新聞美語即時通 eviscerate 抽取精華，掏空的

今天我們要學的詞是 eviscerate. Eviscerate is spelled E-V-I-S-C-E-R-A-T-E, eviscerate.

eviscerate 的原意是切除內臟，引申出來是抽取精華，掏空的。 Citing Beijing’s “decision to eviscerate Hong Kong’s freedoms,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the US was being forced “to re-evaluate its policies toward the territory.” 美國國務卿蓬佩奧星期一在提到北京“攫取香港自由的決定”時表示，美國正被迫“重新評估其對香港的政策”。

Critics who are opposed to the whole concept of legislation targeted at ‘hate crimes’ and ‘hate speech’ argue that these laws eviscerate any concept of freedom of speech. 那些對“仇恨犯罪”和“仇恨言論”整個立法概念持批評意見的人士認為，這些法律破壞了任何有關言論自由的原則。

好的，我們今天學習的詞是 eviscerate, eviscerate, eviscerate ...（新聞美語即時通是由美國之音和中廣新聞網聯合製播，節目內容歡迎到中廣新聞網youtube收看收聽）