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Jean-Luc Brunel is said to have trafficked more than 1,000 girls and women, but he was able to keep up the cat and mouse game with the police for decades until eventually being put in prison.
据说,Jean-Luc Brunel贩卖了1000多名女孩和妇女,但在最终入狱之前的几十年,他一直逃脱法律的制裁,让法国警察都束手无策。
traffic /ˈtræfɪk/ v. 非法交易,贩卖
作名词的意思是交通,而作动词的时候可以表示非法交易, deal or trade in something illegal. 动词的过去式和过去分词,都会先加上 k 再加上 ed 后缀;而 human trafficking , 就是指的的人口贩卖了。
He had made a fortune by trafficking young women.
他靠贩卖年轻妇女发了财。
We must do everthing to prohibit human trafficking.
我们必须尽一切努力禁止人口贩卖。
For his alleged victims, they would never have their day in court. After years of fighting for justice, they wouldn't be able to face him in a final trial to hold him accountable.
对于那些可能而未被证实的的受害者们来说,他们永远不会有上法庭的机会。多年来,他们为了正义而战斗,但他们将无法在最终审判中直面他,追究他的责任。
alleged /əˈledʒd/ adj. (未经证实而)声称的,所谓的
Alleged, meaning something said without proof, 表示某件事情声称真实存在,或者发生了,尽管你没有证据。比如 alleged criminals, 意思就是被指控的罪犯。
The alleged victim made the complaint at a police station in York.
声称的受害者向约克郡的警察局提出了投诉。
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