法律类英文词汇新东方阅读P215

1.the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit 哥伦比亚特区巡回法院（中级人民法院）DC指的是District of Coloumbia’s

2.overturn 撤销

3.which hardly suggests that the ban was keeping guns out of circulation.没有遏制枪支的流通

4.resistance to a culture all too tolerant of firearms  抵制社会对于枪支的纵容

5.in a 2-1 dicision 2比1的投票中

6.the Second Amendment 第二修正案

7.the majority argue 大部分人认为

8.nor is an individual’s enjoyment of the right contingent upon  enrolment in militia 【倒装句】个人享有的权利不依赖于是否参加民兵

9.in constitutional law 宪法

10.be interpreted 被解释

11.embrace the individual-rights view 支持

Embrace 本身是拥抱

12.DC lawsuit was filed in 特区诉讼始于

13.attorney general 检察长

14.appeal the ruling 上诉仲裁

15.with its conservative majority 多数是保守派

16.soften their anti-gun stance 松动了反对枪支的立场

17.in an attempt to为了

18.right is sacrosanct 神圣的

19.a new breed of pro-gun Democrats 新一代支持持枪的民主党人

20.a few clouds loom on the horizon for ...有一些不利因素

21.associate A not with B,but with C