每日一词【158】do time：服刑

今天我们要学的词组是do time。 Do time的意思是服刑。 有些贩毒分子在青少年的时候就蹲过监狱， "Some of the drug dealers¹ did time when they were still teenagers." 多次担任华盛顿市市长的Marion Barry因为连续五年不报税而被法院判处三年监视察看。他在察看期间又没有按时申报2005年所得税。

美国联邦检察官因此要求判他入狱服刑，"Federal prosecutors² want Marion Barry to do time." Barry1990年曾因吸毒被判入狱六个月，"Marion Barry did six months in 1990 for smoking crack." 今天我们学习的词组是do time, do time , do time.

1 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

2 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。