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Boston Marathon bombings

 

Boston Marathon bombings 波士頓馬拉松爆炸案

例子：The Boston Marathon bombings were a terrorist attack which happened near the finish line 終點線 of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. 

 

terrorist attack恐怖襲擊

 

Other related words:

terror 恐怖 (n.)

terrorist 恐怖份子 (n.)

terrorism 恐怖主義 (n.)

terrorize 恐嚇 (v.)

 

例子：Many Boston citizens were terrorized into fleeing the city after the bombing raids.

 

 

bombing raids 炸彈襲擊

例子：They were planning bombing raids in some of the America’s major cities  

 

a wave of bombings 連環炸彈襲擊

例子：A terrorist network has confirmed their responsibility for a wave of bombings in the city.

 

 

一般來說，英文字詞的讀音都遵循拼音慣例，好比中文常說的「有邊讀邊」，但以下包含“b”這個字母的詞語卻是特例，要串可是不須讀啊！

 

Bomb      /bɒm/           

Doubt      /daʊt/

Climb      /klaɪm/

Climber   /’klaɪ.mər/  

Comb     /kəʊm/        

Subtle (微妙的)    /’sʌt.əl/          

 

 

casualties 傷亡

(i.e. people who are killed, wounded or injured)

 

例子：The Boston Marathon blasts have inflicted severe casualties: 3 were killed and almost 180 were injured.

 

Blast (n.) = bombing, explosion 爆炸

 

例子：Three people died    in the blasts/

in the bombings/

in the explosions/

when the bombs went off.

 

suspect 嫌疑犯

 

例子：The FBI took over the investigation and identified two suspects.

 

FBI ►The Federal Bureau of Investigation 聯邦調查局

 

例子：Led by the FBI, thousands of police and military personnel conducted a manhunt for the suspect at large.

 

manhunt (n.) 疑犯大搜捕

 

at large (adv. phr) 仍然在逃 

 

arrest 拘捕, detention 扣留, custody 拘留

例子：[arrest (n.)] The 19-year-old suspect was under arrest at last.

例子：[arrest (v.)] The 19-year-old suspect was arrested at last.

例子：[detention (n.)] A few alleged perpetrators 涉嫌犯案者 were in detention.

例子：[detain (v.)] A few alleged perpetrators were detained for questioning 問話.

例子：[custody (n.)] The suspect is being kept in custody in connection with the bombings.  

 

custody (n.) 撫養權

例子：The mother is usually awarded custody after the divorce.   

 

**Key of Reference

(n.) = noun 名詞

(v.) = verb 動詞

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