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完型词句分析
1.
the Supreme Court
n.
最高法院
justices
n.
法官；司法；正义；公正（<
/p>
justice
的复数）
The ethical judgments of
the
Supreme Court
justices
have become an
important issue
recently.
2.
maintain
vt.
维持
；继续；维修；主张；供养
legitimacy
n.
合法性；
合理性；正当；正统；正确
lest
conj.
唯恐，
以免
；担心
guardian
n.
[
法
]
监护人，保护人；
守护者
adj.
守护的
The court
cannot
maintain
its
legitimacy
as
guardian
of the rule of law
lest
justices
behave like politicians.
3.
instance
n.
相依物体，
< br>例子
；实体（
instance
的复数）
v.
举例说明（
instance
的第三人称单数形式）
impartial
adj.
公平的，
公正的
；不偏不倚的
写作：
weaken
sb.
’
reputation for being
adj
Yet, in several
instances
, justices acted in
ways that weakened
the court’s
reputation
for
being independent and impartial.
4.
justice
此处应为“
（大）法官”
n.1.
正义，公道；正义行为
2.
正直
3.
公正，公平；公正的原则
4.
合理；
正当；正当的理由；合法
5.
正确；妥当；确实
6.
应得的赏罚
(
< br>或待遇
)
；公
正的对待
7.
审判；
司法
8.
法官，
审判员
9.
治安法官
(= justice of the peace)
10.
[J-](
维护正义、公正权力的
)
正义女神
11. [J-][
美国英语
]
司法部
appear at
1)
到达
(
某时、某地
)
，
出现在
Suddenly a face
appeared at the
door.
突然一张面孔出现在门口。
2)
在
(<
/p>
戏院等
)
表演，参加演出：
The actress is now
appearing at the Capital
Theatre.
目前这位女演员正在首都剧场演出
3)
上
(<
/p>
法庭
)
，出
(<
/p>
庭
)
，到
(
庭
)
：
The defendant
appeared at the juvenile court yesterday.
这名被告
昨天在少年法庭出庭受审
Justice Antonin Scalia, for example,
appeared at political events.
5.
bound
此处应该翻译为“可视为”
adj.
有义务的；受约束的；装有封面的
vt.
束缚；使跳跃
n.
范围；跳跃
vi.
限制；弹起
That kind
of activity makes it less likely that the court’s
decisions will be
bound
as
impartial judgments.
The ethical judgments of
the Supreme Court justices have become an
important issue recently. The court
cannot maintain its legitimacy as
guardian of the rule of law lest
justices behave like politicians. Yet,
in several instances, justices acted in
ways that weakened the court’s
reputation for being independent and e
Antonin Scalia,
for example, appeared
at political events. That kind of activity makes
it less likely that the court’s
decisions will be bound as impartial
judgments.
6.
subject
n.
主题
；
科目；
[
语
]
主语；
国民
adj.
服从的；
易患?的；
受制于?
的
vt.
使?隶属；使屈从于?
Part of the problem is that the
justices are not
subject
by
an ethics code.
7.
at the
very least
至少；起码；一点
code
of
conduct
美
行为准则；规范
ing
are
considered
binding
on
（对?有约束力）
any
person who is a member of a particular group.
bind
（
ba
?
nd
）
vi.
结
合；装订；
有约束力；
过紧
vt.
绑；约束；装订；包扎；凝固
n.
捆绑；
困境；
< br>讨厌的事情；
植物的藤蔓
[
过去式
bound
过去分词
bound
现在分词
binding]
短语
basic code of
conduct
基本行为准则
the
code of conduct
行为准则
EU Code of
Conduct
欧盟行为准则
Code of Market
Conduct
市场行为守则
Code of Conduct
Policy
行为守则政策
Code
of Judicial Conduct
行为准则
judiciary
[
复数
judiciaries ] n.
司法部；法官；
司法制度
adj.
司法的；法官的；法院的
At the very least
, the court
should make itself subject to
the code
of conduct
that
applies to
the rest of the federal judiciary.
8.
注意
line
< br>在此处的用法
This
and other similar cases raise the question of
whether there is still a
line
between
the court and politics.
9.
framer
['frem
?
]
n.
组成者；筹划者
constitution
n.
宪法；体质；章程；构造；
法条
envision
英
[en'v
??
(
?
)n]
美
[
?
n'v
??
n]
vt.
想象；预想
have authority
管理；有管辖权
The
framer
s
of
the
Constitution
envision
ed
law
as
having
authority
apart
from
politics.
10.
permanent position
固定位置
be
free to
去做?，任意
in power
adj.
执政的；掌权的；当权的
They
gave
justices
permanent
position
s
so
they
would
be
free
to
upset
those
in power
and have no need to
cultivate political support.
Part of the problem is that the
justices are not bound by an ethics
the very least,
the court should
make itself subject
to the
code
of
conduct
that
applies
to
the
rest
of
the
federal
and
other
similar
cases
raise
the
question
of
whether
there
is
still
a
line
between
the
court
and
framers
of
the
Constitution
envisioned
law
as
having
authority
apart
from
politics.
They
gave
justices
permanent
positions so they would be free to
upset those in power and have no need
to cultivate political support.
11.
Our
legal
system
was
designed
to
set
law
apart
from
politics
precisely
because they are so closely
tied.
12.
Constitutional
law
is
political
because
it
results
from
choices
rooted