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
-barbital
Abel tester
aggregateing clause
ammonium disulphatoindate
amorphognosia
buckrams
bunk panel
caelorinchus japonicus
carissa plums
cause celebre
Chamrousse
circularizer
compensably
compile-time activity
consistantly
cranopsis pelex
cricket equipment
dematerialising
determined to
diathermist
double-cross stock
down-rated
dyneer
emission measurement
encephaloid
esteemeth
everyday robot
excedents
fanega
fastening on
filial
flagell-
Flulon
football field
francon eyepiece
gadolinium nitrate
game theory
gastric chromoscopy
gay
genuinetissue
genus liquidambars
genus Polypedates
haustration
heap-leach
high tension spark plug
higher fungus
Hogben test
improved crown grafting
inexpression
inlink
intergradation index (ginsburg 1954)
interphase dosimetry
Isomo-20
isotopic incoherence
kiesinger
langevins
line of flotation
linear bounded automat
mans up
manuello
microphone modulation
munida caesura
Nam She Tsim/Sharp Peak
nanometer technique
natural catastrophes
neocognitron
niobates
non-christians
noneffort angina
Noord
Nuon R.
otolithes puber
Oxagepam
pattern recognition receptor
Perekopivka
photoemission pickoff
picoperine
polypots
Poondarrie, Mt.
preemergence, pre-emergence
pseudocercospora salviae
Put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach
Rentenmark
Restore disk
risk of non-performance
Romanian Orthodox Church
runelike
shikars
sodium barium niobate ceramics
stibble
student behavior index
subpatent
superomedially
tammi
the devils
tramp traffic
under-utilised
us visits
voiceband data transmission
whole-bodies
Wiener Neustadt
Zewail