美国有线新闻 CNN 一项有始无终的调查

 

Which of these U.S. agencies was described in 1908 as a "regular force of special agents"?

在1908年，以下哪个美国机构被描述为“特种部队的常规力量”?

FBI, CIA, Marine¹ Corps², or Secret Service?

联邦调查局，中情局，海军陆战队，还是特勤局?

The answer here is the Federal Bureau of Investigation³, aka the FBI.

答案是联邦调查局。

It’s been one year since the former director of the FBI, a man named Robert Mueller, was appointed to lead a special investigation concerning the U.S. government. What Mueller and his team are looking into is alleged⁴ Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and whether members of Donald Trump⁵’s political campaign inappropriately coordinated⁶ with Russia.

美国联邦调查局前局长罗伯特·米勒被任命领导一项有关美国政府的特别调查。米勒和他的团队正在调查的是俄罗斯对2016年美国总统大选的干预，以及唐纳德?特朗普的政治竞选团队是否与俄罗斯进行勾结。

President Trump’s legal team says that after a year, Mueller’s special counsel has not given evidence of collusion with Russia or obstruction⁷ of justice and that it’s time for the investigation to end. The president himself has called it a witch hunt and says he’s done nothing wrong.

特朗普总统的法律团队表示，在一年之后，米勒的特别顾问没有给出与俄罗斯勾结或妨碍司法公正的证据，也没有给出调查结束的时间。总统本人称这是一场政治迫害，并表示他没有做错任何事。

But 22 other people and companies had been charged in the investigation. Many of those charges related to Russia’s alleged interference in the election, and several people connected to the Trump campaign in some way have pleaded guilty to lying to investigators⁸.

但另有22人和公司被指控参与调查。这些指控中有许多与俄罗斯涉嫌干预选举有关，还有几名与特朗普竞选有关的人士承认对调查人员撒谎。

Still, no one outside the special counsel team seems to know what’s next. Complex investigations⁹ like this can take years to complete. So, even though this one has been going on for a year, experts can only guess where it will end or how and when it will end.

不过，特别律师团队之外的人似乎都不知道接下来会发生什么。像这样的复杂调查可能需要数年时间才能完成。所以，尽管这一项已经持续了一年，专家们只能猜测它将在哪里结束，怎样结束，何时结束。

1 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

7 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

8 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。