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The high court’s decision said the judge in Mr. McDonnell’s trial failed to tell a jury that it must look only at his “official acts,” or the former governor’s decisions on “specific” and “unsettled” issues related to his duties.

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【重點詞彙】

court: n. the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc. are judged 法院；法庭；審判庭

trial: n. a formal examination of evidence in court by a judge and often a jury, to decide if sb accused of a crime is guilty or not （法院的）審訊，審理，審判

jury: n. a group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and decide whether or not sb is guilty of a crime 陪審團

governor: n. a person who is chosen to be in charge of the government of a state in the US（美國的）州長

unsettled：adj. that continues without any agreement being reached無休止的；未解決的

issue: n. an important topic that people are discussing or arguing about 重要議題；争論的問題

【句子參考譯文】

最高法院的決定指出，在麥克唐納先生的審訊中的法官沒有告訴陪審團，必須隻能看麥克唐納的“公務行為”，或者說隻能看與這位前任州長的職責有關的“特定的”、“未解決”的問題上的決策。

注：or conj. used to introduce a word or phrase that explains or means the same as another（用于引出解釋性詞語）“或者說”。在本句中，or後面的内容是對his “official acts”的進一步解釋。

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