Lesson35 Justice was done Book 课文 The word justice is usually associated with courts of law. “正义”这个词常常是同法庭连在一起的。 We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. 当某人被证据确凿地证明无罪的时候，我们也许会说正义得到了伸张。 Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law. 正义是复杂的法律机器组成部分。 Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it. 那些寻求正义的人走的是一条崎岖的道路，从来没有把握他们最终将到正义。 Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes. 法官无论如何聪明与有名，毕竟也是人，也会出差错的。 There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract concept. 在个别情况下，正义不再是一种抽象概念。 Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference. 奖惩的实施是不受人意志支配的。 At such times, justice acts like a living force. 在这种时候，正义像一种有生命的力量行使其职能。 When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord. 当我们说“他罪有应得”这句话的时候，我们部分承认了某种特定的环境使得正义自动地起了作用。 When a thief was caught on the premises of a large jewellery store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'. 一天上午，当一个小偷在一家大型珠宝店里被人抓住的时候，店员一定会忍不住说：“他罪有应得。” The shop was an old converted house with many large, disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys. 那是一座老式的、经过改造的房子，店里有许多废置不用的大壁炉和又高又窄的烟囱。 Towards midday, a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls. 快到中午的时候，一个女售货员听见从一堵墙里传出一种闷声闷气的叫声。 As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire brigade. 由于这种喊叫声重复了几次，她跑去报告经理，经理当即给消防队挂了电话。 The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them, the firemen could not be certain which one it was. 喊叫声肯定是从烟囱里传出来的，然而，因为烟囱太多，消防队员无法确定到底是哪一个。 They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries. 他们通过叫击烟囱倾叫声而确定传出声音的那个烟囱。 After chipping through a wall which was 18 inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney. 他们凿透了18英寸厚的墙壁，发现有个人卡在烟囱里。 As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the fire fighters were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall. 由于烟囱太窄，那人无法动弹。消防队员在墙上挖了个大洞，才终于把他解救出来。 The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney. 那个看来满脸沮丧、浑身漆黑的家伙从烟囱里一出来，就承认头天夜里他企图到店里行窍，但让烟囱卡住了。 He had been there for nearly ten hours. 他已经在烟囱里被困了将近10个小时。 Justice had been done even before the man was handed over to the police. 甚至在那人还没被送交给警察之前，正义就已得到了伸张。 词汇讲解 justice ['dʒʌstɪs] n. 正义，公正；司法，审判 Children have a strong sense of justice. 正义感 justice has been done / served 正义得到伸展 We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. do justice to … / do … justice 反映了…的真实水平 He didn't do himself justice in the exams. The photograph does not do justice to the rich colors of the gardens. bring sb. to justice 将某人绳之以法 The killers will be brought to justice. Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢 court [kɔ:t] n. 朝廷；法庭；球场 ； v. 讨好，追求；招致 A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 【谚】朝中有人胜于有钱 【同根词】 courtesy n. 礼貌；好意；恩惠 adj. 殷勤的；被承认的；出于礼节的 courteous adj. 有礼貌的；谦恭的 【词组】做名词“法庭”： go to court 打官司 settle sth. out of court 私了 【词组】court做名词“球场”： a tennis / basketball court 球场 【词组】court做动词“讨好，追求”： Some businessmen court only wealthy clients. John has been courting Mary for 3 years. court fame and gain 【词组】court做动词“导致”： Pride courts failure. innocence ['ɪnəsns] n. 清白，无辜；天真无邪 【反义词】 guilt n. 犯罪，过失；内疚 【词组】innocence做名词“清白，无辜”： It now remains for the jury to decide on the defendant's guilt or innocence. 【词组】innocence做名词“天真无邪”： Children lose their innocence as they grow older. 【同根词】 innocent adj. 无辜的；无罪的；无知的 be innocent of … 没有犯罪的… He is innocent of murder. be guilty of … 有犯罪的… He is guilty of murder. undertake [ʌndə'teɪk] v. 承担，着手做；承诺 undertake （英文解释）v. to accept that you are responsible for a piece of work, and start to do it承担……并着手做 【词组】undertake 做动词“承担，着手做”： undertake a task / a project / research / a study … 承担了任务/调查/研究/，并着手做 University professors both teach and undertake research. The company has announced that it will undertake a full investigation into the accident. 【词组】undertake 做动词“承诺” undertake to do sth. 承诺做某事 = promise to do sth. He undertook to pay the money back in six months. 【同根词】 undertaking n.（重要而艰巨的）任务，工作；承诺 The construction of the tunnel is a large and complex undertaking（任务）. Such undertakings（任务） require the precise planning and foresight of military operations. give a undertaking 做出承诺 The landlord gave a written undertaking（做出书面承诺） that repairs would be carried out before the end of the month. arduous ['ɑ:djuəs] adj. 