behind bars: 坐牢
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阿布格莱布监狱的美军虐囚早已不再是什么稀罕的丑闻事件。近日,美军事法庭经过调查取证宣布驯犬师史密斯虐囚罪名成立,判其在监狱服刑6个月。军事法庭指出,史密斯的罪名包括虐待囚犯、与其他驯犬师一起恐吓囚犯、迫使囚犯自虐。

请看外电报道:An Army dog handler was sentenced Wednesday to six months behind bars for using his snarling1 canine2 to torment3 prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Smith was sentenced on five charges, including maltreatment of prisoners, conspiring4 with another dog handler in a contest to try to frighten detainees at the Iraqi prison.

报道中的behind bars意思是“be put into prison”(被关进牢房),这里还可以用另外一个短语,in prison (被关进监狱)。Bar原指“关押囚犯的铁门杆”,这里引申为“牢房”,如The windows of the prison have iron bars.(监狱的窗户装有铁栅栏。)

另外,由于bar可以指法庭上把律师或被告席位隔开来的围栏,所以the prisoner at the bar意思是“在法庭中的受审者”;而the Bar则统指“律师”,如She's training for the Bar.(她正在接受律师资格培训。)



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1 snarling 1ea03906cb8fd0b67677727f3cfd3ca5     
v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的现在分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说
参考例句:
  • "I didn't marry you," he said, in a snarling tone. “我没有娶你,"他咆哮着说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • So he got into the shoes snarling. 于是,汤姆一边大喊大叫,一边穿上了那双鞋。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
2 canine Lceyb     
adj.犬的,犬科的
参考例句:
  • The fox is a canine animal.狐狸是犬科动物。
  • Herbivorous animals have very small canine teeth,or none.食草动物的犬牙很小或者没有。
3 torment gJXzd     
n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠
参考例句:
  • He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
  • Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。
4 conspiring 6ea0abd4b4aba2784a9aa29dd5b24fa0     
密谋( conspire的现在分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致
参考例句:
  • They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
  • John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。
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