“失窃护照”英语怎么说
2016-11-19
名词解释:MH370机上载有154名中国人。此前,消息称至少有4人持假护照冒名登机,这四人的真实身份仍未查明。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?
Malaysia Airlines said the government was investigating four passengers who may have held false identity documents.
European officials said it appeared two people on board were using stolen passports and Malaysian Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said authorities were also checking the identities of two other passengers.
He said help was also being sought from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
马来西亚航空公司称,政府正在调查可能持有虚假身份证明的四名乘客。
欧洲官员说,机上两名乘客使用的是失窃护照。马来西亚交通部长希山慕丁·侯赛因表示,马来西亚当局也在核查另外两名乘客的身份。
他说,同时也在寻求美国联邦调查局(FBI)能从中协助。
【讲解】
文中的###stolen passport就是“失窃护照”的意思,其中stolen是动词steal的过去分词,作为形容词意为“被偷窃的,失窃的”,如:The police recovered the stolen jewellery.(警察找回了被盗的珠宝。)
passport是名词,意为“护照,通行证”,如:expired passport(过期的护照),issue a passport to(给…签发护照)。