1. The apparent suppression campaign by suspected bot accounts represents one of the first major disinformation tests for Twitter since the platform was purchased by Elon Musk. The billionaire has personally vowed to wage war against bots and spammers but has also cut more than half of Twitter’s staff, raising concerns about the company’s ability to combat bad actors in the United States and abroad.
suppression:
n. 压制、抑制
eg: the suppression of emotion
对感情的抑制
bot:
n. 网上机器人；自动程序
disinformation:
u.n. 虚假信息，假消息。false information that is given deliberately, especially by government organizations.
spam:
v& n . 群发垃圾邮件 ~er 发垃圾邮件的人
2. US lawmakers have expressed alarm about Twitter’s alleged vulnerability to foreign exploitation.
allege:
v. （未提出证据而）断言，指称
eg: He is alleged to have mistreated the prisoners.
他被指控虐待犯人。
vulnerability:
n. 脆弱，弱点
eg: A baby is the embodiment of vulnerability.
婴儿极为脆弱。
3. In major cities on Monday and Tuesday, police flooded the sites of protests that took place over the weekend, when thousands gathered to vent their anger over the policy.
vent:
[VN] ~ sth (on/over sb) (formal) 表达，发泄（感情，尤指愤怒）。to express feelings, especially anger, strongly.
eg: He vented his anger on the referee.
他把气撒在裁判身上。
4. The protester said the detainees had their phones confiscated on board a bus that took them to a police station, where officers collected their fingerprints and retina patterns. According to the protester, police told those detained they had been used by “ill-intentioned people who want to start a color revolution,” pointing to nationwide protests breaking out on the same day as evidence of that.
retina: [ˈretɪnə]
n. 视网膜. (pl) retinas/ retinea
detain：
v. 拘留，扣押；(formal) 耽搁
eg1: One man has been detained for questioning.
一个男人被拘留审问。
eg2: I'm sorry─he'll be late; he's been detained at a meeting.
对不起——他要晚点到，他因会议耽搁了。
detainee: [ˌdiːteɪˈniː]
n. （通常因政治主张）被拘留者，被扣押者
5. The tough language may signal a heavy-handed crackdown ahead. While protests over local grievances do occur, the current wave of demonstrations, is the most widespread since the one happened decades ago.
heavy-handed:
a. 冷酷、强暴、无同情心；大手大脚的
eg1: ...heavy-handed police tactics...
警方的粗暴手段
eg2: It all depends on how heavy-handed you are with the paprika...
这要看你下多重的辣椒粉了。
grievance:
n. ~ (against sb)不平的事；委屈；抱怨；牢骚. something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about.
eg:Parents were invited to air their grievances (= express them) at the meeting.
家长们应邀在会上诉说他们的苦衷。
He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.
他几个月来一直对老板心怀不满。
6. The political defiance is also unprecedented, with some protesters openly calling for the country’s most powerful and authoritarian leader in decades, to step down.
defiance: [dɪˈfaɪəns]
n. [U] 违抗；反抗；拒绝服从. open refusal to obey sb/sth.
eg: a look/an act/a gesture of defiance
反抗的神色 / 行动 / 表示
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in defiance of the curfew.
成千上万的人不顾宵禁涌上街头。
Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.
尽管国际上明令禁止，核试验又在进行了。
unprecedented:
a. 前所未有的
eg:The situation is unprecedented in modern times.
这种情况在现代还没有出现过。
