【amnesty】 - AEAS备考词汇

amnesty

UK:  ['æmnəsti]

US:  ['æmnəsti]

复数：amnesties  现在分词：amnestying  过去分词：amnestied  

v.

1.大赦,赦免

n.

1.大赦,特赦

2.〔政〕赦免

3.〔古语〕故意忽视(某人的过失)

1 . And yet I also learned more about human goodness at Amnesty International than I had ever known before.
然而，我也在大赦国际学到了比我以前知道的更多的人类善良的一面。

2 . Amnesty International says a campaign of ethnic cleansing seems to have started to destabilize the region.
国际特赦组织称，种族大清洗运动似乎已经开始在该地区制造动荡。

3 . Mr Venizelos has opted for a tax amnesty to increase revenues, the second in less than a year.
在一年不到的时间里，这是维尼泽洛斯先生第二次采取税收赦免政策来增加收入。

4 . Each said the other supported "amnesty" for illegal immigrants, the scarlet letter of this election cycle.
两个人都不约而同地给对方烙上选举周期的红字——宣称对方支持对非法移民进行“特赦”。

5 . Yesterday Amnesty International said the death toll had climbed to at least 55; scores more have been injured.
昨天国际特赦组织表示，死亡名单已上升到至少55人，而受伤的就更多了。