behind bars: 坐牢
[ 2006-03-24 11:09 ]
阿布格萊布監獄的美軍虐囚早已不再是什么稀罕的丑聞事件。近日，美軍事法庭經過調查取證宣布馴犬師史密斯虐囚罪名成立，判其在監獄服刑6個月。軍事法庭指出，史密斯的罪名包括虐待囚犯、與其他馴犬師一起恐嚇囚犯、迫使囚犯自虐。
請看外電報道：An Army dog handler was sentenced Wednesday to six months
behind bars for using his snarling
canine to torment prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Smith was sentenced on five charges,
including maltreatment of prisoners, conspiring with another dog handler in a
contest to try to frighten detainees at the Iraqi prison.
報道中的behind bars意思是“be put into prison”（被關進牢房），這里還可以用另外一個短語，in prison
（被關進監獄）。Bar原指“關押囚犯的鐵門桿”，這里引申為“牢房”，如The windows of the prison have iron
bars.（監獄的窗戶裝有鐵柵欄。）
另外，由于bar可以指法庭上把律師或被告席位隔開來的圍欄，所以the prisoner at the bar意思是“在法庭中的受審者”；而the
Bar則統指“律師”，如She's training for the Bar.（她正在接受律師資格培訓。）
(中國日報網站編譯）
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