艰苦的，费力的 arduous task / work 艰巨的任务/工作 the arduous task of loading all the boxes into the van arduous journey / voyage 艰巨的旅行/航行 an arduous journey through the mountains tough 【近义词组】 tough adj. 艰苦的，困难的；坚强的，不屈不挠的；坚韧的，牢固的；强壮的，结实的 a tough game / assignment / journey 艰苦的比赛/任务/旅行 laborious adj. 勤劳的；艰苦的；费劲的 Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task. strenuous adj. 紧张的；费力的；奋发的；艰苦的；热烈的 a strenuous climb / walk 艰苦的攀登/步行 His doctor advised him not to take any strenuous exercise. interference [ɪntə'fɪərəns] n. 干涉，管闲事 interference (in …) （贬义）干涉某事 I resent his interference in my work. They expressed resentment at outside interference in their domestic affairs. 【同根词】 interfere （贬义）vi. 干涉；妨碍；打扰 vt. 冲突；介入 interfere (in …) 干预某事 Don't interfere in matters that do not concern you! I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. interfering （贬义）adj. 干涉的；多管闲事的 = meddlesome （贬义）adj. 爱管闲事的；好干涉的 a meddlesome / interfering old woman intervention n. 介入；调停；妨碍 military / government intervention 【近义词】 meddle （贬义）vi. 管闲事，干预他人之事 meddle (in …) 干预某事 You're always meddling. Don't meddle in my affairs. He accused the US of meddling in China's internal affairs. intervene （中性词，偏褒义）vi. 干涉；调停；插入 intervene (in …) 干预某事 She might have been killed if the neighbours hadn't intervened. The Central Bank intervened in the currency markets today to try to stabilize the exchange rate. accord [ə'kɔ:d] n. 一致；协议，条约 【词组】accord做 “一致” of one’s own accord 主动的、自愿的、发自内心的 He joined the army of his own accord. The door seemed to move of its own accord. with one accord 一致的做某事 With one accord they all stood up and cheered. be in accord with sth. 与…一致 These results are in accord with earlier research. 【词组】accord做 “协议，条约” the Helsinki accord on human rights A peace accord was signed by both leaders. convert [kən'vɜ:t] v. 改变（形式或用途）；改变信仰 convert (sth.) to / into sth. 把…转变成… The stocks can be easily converted to cash. They converted the spare bedroom into an office. The pub is a converted warehouse. a sofa that converts into a bed convert (sb.) to sth. European missionaries converted（转变信仰）thousands to Christianity. She converted（转变信仰） to Catholicism. 【同根词】 convertible adj. 可改变的；同意义的；可交换的 n. 有活动折篷的汽车 a convertible sofa 课文讲解 （第一段） The word justice is usually associated with courts of law. 知识点（1） lesson23 be associated with … 与…联系起来（抽象的联系，不表示物理的连接） There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. 【近义词组】表达“把…连接起来”： be associated with … （抽象的） be related with / to …（抽象的） be connected with / to … （抽象的，物理的） be linked with / to … （抽象的，物理的） 知识点（2） court of law 法庭 知识点（3） 【课文仿写】 造句：成功这个词常常与勤奋联系到一起。 The word success is usually associated with diligence. 造句：软弱这个词常常与女人联系到一起，然而这却不总是实情。 Frailty, thy name is woman. Yet this is not always the case. The word frailty is usually associated with woman, yet this is not always the case. We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. 语法分析： We might say that justice has been done（宾语从句） when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt（介词短语当状语） （when…时间状语从句）. 知识点（1） beyond (any) doubt 毫无疑问的、确凿无疑的 The research showed beyond doubt that smoking contributes to heart disease. His ability to succeed has been established beyond any doubt. beyond + n. 无法……; 不容…… The situation is beyond my control. (超出了我的控制) The rumor is beyond belief. （无法令人相信的） The results are beyond dispute / controversy. （不容争辩的） Her beauty is beyond words / description. （无法形容的） His conduct is beyond reproach / criticism. （无可指摘的） The pain is beyond human endurance. （无法忍受的） Working with you is beyond my wildest dreams. （梦寐以求的） Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law. 知识点（1） 语法：当 “part of” 之前没有形容词修饰时，通常不加不定冠词 “a” Part of the building was destroyed in the fire. Falling over is part of learning how to ski. This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture. Memory loss is a normal part of the aging process. … so vast is the number of planets, that intelligent life is bound to be a natural part of the universe. 知识点（2） machinery 含义 1. [U] n. organization or structure 组织，机构，体系 machinery of … …体系、…组织 machinery for … 发挥…功能的组织 the machinery of government 政府体系 The company has no effective machinery for resolving disputes. machinery 含义 2. [U] n. machines 机器 a piece of machinery You should not drive or operate machinery after taking the medicine. 