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#每日一字:南非自由鬥士陷入貪污疑雲?


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南非前總統朱瑪 (Jacob Zuma) 2018年遭到16起貪腐指控,與1999武器買賣有關,於近日審理時,因未赴調查委員會作證,遭憲法法庭以藐視法庭罪 (contempt of court) 判刑15個月,導致支持者走上街頭抗爭,其中包括不少暴亂份子趁火打劫,因此,貪腐案的審理延後至八月。



☑️ corruption (n.) 貪污;腐敗

📖 dishonest or illegal behavior, especially of people in authority


#️⃣ 單字來源與延伸:

corruption,由co (拉丁字首,代表together) 和rupt (拉丁字根,代表break) 以及tion (名詞字尾) 三者結合而來,而 corrupt 當作形容詞代表貪污的,亦可以當作動詞,代表使…貪污腐化。常見的延伸有 bribery (當作名詞代表賄賂)。


🎙 延伸學習,延伸自rupt字根的詞彙:

📝abrupt (adj.) 突然的

📝bankrupt (adj.) 破產

📝disrupt (v.) 擾亂,打擾

📝erupt (v.) (火山)爆發

📝interrupt (v.) 打岔;插嘴

📝rupture (v.)(n.) 斷裂,破裂


🎙 延伸學習,與corruption 有關的動詞搭配:

📝打擊貪污 attack/combat/fight corruption

📝根除貪污 eliminate/end/root up corruption

📝貪污醜聞 corruption scandal

📝貪污指控 corruption allegation/charge

📝貪污調查 corruption investigation

📝 例:He was brought down by a corruption scandal. 他因貪污醜聞而下台。


💬本集的必備例句

The long-running trial of the former South African president Jacob Zuma**, *facing 16 corruption charges relating to a weapons sale in 1999*, **was postponed until August.

– the economist, 21 July, 2021 (南非前總統雅各朱瑪面臨 16 項與 1999 年武器銷售有關的腐敗指控,他曠日費時的審判被延後到 8 月。)


📈多讀一點點:

  1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57758641

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