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1.high-ranking democratic US senator美國民主黨高級參議員

high-ranking: senior; important. eg. a ~ official

2.be no stranger to doing sth: to be familiar with a particular experience or activity:

eg.He is no stranger to hard work.

3.face down sth: to defeat someone or something that is opposing you by being brave and strong.

eg.He admired the President’s ability to face down critics.

4.federal prosecution?聯(lián)邦起訴

eg.The case was handed over to federal prosecution due to its severity.

5.a federal grand jury紐約聯(lián)邦大陪審團

6.a sweeping bribery scheme

sweeping: affecting many things or people; large:

7.indictment起訴書

①a sign that a system, society, etc. is very bad or very wrong

② a written statement accusing sb of a crime

bribes √

③ the act of officially accusing sb of a crime

8.drop the case撤回訴訟

eg.The pair were charged with neglect but the case was dropped .

9.misrepresent: to give information about sb/sth that is not true or complete so that other people have the wrong impression about them/it

eg. He felt that the book misrepresented his opinions.

10.congressional office國會議員辦公室

11.wide-ranging bribery scheme

此處wide-ranging等于6的sweeping

12.gold bars金條

13.in an illegal effort: in an illegal way

14.fraudster: a person who commits fraud

15.deny wrongdoing: don’t admit having committed any illegal or dishonest behaviour

16.forces behind the scene幕后勢力

17.silence sb with false claims:

silence as a verb, prohibit or prevent from speaking/suppress or prevent the expression of (a gene or genetic material)

18.active?smear campaign抹黑

19.anonymous sources匿名消息來源

20.longstanding?friendship

21.allegations: a statement saying that someone has done something wrong. 指控

22.resign: to officially tell sb that you are leaving your job, an organization, etc.

23.step down sb position: to withdraw from one's position or occupation

24.defendant被告

25.corruption charges指控腐敗

26.hung jury:a jury that is unable to reach a verdict by the required voting margin. A hung jury will often lead to a retrial of the case.· The trial ended without a verdict due to a hung jury.

drop the charges