【扩展】Lesson6、Lesson21 可数 不可数 machine machinery jewel jewelry / jewellery scene scenery weapon weaponry poem poetry Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it. 语法分析： Those who seek it（定语从句） undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it（形容词补足语）. 知识点（1） Lesson27 seek 追求、想得到某个东西 In seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their human dignity. 知识点（2） arduous journey 艰巨的旅行 You will not have to spend the next few days recovering from a long and arduous journey. 知识点（3） 【课文仿写】 造句：追求完美 (perfection) 的人要走过一段艰苦的旅程，并且永远没有把握他们能达到(achieve) 完美。 Those who seek perfection undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will achieve it. Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes. 语法分析： Judges, however wise or eminent（让步状语从句）, are human and can make mistakes. 知识点（1） 语法：状语从句主语与主句主语统一时，主语和be动词可以同时省略 …, however wise or eminent (they are), 课文不全 … Metals expand when (they are) heated. While (he was) on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. 知识点（2） 【课文仿写】 造句：年轻人, 无论多么年轻，多么没有经验 (inexperienced)，也应该受到尊重。 Young men, however young or inexperienced, should be treated with respect. 造句: 罪犯, 无论有多么残忍 (cruel) 或邪恶 (vicious)，也是人，而且应该人道主义地(humanely) 对待他们。 Criminals, however cruel or vicious, are human and should be treated humanely. （第二段） There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract concept. 知识点（1） Lesson14、Lesson27 there are rare instances when … 偶然的、个别情况下 = occasionally There are rare instances when love turns to hatred. there are instances when … 有时候 = there are times when … = sometimes There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service. there was a time when … 曾几何是 = once There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection'. 知识点（2） cease to do / doing: stop doing 停止做某事、不再做某事 区别： cease to do 一般表示状态 cease doing 可以是正在做的可延续的动作 That department has ceased to exist. The factory has ceased making bicycles. 【辨析】 stop doing 不再做某事 stop to do 停下手头的事去做另外一件事 Please stop smoking. Smoke really bothers me. 停止抽烟 I’m exhausted. Let’s stop to smoke.停下来去抽烟 Stop to smell the flowers. 知识点（3） abstract adj. 抽象的；深奥的 Beauty itself is abstract. 【反义词】 concrete / solid adj. 具体的 a concrete / solid example 知识点（4） 【课文仿写】 造句: 在有些情况下爱国主义 (patriotism) 不再是 (cease to be) 一个空洞的 (empty)口号(slogan)。 There are instances when patriotism ceases to be an empty slogan. Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference. 语法分析： Reward or punishment are（谓语动词，复数含义） meted out quite independent of human interference（非谓语动词作状语). 知识点（1） 语法：or连接两个名词做主语，后面的谓语动词的单三形式一般就近原则；课文中两个都包含了，有复数的含义 A man or a woman is waiting in the room. 知识点（2） mete sth. ⇔ out (to sb.) give or administer (punishment, rewards, etc) 给予，加以（奖、惩等） He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children. Judges are meting out increasingly harsh sentences for car theft. 知识点（3） lesson9 be independent of … 独立于…、不依赖于… We need a central bank that is independent of the government. quite independent of … 在完全没有……的情况下（独自）…… 造句：计算机可以在完全没有人类干预的情况下发现潜在的问题并将其解决。 Computers can find out potential problems and solve them quite independent of human interference. 造句：这个小男孩在完全没有父母帮助的情况下独立完成了这个拼图游戏 (jigsaw puzzle)。 The little boy finished the jigsaw puzzle quite independent of his parents’ assistance. At such times, justice acts like a living force. living （做定语）活着的；活的 He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine. When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord. 语法分析： When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right'（介词短语，修饰phrase） (时间状语从句), we are, in part（插入语）, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord. （that…宾语从句） 知识点（1） 【近义词组】表达“罪有应得、活该…”： It serves you right. You deserve it. You got what you deserve. You’re asking for it. As you’ve made your bed, now you have to lie on it. 知识点（2） in part 某种程度上 = partly = to some degree The accident was due in part to the bad weather. 6级阅读真题： Public distrust of scientists stems in part from the blurring of boundaries between science and technology, between discovery and manufacture. Blacks have significantly shorter life spans, in part due to racism in the health establishment. 【扩展】 for one’s part 对某人来说 For my part, I prefer to live in the city. on the part of … / on one’s part （动作的发出者）前面的事是…做的 It was a mistake on my part. 我造成的错误 It was a mistake on the part of the authorities.