如何学好托福:好词好句之犯罪

编者按：托福考试一直都是学生们的难题，如何提高托福考试的分数是很关键的一个问题。我觉得，重要的是好词好句的积累。

犯罪 Crime

1

bring to justice

绳之以法

e.g. It is policemen’s duty to bring all criminals to justice and pay for the crimes they have committed.

2

behavior correction

行为矫正

e.g. Behavior correction based on community is of great importance for the society to reduce climbing crime rate.

3

rehabilitate / rehabilitation

复原

e.g. Some sociologists advocate that the function and focus of prisons ought to shift from punishment to rehabilitation.

4

crack down

取缔，镇压

e.g. Confronting the constant increase of crime rate, the government should take serious measures to crack down crimes.

5

criminal trial

刑事审判

e.g. The detailed description of criminal trials on the screen should be carefully examined, in order to avoid the possible negative impact on society, like arousing youngsters’ curiosity to imitate and hurting victims a second time.

6

be released after serving one’s sentence

刑满释放

e.g. When prisoners are released after serving their sentence, they have to face the challenge to find their foothold in society.

7

be marginalized

被边缘化

e.g. People with a shameful experience, such as imprisonment, usually tend to feel that they are marginalized in society.

8

integrate into society

融入社会

e.g. The reason why people released from prisons find difficult to integrate into society is that employers are reluctant to recruit them and neighbors are unwilling to be friends with them.

9

juvenile detention center

青少年感化院

e.g. Juvenile detention center which focuses more on rehabilitation and education is a better place for adolescent criminals to turn over a new leaf.

10

moral obligation

道义责任

e.g. While working in juvenile detention centers, volunteers assume it their moral obligation to help youngsters going astray to get back on track of life.

作者:Cindy

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