香港新闻工作者从业英语词典（34）

　　杀人不眨眼with little or no respect for human life

　　杀害slay

　　现场无争执痕迹，死者财物无被抢去。

　　No signs of struggle were found and his belongings were not stolen.

　　被他的死讯吓坏devastated by his death

　　被发现遗弃于was found abandoned in/on

　　连环杀手serial killer

　　残肢/碎尸/人体残骸dismembered body parts/the dismembered remains/the discarded limbs/the severed torsos and thighs

　　无头尸体headless corpse

　　舞女谋杀案昨日展开首日聆讯，案情透露一名舞女遭人虐杀，犯人杀人后把尸体支解并烹熟弃置，然后把死者头部缝合于吉蒂猫公仔内。

　　A woman was tortured and her body dismembered， cooked and dumped —— with her head stuffed inside a Hello Kitty doll， a jury heard yesterday on the opening day of her murder trial.

　　烧尸setting her body alight

　　头部受伤致死died as a result of injuries inflicted on his head

　　避过大量便衣警员的搜捕行动escaped the huge undercover dragnet

　　严重腐烂的（内脏）

　　badly decomposed

　　一百四十万元赎金已经寻回the $1.4 million had been recovered

　　十五名男子和五名女子怀疑和该宗绑架案有关，已被警方拘捕。

　　Fifteen men and five women have been arrested in connection with the kidnap.

　　仍然挟持着人质who still holding captives

　　六名涉嫌绑架撕票一名十三岁男童的疑犯落网。

　　Six people have been arrested in connection with the kidnap and murder of a 13-year-old boy.

　　付二十五万元人成币做赎金pay 250，000 yuan ransom

　　四日前在香港仔一间餐厅外被掳走的五岁男童罗绍伟，昨日被发现浮尸青衣对开海面，全身遭捆绑。

　　The body of missing five-year-old Law Shui-wai was found trussed up and drowned off Tsing Yi yesterday， three days after he was abducted outside a restaurant in Aberdeen.

　　外国人质foreign hostages

　　用枪指吓他们，并推他们上车bundled the victim into the car at gunpoint

　　交赎金pay the ransom

　　伊拉克武装分子昨日释放八名中国人质。

　　Iraqi militants released eight Chinese hostages yesterday.

　　收到绑匪电话，要求六百万元赎金received ransom calls demanding $6 million

　　收赎金collect the ransom

　　但一般相信武装分子仍在伊拉克挟持着数十名外国人质，作为谈判筹码。

　　But armed groups are still believed to be holding dozens of foreigners captive in Iraq as bargaining chips.

　　你利用孩子们因你是他们的前度褓姆，对你信任而犯案。

　　You took advantage of the trust these children placed in you as their ex-amah.

　　否认有参与绑架denies involvement with kidnappings

　　男童灌有毒化学物质administering a noxious chemical to the boy

　　两名儿童绑架案幕后主脑罪名成立。

　　The mastermind behind the kidnapping of two children held captive.

　　呼吁被绑者家属报案urge family members to report kidnap cases

　　初步验尸证实男童于被掳走当天遇害，但真正死因仍有待进一步化验。

　　An initial postmortem examination confirmed the boy was killed on the day of his aduction. However， the cause of his death would not be known until a full autopsy was carried out.

　　促请当地官员全力拯救人质urged officials there to do their utmost to free them

　　拯救人质，确保他们安然无恙rescue the hostages unharmed

　　致电被绑者的家属，勒索五十万镑telephoned their victim's family and demanded ￡500，000

　　要求二百镑赎金demand a ransom of ￡200

　　射杀了一名女人质shot dead one woman hostage

　　捉拿者captors

　　涉嫌带走赎金而遭扣留was detained on suspicion of acting as a courier for ransom

　　勒索issued blackmail threats

　　从没支付赎金no ransom has been paid

　　杀死所有人质kill all of the hostages

　　被扣作人质were held hostage

　　被某人诱走be lured away by somebody

　　被绑十一岁男童遭受长期痛苦。

　　Lasting distress was likely to have been caused to the 11-year-old boy.

　　逐一和人质握手shook hands with each of the hostages

　　最近的人质事件latest hostage incident

　　照顾被绑小孩的同党minder

　　绑架案主脑architect of kidnap

　　绑匪要求家属往内地缴付赎金。

　　The family was ordered to pay the money across the border.

　　尝试突击拯救人质attempt to storm in to release the hostages

　　诱拐者abductor

　　据报（武装分子）挟持了三名日本平民作人质，要求日本撤军，否则活活烧死人质。

　　Those who abducted the three Japanese civilians have reportedly said they would burn them alive unless Tokyo starts pulling its troops out of the country.

　　据报近日在伊拉克被掳走have been reportedly kidnapped in Iraq in recent days

　　获释人质the released hostages

　　缴付九十五万元赎金paid a ransom of $950， 000

　　释放你们手上所有人质release all your hostages

　　赎金ransom

　　（炸弹）坑crater

　　（被释放后）与家人重聚reunited with their families

　　（导弹）碎片splinters

　　一宗电话亭爆炸案a bomb blast at a phone booth

　　一连串爆炸事件a string of blasts

　　一队拆弹专家奉命到机场移除机上可疑物品。

　　A bomb disposal team was called to the airport to remove the suspicious material from the plane.

