委员会对事不对人。
The committee's role is "fact-finding" and not targeting individuals to be held responsible.
拒绝民主党的要求，不会召开特别聆讯调查事件rejected calls from the Democratic Party for a special hearing into the matter
抵不过舆论压力/敌不过舆论压力bowed to strong criticism/yielded to public pressure
指派一个项目小组调查此案named a special task force to investigate the case
玷污了政府公仆廉洁诚实的形象tarnished the clean and honest image of government workers
玷污立法会声誉damaged Legco's reputation
研究如何防止类似事件在未来重演look into how to prevent such problems being repeated in the future
要求实时进行内部调查has called for an immediate internal investigation
要还死者一个公道should give justice to the victims
重建委员会的声誉rebuilding the commission's reputation
面临更多抨击face more flak
消除各方揣测dispel various speculation
回避某间题sidestep a question about something
国际笑话an international joke
责难某人censure somebody
连串公屋丑闻a spate of public housing scandals
造成政治危机would cause a political crisis
酗酒、烂赌、好色passionate about drinking， gambling and women
揭示香港食物监管制度的一大漏洞exposed a major flaw in food surveillance programme of Hong Kong
揭发自一九四九年以来最大宗金融丑闻have uncovered the biggest financial scandal since 1949
焦点人物central figure
会从梁锦松事件中吸取教训would learn from Mr Leung's mistake
违反内部指引violated internal guidelines
违章breach the regulations
对考评局处理事件的手法不满was dissatisfied with the authority's handling of the situation
对政府错失大表震怒expressed anger at the blunder
影响了政府官员的良好声誉discredited the fine reputation of government officials？？？
调查政府面对非典型肺炎的处理手法investigating the government's handling of the Sars outbreak
遭某人强烈反驳drew a scathing attack from somebody
尽量减少丑闻的杀伤力minimise the damage incurred by the scandal
还校长一个清白clear the name of the vice-chancellor
罗太说学生是董建华政府的最大得益者。
Students， said Mrs Law， were the biggest beneficiaries of the Tung administration.
（专门讽刺政治人物的）政治漫画家caricaturist
台湾第一夫人Taiwan's First Lady
政治讽刺对象subject of political satire
董建华的肖像effigies of Mr Tung
讽刺她的外貌pokes fun at her appearance
讽刺政治的作品political satire
讽刺叶太处理法轮功的手法ridicules Mrs Ip's policies on Falun Gong
讽刺话barbed comments
人身攻击personal attack
上天要毁灭一个政党，必会使其疯狂。现在完全看不到国亲的理智何在？
If the Heaven wants to destroy a political party， it will make it mad first. I can't see any rationale behind the KMT-PFP alliance.
他们一直唱衰香港和祖国。
They have been bad-mouthing Hong Kong and our country.
他们否定一国两制，却很少提出建设性意见。
But these people deny the principle of one country， two systems and they rarely give constructive criticism.
叫鸡议员prostitute-hiring councillors
叫鸡党prostitute-hiring party
有人指称陈水扁是在上演「苦肉计」，总统府办公室公开陈水扁的伤口照片来响应。
To head off speculation that Mr Chen staged the shooting， his office released photographs of his wounds.
自编自导自演枪击案/苦肉计staged an assassination attempt on himself
你已唱衰香港六年。
You have bad-mouthed Hong Kong for six years already.
我绝对不同意他们是爱国的。
I definitely don't agree they are patriots.
把民主派人士卷标为不爱国discredit democrats as unpatriotic
把李柱铭比喻为吴三桂，吴三桂被视为中国史上的最大叛徒compared the veteran campaigner to Wu Sangui， a historic character considered the biggest traitor in Chinese lore
攻击某人denounce somebody
究竟反对二十三条立法的人算不算爱国whether opponents of Article 23 could be considered patriotic
抹黑smear
指（民主党）逢中必反labelled the party as "against everything China does"
指三名资深民主党立法会议员不爱国，因为他们反对二十三条called three veteran Democrat legislators unpatriotic for actions such as opposing Article 23 of the Basic Law
要求陈水扁总统公开枪击事件真相called on Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to come clean on the assassination attempt
要求刘梦雄立即撤回指控demanded an immediate retraction of th allegations made by Lew Mon-hung
被诽谤者the victim of libel
无理据的抨击groundless attacks
须要提出多些证据来支持他们的指控needed to present more evidence to back up their accusations
损害名誉vilify （vt）； They were vilified by the press as 'international terrorists'.
诽谤defamation/diatribe （n）/slander （n）/（vt）； launch a diatribe against sb/sue sb for slander/slander sb
诽谤文libel （n）/（vt）； sue the newspaper for libel/sb had been libelled in an article
诽谤的defamatory （a）； the article was highly defamatory
担心的人可能正是心中有鬼？
Do they have worries because they have things to fear？/Do they have worries because they have devils in their hearts？
历史人物a historic character
谩骂、诽谤diatribe
