VOA标准英语2009年-Zimbabwe Opposition Leader to Remain in Custody

Deputy agriculture minister-designate Roy Bennett has been ordered by a Zimbabwean court to remain in custody¹ until March 4 on charges of attempting to commit terrorism, banditry, and sabotage². The Mutare riot squad³ was out in force ahead of the ruling in anticipation⁴ of violence that may erupt outside the courtroom when Bennett is taken back to the Mutare Remand Prison later Wednesday.
　
A Zimbabwean policeman patrols near supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) 17 Feb. 2009 outside the entrance of Mutare Magistrates⁵ court east of Harare

Dressed in a khaki prison uniform, Roy Bennett watched as his lawyers asked the court to drop the charges against their client, saying another court had thrown out similar ones in a related case in 2006.

Bennett's lawyers say they will take his case to the High Court Harare Thursday to seek bail⁶.

The MDC has said the charges against Bennett are "trumped⁷ up" and have demanded his release.
　
Roy Bennett (2005 file photo)

The terror plot charge against Bennett relates to the 2006 discovery of weapons in the house of a currently imprisoned⁸ former policeman, Peter Michael Hischmann. The immigration charge, which was dropped, stemmed from Bennett's arrest last week at a Harare airport where he was accused trying to leave Zimbabwe without reporting to an immigration officer.

There are at least another 11 people in detention⁹ in Harare, accused of plotting to overthrow¹⁰ President Robert Mugabe, one of them a freelance photojournalist. They have failed to get released on bail for more than two months. The state has also failed to give them a trial date.

Some of them were kidnapped from their homes late October. A further five of that group are now under armed guard at a private hospital in Harare receiving treatment.

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights says many of those kidnapped say they were assaulted and tortured.

There are also at least another 20 civil rights activists¹¹ and MDC supporters in other prison cells around the country who have been charged with relatively¹² minor¹³ offenses¹⁴, who are also still in detention.

The MDC says there are another 11 of its members who have disappeared.

Bennett's arrest and detention has cast a shadow over the unity¹⁵ government which began work on Monday. He is scheduled to be sworn-in as deputy agriculture minister later this week.

1 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

3 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

4 anticipation   

n.预期，预料，期望

参考例句：

• We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
• The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。

5 magistrates   

地方法官，治安官( magistrate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
• He was summoned to appear before the magistrates. 他被传唤在地方法院出庭。

6 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

7 trumped   

v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去分词 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造

参考例句：

• That woman trumped up various baseless charges against him. 那个女人捏造种种毫无根据的罪名指控他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Several of his colleagues trumped up a complaint to get him removed from the job. 他的几位同事诬告他，使他丟掉了工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

9 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

10 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

11 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

13 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

14 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

15 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。