日本取消涉嫌抄袭的奥运会会徽

 　　Tokyo endured fresh embarrassment¹ over its preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games yesterday when the organising committee said it would scrap² the logos it unveiled only a few weeks ago.

　　日本昨日遭遇筹备2020年奥运会过程中的最新尴尬事件，日本奥组委表示将取消几周前才公布的会徽。

　　Since the twin emblems⁴ for the Olympics and Paralympics were revealed on July 24, their creator, Kenjiro Sano, has been besieged⁵ with allegations that he copied the design from a theatre in the Belgian city of Liege.

　　自7月24日公布2020年夏季奥运会和残奥会会徽以来，设计者佐野研二郎(Kenjiro Sano)一直面临指控，称其抄袭了比利时列日市一剧场的设计。

　　In the face of Mr Sano’s repeated denials of plagiarism⁶, Olivier Debie, the Belgian designer, filed a lawsuit⁷ against the International Olympic Committee demanding the emblem³ not be used.

　　面对佐野研二郎多次否认剽窃，比利时设计师奥利维尔德比(Olivier Debie)起诉国际奥委会(International Olympic Committee)，要求其不要使用该标识。

　　The decision to scrap the logos, announced after an emergency meeting of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee, comes as Japan is struggling to select a new, cheaper design for the national stadium after those plans were also ordered back to the drawing board by Shinzo Abe, the prime minister.

　　东京奥组委在召开紧急会议后宣布了取消会徽的决定，此际，日本正努力为其国家奥林匹克体育场遴选新的、成本更低的设计，此前，日本首相安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)勒令中止了建造计划。

1 embarrassment   

n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫

参考例句：

• She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
• Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。

2 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

3 emblem   

n.象征，标志；徽章

参考例句：

• Her shirt has the company emblem on it.她的衬衫印有公司的标记。
• The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.鹰是力量和勇气的象征。

4 emblems   

n.象征，标记( emblem的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His emblems are the spear and the burning torch. 他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。 来自辞典例句
• Crystal prize, Crystal gift, Crystal trophy, Champion cup, Emblems. 水晶奖牌、水晶礼品、水晶纪念品、奖杯、金属奖牌。 来自互联网

5 besieged   

包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
• The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。

6 plagiarism   

n.剽窃，抄袭

参考例句：

• Teachers in America fight to control cheating and plagiarism.美国老师们努力对付欺骗和剽窃的问题。
• Now he's in real trouble.He's accused of plagiarism.现在他是真遇到麻烦了。他被指控剽窃。

7 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。