政府造成的错误 考研阅读真题： It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didn’t take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation. 知识点（3） enable sb. to do 使某人做某事 of one’s own accord 主动、自愿的做某事 He joined the army of his own accord. （第三段） When a thief was caught on the premises of a large jewellery store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'. 语法分析： When a thief was caught on the premises of a large jewellery store（地点状语) one morning（时间状语从句内的时间状语）（when…时间状语从句）, the shop assistants must have found it（形式宾语） impossible to resist the temptation to say（后置定语,修饰temptation） 'it serves him right'. （to…真正宾语） 知识点（1） premises n. [plural] the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc. uses 房屋建筑物，经营场所 on the premises 在经营场所内部 There is always a manager on the premises. off the premises 在经营场所之外 The manager escorted him off the premises. 知识点（2） find it（形式宾语） impossible to（to…do...真正宾语） resist the temptation to do … 忍不住做某事 造句: 当我看到那只迷人的 (fascinating) 玩具熊 (teddy bear) 的时候，我忍不住买了下来。 When I saw that fascinating teddy bear, I found it impossible to resist the temptation to buy it. can’t help doing … 忍不住做某事 can’t help but do … 忍不住做某事 课文写法替换： The shop assistants couldn't help saying ‘it serves him right’. The shop assistants couldn't help but say ‘it serves him right’. The shop was an old converted house with many large, disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys. 语法分析： The shop was an old converted house with many large, disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys. （介词短语当后置定语，修饰house） 知识点（1） disused adj. 废弃不用的 Many disused railway lines have become public footpaths. unused adj. 未使用过的 an unused envelope Towards midday, a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls. 知识点（1） towards / toward prep. near (a point in time) 临近（某一时间） Toward the end of the afternoon it began to rain. After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit. 知识点（2） muffle v. to make a sound less loud and clear, especially by covering something；压抑（声音）；使（声音）降低；使听不清 The falling snow muffled the sound of our footsteps. muffled adj. muffled sounds cannot be heard clearly, for example because they come from behind a door or wall；沉闷的；压抑的；模糊不清的 I could hear muffled voices in the next room. 知识点（3）lesson10 语法：副词和介词短语都可以作介词的宾语 There is a fine view from here. I heard them calling me from below. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened. They have just returned from abroad. I took my watch from under the pillow. He picked up the gun from behind the counter. I live near here. We didn’t meet until after the show. The weather has been fine except in the north. As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire brigade. 语法分析： As the cry was repeated several times（原因状语从句), she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire brigade（定语从句，充当并列句）. 知识点（1）复习 语法复习：定语从句发挥并列句的作用。 课文并列句形式： As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager and the manager promptly rang up the fire brigade. As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire brigade. John went to see his bank manager and the manager sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilated Ladies! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilated Ladies! Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few minutes later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter and he proceeded to read it to the prisoner. Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few minutes later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner. 知识点（2） lesson14 promptly adv. 1. immediately 立即、立刻 If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. promptly adv. 2. punctually 准时的 They arrived promptly at two o'clock. 知识点（3） ring / call / phone sb. ⇔ up 给某人打电话 She uses the office phone to ring up her friends in Sweden. John called him up to make sure of the date of the graduation ceremony. I'll phone the manager up tomorrow. 知识点（4）lesson15 the fire brigade / department 消防队 fireman / firefighter / fire fighter 消防员 The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them, the firemen could not be certain which one it was. 语法分析： The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them（原因状语从句), the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was（形容词补足语）. They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries. 