军事独裁者穆沙拉夫死刑，他被控破坏宪法。

 

treason的形容词形式是 treasonous. Billionaire investor¹, Facebook board member, and Trump² supporter Peter Thiel recently called on the FBI and CIA to investigate Google for the “seemingly treasonous” act of aiding the Chinese military. 美国亿万富翁投资人、脸书的董事会成员和特朗普总统支持者彼得·蒂尔最近呼吁联邦调查局和中央情报局对谷歌“看似叛国”的行为进行调查。

 

1 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。