　　土制炸弹a home-made bomb

　　引爆炸弹detonate the device

　　手榴弹grenade

　　他们身上绑着炸药。

　　They had been strapped with explosives.

　　未有组织承认责任。

　　No one claimed responsibility.

　　向某地投掷手榴弹threw a hand grenade at somewhere

　　在车底放置炸弹the planting of a bomb under a car

　　收到恐吓信has received a threatening letter

　　利用拆弹机械人把可疑包裹引爆a suspicious package was destroyed by a police robot

　　我们发现拉提法村布满未引爆的小炸弹。

　　We find the village of Latifa littered with bomblets that haven't gone off yet.

　　把炸弹包裹成礼物模样送到神职人员手上。

　　Some bombs had been sent to clerics wrapped as gifts.

　　汽油弹Molotov cocktail

　　防止有人遥距引爆炸弹prevent anyone from remotely detonating bombs

　　受到恐吓had been criminally intimidated

　　尚未引爆的炸弹unexploded bombs

　　拆除一个威力强大的炸弹defused a powerful bomb

　　拆除炸弹disarm a bomb

　　拆弹专家bomb disposal officers

　　放置了一枚炸弹planted a bomb

　　表示收到恐吓勒索reported threats or blackmail attempts

　　封锁花园街一段路面cordoned off a section of Fa Yuen Street

　　炸弹或炮弹炸开后的弹片shrapnel

　　看似没有危险look quite innocuous

　　计时炸弹time-bomb

　　破坏附近停泊的车辆，并引起火警shattering nearby vehicles and causing fires

　　现场弥漫着肉体烧焦的气味。

　　The smell of burnt flesh hung in the air at the scene.

　　被炸成废墟was reduced to rubble by an explosion

　　连串电话亭爆炸案a spate of phone-box bombings

　　发动自杀式炸弹袭击commit suicide bombings

　　集束炸弹/子母弹cluster bomb

　　准备引爆炸弹was about to detonate a bomb

　　制造恐慌creating fear and panic

　　制造爆炸品making explosive substances

　　误炸bombing error

　　遥控炸弹remote-activated bombs

　　燃烧弹a petrol bomb

　　爆炸exploded/went off

　　爆炸事件的疑窦必须解开。

　　The questions surrounding the bombing must be cleared up.

　　爆炸品处理课Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau

　　警方疏散商场内约二百人。

　　Police ordered about 200 people out of a shopping centre.

　　（犯罪集团）主脑kingpin

　　「崩牙驹」尹国驹“broken tooth" Wan Kuok-koi

　　一直有严密监视该黑社会集团活动gang's activities had been under heavy surveillance

　　大部分指控都和怀疑敲诈曼哈顿一家无上装俱乐部有关。

　　Many of the charges stemmed from an alleged extortion scheme at the Manhattan topless club.

　　大富豪张子强Big Spender Cheung Tze-keung

　　尹从事高利贷和非法赌博事业，捞得数千万元。

　　Wan raked in tens of millions of dollars from his loansharking and illegal gambling operations.

　　勾当（收保护费的勾当）

　　racket； a drugs/gambling/smuggling racket/ a protection racket

　　犯罪活动mob activities

　　甘比诺家族the Gambino crime family

　　在过去数周收到很多恐吓had received many threats in past weeks

　　有组织罪案及三合会调查课（O记）

　　The Organised Crime and Triad Bureau

　　有黑社会背景had triad backgrounds

　　受黑社会人士「照顾」

　　was being looked after by a triad brother

　　忠实的追随者（贬）

　　henchman

　　保护费protection money

　　是次突击行动突显警队决心打击黑社会活动在香港发展。

　　This particular raid clearly illustrates the determination of the police in fighting against triad expansion in Hong Kong.

　　洗黑钱money laundering

　　香港警方捣破犯罪集团，起出二十年来最大批枪械。

　　Hong Kong police seized their largest haul of weapons and ammunition in 20 years after smashing a crime syndicate.

　　害怕遭报复袭击fears revenge attacks from somebody

　　高利贷活动loansharking business

　　从事犯罪活动所得的收益proceeds from criminal ventures

　　掩饰cover-up

　　恶意破坏vandalise

　　黑手党Mafia

　　黑手党龙头戈蒂John Gotti Jnr

　　黑社会人士/黑社会会员triad members/gang members

　　黑社会刺青triad tattoos

　　黑社会的非法活动illicit activities of triad gangs

　　黑道帮派triad gangs

　　黑帮家法trial family discipline

　　捣毁了几个黑社会集团smashed some trial societies

　　对黑社会的恐吓显得忧心如焚was distraught over triad threats

　　敲诈extortion （n）/extort （vt）/racketeering （n）； To extort is to illegally force someone to give you money by threatening them./extort money from/out of sb/Racketeering is obtaining money dishonestly by means of a carefully planned system.

　　敲诈者racketeer （n）

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