语法分析： They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries. （by…方式状语） 知识点（1） locate v. discover the exact position or place of sb. / sth. 找出 … 的准确位置；确定 … 的准确地点 We couldn't locate the source of the radio signal. Police are still trying to locate the suspect. 知识点（2） tap v. to hit your fingers lightly on something, for example to get sb.'s attention 轻敲；轻拍；轻叩 tap at / on … 轻拍某个东西 Someone tapped at / on the door. A sound made by tapping on the hull of a ship will be reflected from the sea bottom, … tap sb. on the shoulder / arm / chest etc. 轻拍某人的… Ralph tapped me on the shoulder. 知识点（3） listen (out) for sth. wait alertly in order to hear (a sound) 留神等着听（某声音） Please listen (out) for the phone while I'm in the bath. Can you listen (out) for the doorbell? 知识点（4） 写作注意：用词准确、简洁，locate、tap、listen for 中式英语：不好的演示 They knocked at the walls and listened to the man's cries, and then found the right chimney. 对比课文原文： They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries. 中式英语：不好的演示 Someone called the fire brigade and two fire fighters used a special type of grease and then freed George. 对比课文原文： The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease. After chipping through a wall which was 18 inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney. 语法分析： After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick（定语从句） （After…介词短语引导时间状语）, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney（宾语从句）. 知识点（1） chip 凿 It took a long time to chip a hole in the wall. Archaeologists were carefully chipping away at the rock. 知识点（2） trap v. to prevent sb. from leaving a place, especially a dangerous place 困住 Twenty miners were trapped underground. Dozens of people were trapped in the rubble when the building collapsed. There's no way out! We're trapped! 【近义词组】 be / get stuck 卡住了 A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck. The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney. be cornered 被逼到绝境、使走投无路 It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. be kept in … 被关在… As there are so many people about, the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure. be imprisoned 被关到监狱 A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years. As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the fire fighters were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall. 语法分析： As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the fire fighters were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall（方式状语）. 知识点（1） 句式： As it was extremely heavy, he dumped it on the counter. 知识点（2） free The fire-brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease. The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney. 语法分析： The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged（定语从句）, admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney. （that…宾语从句） 知识点（1） sorry adj. feeling ashamed or unhappy about something bad you have done 歉疚；惭愧；过意不去 She was genuinely sorry for what she had done. 知识点（2） 复合形容词： the sorry-looking, blackened figure 满面羞愧的 a very modern-looking woman 摩登的 an interesting-looking carved dagger 看起来有趣的 an ugly-looking black goat 看起来丑陋的 知识点（3） blacken v. to become black, or make something black 变黑、使变黑 The thunder became louder and the sky blackened. 知识点（4） figure n. someone with a particular type of appearance or character, especially when they are far away or difficult to see （远处人的）轮廓；（隐约可见的）人影 In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. A farm worker, who stayed up all night, claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight. 知识点（5） break into sth. to enter a building or car by using force, in order to steal sth. 强行闯入；撬开（汽车等） Someone broke into my car and stole the radio. Her house was broken into last week. break in: to enter a building by using force, in order to steal sth. 强行进入；破门而入 If anyone tries to break in, the alarm will go off. force an entry: 强行闯入 It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence. There was no sign of a forced entry. He had been there for nearly ten hours. Justice had been done even before the man was handed over to the police. hand sb. over to …: give a prisoner to another group of people, especially the police or the people in authority in another country 移交囚犯 The terrorists were taken to the airport, where they were handed over to the French authorities.