Who Are Crooks? 谁是骗子？

时间：2011-10-28 03:01:29

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A newspaper once carried an editorial which stated bluntly（坦率地） that half the city council were crooks¹. Under penalty of arrest, the editor issued following retraction²（撤销） : Half the city council aren't crooks.

一次，一份报纸刊登了一篇社论，直接指出市议会里有一半人是骗子。在被罚以拘留后，编辑发表了以下声明：市议会里有一半人不是骗子。

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1 crooks
n.骗子( crook的名词复数 )；罪犯；弯曲部分；（牧羊人或主教用的）弯拐杖v.弯成钩形( crook的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
The police are getting after the crooks in the city. 警察在城里追捕小偷。来自《简明英汉词典》 The cops got the crooks. 警察捉到了那些罪犯。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 retraction
n.撤消；收回
参考例句：
He demanded a full retraction of the allegations against him.他要求完全收回针对他的言论。 The newspaper published a retraction of the erroneous report.那家报纸声明撤回那篇错误的报道。