学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2640 jail time

今天我们要学的词是 jail time. Jail time 坐牢。A Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty to conspiring¹ to cheat on U.S. emissions² tests and could face jail time. 大众汽车公司的一名工程师承认合谋在美国尾气排放测试中作弊，可能会被判刑入狱。A top editor at the New York Times said he would publish a story on Donald Trump's tax returns even if it risks jail time. 纽约时报一名重要主编说，就算面临坐牢的危险，他也会发表关于川普纳税申报记录的报道。好的，我们今天学习的词是 jail time, jail time, jail time...

1 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

2 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。