1·It is not just that international law, which surely applies in this case, is less generous towards targeted assassination. There are questions to be asked even under American law.
不仅是因为国际法(肯定适用于这种情况)对有针对性的暗杀不太宽容,就算参照美国的律法,此事仍有许多问题需要追问。
2·Prosecutors had demanded 15-year sentences but the court said it mitigated their jail terms because the assassination attempts were not actually carried out and they cooperated in the investigation.
检察官曾要求判处他们15年徒刑,但法院表示可以减轻他们的刑期,因为暗杀企图没有实施,和他们在被捕后能协助调查。
3·Mr Schauble, who is wheelchair-bound since an assassination attempt in 1990, does not demur when interviewers describe him as the cabinet's "last European".
朔伊布勒自1990年暗杀企图后就一直坐在轮椅上,当采访记者形容他是内阁中“最后的欧洲人”时他并不反对。
4·Jack details the Palmer assassination attempt and clarifies for DeSalvo that someone from the power company was bribed to cut off the facility's electricity at 7:20 p. M.
杰克将针对帕默的暗杀企图的细节告诉了他,并详细说明,电厂的某个人受到贿赂,将在晚上7点20分切断这个机构的电力。
5·In a world where Western voters demand maximum results for minimum expenditure of blood and treasure, assassination by machine has an obvious appeal to political leaders.
在当今世界里,西方选民们要求以最小的人身和财产代价换取最大的效果,于是无人机器暗杀便成为政界领导们的新宠。