Donald Trump charged: BBC News Review

Donald Trump has been charged with attempting to change the result of the 2020 US presidential election. It follows an inquiry into riots in Washington on 6th January 2021. The former president is accused of “spreading lies” about election fraud for more than two months. Trump has now been charged in three criminal cases.

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riot??英/?ra??t/? v.發(fā)生騷亂；鬧事;??n.暴亂；騷亂;?

food/race riots 爭(zhēng)搶食物的暴亂；種族騷亂,? riot of sth. 豐富多彩；品種繁多

riot police?防暴警察,? ? ??run riot?茂盛；胡鬧

fraud?英/fr??d/??欺詐罪；欺騙罪,?騙子；行騙的人,?偽劣品；冒牌貨

insurance fraud? 保險(xiǎn)欺詐詐騙保險(xiǎn)金保險(xiǎn)詐騙詐領(lǐng)保險(xiǎn)金

bank fraud?銀行欺詐,? ?accounting fraud?會(huì)計(jì)舞弊, 會(huì)計(jì)欺詐

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Donald Trump indicted for unprecedented attempt to overturn US election.?This is from the Financial Times.

indict 英/?n?da?t/??v.?控告；起訴?Indicted means officially accused of a crime.

unprecedented 英/?n?pres?dent?d/??adj.前所未有的；空前的；沒(méi)有先例 Unprecedented means never happened before

Overturn??? change the result of something

-She was released from prison after the judge overturned the verdict.

-If we overturn the council’s decision, we can build a new swimming pool in the village.

verdict? n. 裁定，裁決，裁斷;?決定，結(jié)論，意見(jiàn)

This is from BBC News. Trump charged with plotting to overturn election defeat.

plotting????planning to do something wrong or harmful

plot? n.?故事情節(jié)；布局, 陰謀；密謀;? ?v.?陰謀；密謀

-He was arrested for plotting a terrorist attack.

-What are you two plotting? I can tell you’re planning something bad!

This is from the Spectator. Donald Trump can run, but he can't hide from his 6th of January indictment.

can run but (he) can't hide? ?? can’t escape the consequences of actions

-He will be caught eventually. He can run, but he can’t hide.

-I know you stole my chocolate bar. You can run, but you can’t hide.