报刊英语单词精华-艺术 · Art 23

221.bucket shop ： 投机商号
(Also called “telephone boiler¹ room.”) An office that is used to promote worthless land or securities by mail or through telemarketing.
(也被称为”电话交易所”)通过邮件或电话营销来推销荒地或垃圾证券的地点。
Crooks² across the country are using bucket shops to scam older people.
全国各地的骗子都利用投机商号来欺骗老年人。
222.bug³ ： 窃听
To use electronic listening devices to listen in on the conversations of others.
使用电子收听装置来偷听他人的谈话。
This office has been bugged⁴.
这间办公室已被窃听。
223.bum⁵ rap ： 错捕
An unmerited arrest
不应实施的逮捕。
Steve served six months jail time on a bum rap.
史迪夫因错捕而受了6个月的监禁。
224.burglary ： 入室盗窃
The act of breaking into a home, building, etc. with the intent to steal from it.
闯入民宅、建筑物等，企图偷盗的行为。 27
Burglaries in our town have been on the upswing.
我们小城里的入室盗窃案一直在上升。
225.car bangers ： 汽车窃贼
Thieves who steal form automobiles⁶.
从汽车里偷东西的贼。
Police caught the car bangers in the act.
警方将这些汽车窃贼当场抓获。
226.career criminal ： 职业罪犯
A person who makes a living from crime.
以犯罪为生的人。
John was a career criminal until the day he got caught in the home of a policeman.
约翰是位职业罪犯，直到一天他在一个警察家里被抓获。
227.child abuse ： 虐待儿童
The physical and verbal mistreatment of children.
对儿童进行身体上和言语上的虐待。
The most unnerving thing about child abuse is the number of cases that go unreported.
有关虐待儿童方面最让人不安的事情是大量的此类行为没有报道。
228.chop shop ： 地下拆车厂
A shop where criminals take apart stolen cars and sell the parts.
犯罪分子将所盗汽车拆成零件并销售出去的窝点。
I watched a news program that tracked chop shops across the country.
我收看了一个追踪全国地下拆车点的电视节目。
229.cocaine⁷ ： 可卡因
A powerful stimulant⁸ drug.
一种有强力兴奋作用的毒品。
What is the street value of a pound of cocaine?
一磅可卡因市值多少？
230.computer cleaner ： 消除财务信息的电脑黑客
A person who, for a price, clean computer files of unfavorable financial credit information of others.
将反映他人财物信用赤字的计算机文件抹去以获取报酬的人员。
Computer cleaners cost companies and financial institutions million of dollars every year.
消除财务信息的电脑黑客每年给公司和金融机构造成百万元计的损失。