A foreigner living in a Swedish village wrote to the Ombudsman complaining that he had been ill-treated by the police, simply because he was a foreigner.
一個住在瑞典鄉村的外國人寫信給司法特派員，抱怨說他受到警察的虐待，原因就是因為他是個外國人。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 53 In the public interest
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 外國人;外人，陌生人;外來物，進口貨物;（非本土的）外來動植物;
?? foreign外國的+er名詞后綴，人 → 外國人
"Her family disowned her for marrying a foreigner."
她的家人因她嫁給了外國人而與她斷絕關系。
近義：outlander, outsider, stranger, alien
反義：townsman
adj. 活（著）的;現存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現在分詞);居住;以…為生;（按照規矩）管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活，生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 村民;鄉村，村莊;群落;
?? vill=villa茅房，別墅+age場所，物品 →村莊
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那條路經過村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近義：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反義：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
adv. 簡單地，樸素地;（引出概括或解釋）不過，僅僅;簡直;<非正>實在;
?? sim一次 + ply 折疊 →折一次 → ad.簡單地；樸素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
這架時鐘純屬擺設，它再也不走了。
近義：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反義：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
conj. 因為;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關系而被捕。
近義：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas