Ballot-stuffing 投票作假

‘747’ named winner of Fat Bear Week for 2nd time following ballot-stuffing attempt

尽管存在投票作假,“747”仍第二次获得“胖熊周”冠军

Contest organizers in Alaska have named the winner of the Fat Bear Week contest despite an earnest attempt among voters to flood the online poll with fake ballots.

阿拉斯加州的竞赛组织者宣布了“胖熊周”竞赛的获胜者,尽管选民们热心地试图用假选票淹没在线投票。

The national park announced on Sunday that someone attempted to “spam” the poll. However, it was “easy” to spot which votes were fraudulent, the park said.

周日,国家公园宣布有人试图在投票中“散布垃圾信息”。然而,该公园表示,“很容易”发现哪些投票是欺诈的。

“Like bears stuff their face with fish, our ballot box, too, has been stuffed,” the national park tweeted.

国家公园在推特上写道:“就像熊把鱼塞满了脸一样,我们的投票箱也被塞满了。”

ballot n. /ˈbælət/

A ballot is a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something. 无记名投票

• The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks.
本次无记名投票的结果将在两周后才会揭晓。

stuff v. /stʌf/

If you stuff a container or space with something, you fill it with something or with a quantity of things until it is full. 把…装满

• He grabbed my purse, opened it and stuffed it full, then gave it back to me.
他抢走我的钱包,打开并把它装得满满的,然后还给了我。

spam vt. /spæm/

In computing, to spam people or organizations means to send unwanted e-mail to a large number of them, usually as advertising. 群发垃圾邮件

fraudulent adj. /ˈfrɔːdjələnt/

intended to cheat sb, usually in order to make money illegally 欺骗的;欺诈的

• fraudulent advertising 虚假不实的广告
• fraudulent insurance claims 诈骗性的保险索赔

Swatting 报假警

Police respond to hoax shooting reports at multiple Florida schools

警方对佛罗里达州多所学校的虚假枪击报告做出回应

The FBI has warned about swatting, saying it’s a federal crime.

美国联邦调查局(FBI)曾对报假警发出警告,称这是联邦犯罪。

Swatting is a hoax where someone calls emergency services and reports a nonexistent crime to get law enforcement officials — generally a SWAT team — to show up to an address.

Swatting是一种骗局,有人打电话给紧急服务中心,报告一起不存在的犯罪,让执法官员——通常是特警队——出现在某个地址。

hoax /həʊks/  

A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not. 谎报

•  He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.

 他否认打过谎报电话,但经过一番短暂的审讯之后他被判有罪。

Sketchy Men 可疑男

Teen girl found alive 10 days after she disappeared from high school football game with ‘sketchy’ men

十几岁的女孩被发现还活着,这是她在高中橄榄球比赛中失踪10天后,比赛时和一些“可疑”的男人在一起

Missing Colorado teen Chloe Campbell found alive, police don’t believe she was held against her will

科罗拉多州失踪少女克洛伊·坎贝尔被发现时还活着,警方不认为她是被强迫关押的

sketchy adj. /ˈsketʃi/

not complete or detailed and therefore not very useful 粗略的;概略的;不完备的

• He gave us a very sketchy account of his visit. 他跟我们非常粗略地讲了他参观的情况。

• sketchy notes 简略的笔记

Sketchy,美语俚语,意思是一个人,或者是一个人说的话不可信,值得怀疑。