时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2009年


英语课

MPs who break the rules could face up to a year in jail under new government plans. Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harmon has been outlining Ministers' ideas for cleaning up Westminster in the wake of public anger over MPs' expenses claims.


 


“The Bill will also create new criminal offenses 1 for knowingly making a false claim for an allowance, failing without reasonable excuse to register a relevant interest, contravening 2 without reasonable excuse the rules on paid advocacy.” The new law will tighten 3 the rules on MPs’ allowances. Ms. Harmon also said ministers would review last week’s publication of blacked-out expenses claims which prompted criticism from Freedom of information campaigners. The expenses revelations by the Daily Telegraph for over the past few weeks have led to the resignation of a host of MPs in the face of investigation 4 into a number of individuals. It was the expenses scandal that led to the downfall of the last Speaker of the House of the Commons Michael Martin. His replacement 5 John Bercow has pledged to oversee 6 reform of Parliament, but that comes despite controversy 7 over his own claims, which saw allegations of flipping 8 and a decision to pay back 6,500 pounds to the taxman.

 



1 offenses
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 );(球队的)前锋;进攻方法;攻势
  • It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此,除非有可弹劾的行为,否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
2 contravening
v.取消,违反( contravene的现在分词 )
  • The company was found guilty of contravening safety regulations. 那家公司被判违反了安全条例。
  • You are contravening the regulations. 你违反了规定。 来自辞典例句
3 tighten
v.(使)变紧;(使)绷紧
  • Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
  • Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策,以避免通货膨胀。
4 investigation
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。
5 replacement
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
6 oversee
vt.监督,管理
  • Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
  • Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
7 controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
8 flipping
讨厌之极的
  • I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆!
  • Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。
学英语单词
Alboraya
amplitude-squeezed light
Aprecon
Aratus Of Sicyon
Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex
bar-winged rails
be blind to the world
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
biglandulous
biuret crosslink
Boksitogorsk
botryomycosis hominis
brush-stroke
caliendo
certificate of entrustment
cleaning-service
clint eastwood
coffeiform
conservation difference scheme
contact separation
curve union
data processing sequence
dean funes
death-loving
decline rate
dough plasticity
dual-homed
easy to come by
ethoxychelerythrine
extract ventilator
fast-burning
fermentation accelerator
find ... out
genus blissuss
glyceollins
haydite concrete wall panel
herdmate-daughter comparison
ice-strengthened tanker
individual mineral
inelude
inner glow
internal fabric
international antitrust law
isotope X-flue rescent light analyser
Kennedyesque
Kobersdorf
kwmu
lead borate glaze
length of equivalent pendulum
lower cap
mantle-grade thorium nitrate
mardi
Mastigomycetes
metaclassifiers
micro computer
minimum toggle frequency
misadvices
misorientate
missile age
modern design
multieffect evaporator
N,N'-di-beta-naphthyl-p-phenylene diamine
n-ethylcarbazole
operations research
oscillation cross-ripple
oxytaxis
perivasculitis
pillarboxes
pinch me
poison pills
pro-and-con
proportional analogy
psychically
quercitrinic acid
relative value of outcome
rhus laurinas
rising-main
rose mallow
screw-type flowmeter
second window
seinenetter
Seneca Falls Convention
shapiro steps
sip tea
sirgy
spinach-rhubarb
spottings
static cascade
stomach brush
straight-flow combustor
supralaryngeal
system interconnection transformer
teleconferences
transgression(darlington & mather 1949)
unused storage location
v mail
Vale de Vargo
venereal verruca
vishnus
Webb Air Force Base
wemba
width of vestigial sideband