defendants' pen: 被告席
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4月5日,在伊拉克首都巴格达,伊拉克前总统萨达姆再次就杜贾尔村案出庭接受盘问。身穿黑色外套的萨达姆在被告席上显得轻松且桀骜不驯,不时地和法官或检察官调侃几句,有时还能说出几句颇有诗意的话。这次出庭,萨达姆承认他批准了将杜贾尔村什叶派村民处死的命令,因为他相信有证据表明那些村民卷入了试图暗杀他的阴谋。

请看外电相关报道:Saddam Hussein dodged1 questions from prosecutors3 cross-examining him for the first time Wednesday over a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. Standing4 alone in a black suit in the defendants5' pen , Saddam cooperated with the court at times, grinning at the chief prosecutor2 and reciting poetry to the judge.

报道中的defendants' pen就是“被告席”,这里着重讲一下“pen”。pen除表示我们日常所见的“钢笔”外,还有一层意思指a fenced enclosure for animals(圈养牲畜的围栏),如:a pen of sheep(一栏羊),由此,pen可引申为“监禁”或“监狱”。在报道中,pen表示“把被告席位隔开的围栏”。

另外,pen也可做动词用,指“把…关在栏中;禁锢”,其过去分词有两种形式“penned”或“pent”,举两个例子:The sheep have to be penned every night.(羊群每晚都得关进圈里。)

The desire to travel has been pent up for the last two years.(近两年来心中老是憋着想出门旅行的愿望。)



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1 dodged ae7efa6756c9d8f3b24f8e00db5e28ee     
v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 );回避
参考例句:
  • He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时,他机敏地闪开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 prosecutor 6RXx1     
n.起诉人;检察官,公诉人
参考例句:
  • The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
  • The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
3 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
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。
4 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
5 defendants 7d469c27ef878c3ccf7daf5b6ab392dc     
被告( defendant的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
  • As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同,被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
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