历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-07
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2014年
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January 7th, 1789, the United States holds its first presidential election more than a decade after the Declaration of Independence. Americans vote for electors, who a month later, choose George Washington to be the nation’s first president.
1999, in Washington, an impeached 1 American president goes on trial before the U.S. Senate for only the second time in history. Bill Clinton faces charges of perjury 2 and obstruction 3 of justice over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He is acquitted 4 the following month.
1979, Vietnamese forces capture Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, overthrowing 5 the Khmer Rouge 6 regime of Pol Pot. As many as 2,000,000 Cambodians died under that regime which had turned the country into a vast slave labor 7 camp.
And 1989, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito, whose decades of rule include World War II and Tokyo becoming an American ally, dies at age 87.
Today in History. January 7th. Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
1 impeached
v.控告（某人）犯罪( impeach的过去式和过去分词 )；弹劾；对（某事物）怀疑；提出异议
- Elected officials can be impeached. 经过选举产生的官员可以被弹劾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The judge was impeached for taking a bribe. 这个法官被检举接受贿赂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 perjury
n.伪证；伪证罪
- You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。
- She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。
3 obstruction
n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物
- 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。
4 acquitted
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现
- The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
- Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。
5 overthrowing
v.打倒，推翻( overthrow的现在分词 )；使终止
- They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship. 他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I always delight in overthrowing those kinds of schemes. 我一向喜欢戳穿人家的诡计。 来自辞典例句