Using the Passive Voice
2025/11/22大约 1 分钟
Using the Passive Voice
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| word | meaning | 出处 | 含义 | 关联 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| expectation | hope for the future | Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens | 预期 | |
| emphasize | to put emphasis on sth | The passive voice emphasizes the book | 强调 | |
| informal | relaxed and friendly or suitable for a relaxed occasion | In informal speech | 非正式的 | informality;informally |
| necessary | that is needed for a purpose or a reason | it is not necessary to know exactly who performed the action | 必要的 | unnecessary |
| abuse | using sth in a bad or dishonest way | |||
| politics | the work and ideas that are connected with governing a country, a town | This is common in politics and law. | ||
| Intelligence | important information about an enemy country | Central Intelligence Agency | 情报 | |
| Agency | a government department | Central Intelligence Agency | 政府机构 | |
| fair-minded | (of people人) looking at and judging things in a fair and open way | Any fair-minded person | 公正的(人) | |
| prosecutor | 1. a lawyer who leads the case against the accused person (the defendant) in a court of law | A reporter asked him about the firing of some prosecutors. | 检察官 | |
| prosecutor | 2. a public official who charges sb with a crime and tries to show that they are guilty in a court of law | Prosecutor: And how did he kill Wagner? | 控方律师 | |
| courtroom | the place or room where a court of law meets | 法庭 | ||
| Defense | what is said in court to prove that a person did not commit a crime | Defense attorney: Objection! | 辩护 | |
| Withdrawn. | to move back or away from a place or situation; to make somebody/something do this | 撤回 | ||
| suspect | to have an idea that something is probably true or likely to happen, especially something bad, but without having definite proof | a suspect for a crime | 怀疑 |