夏说英语新闻晨读 第127期:大众丑闻第二暴击
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
Volkswagen will pay more than $10 billion in compensation to settle American claims arising from its emissions-test fiddlings; its former boss, Martin Winterkorn, is also under investigation 1 for concealing 2 an inquiry 3 in order to manipulate the market. Separately, Norway’s oil fund, the German carmaker’s fourth-largest investor 4, opposed VW’s executives at its annual meeting and backed investors’ calls for further investigations 5.
词汇讲解：
Compensation: 补偿
Emission：排放
Fiddling：篡改
Conceal：隐藏
Inquiry：质询
Manipulate：操纵
n.调查，调查研究
- 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。
v.隐藏，隐瞒，遮住( conceal的现在分词 )
- Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something. 尽管他表现得友善，我还是感觉到他有所隐瞒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- SHE WAS BREAKING THE COMPACT, AND CONCEALING IT FROM HIM. 她违反了他们之间的约定，还把他蒙在鼓里。 来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产
n.打听，询问，调查，查问
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
n.投资者，投资人
- My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
- The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
- 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。
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