◎ A businessman was robbed (搶劫) in the elevator of his building yesterday.
(說明) 句子已經明確指出過去的時間，所以動詞一定要使用『過去式』，不可用『完成式』。
He has been robbed in the elevator of his office building last night.

 

◎ Tom came home from vacation (假期結束後返家) to find his home had been robbed (打劫).
(說明) had been 是『過去完成式』，表示搶劫的時間早於回家的時間。

 

◎ (The) Police have arrested an armed robber (武裝搶劫犯) wanted for several crimes.
(說明) want 是指『警方懷疑某人涉嫌某些案行，要逮捕他進行訊問』。

 

◎ Two brothers, armed with a machete (開山刀) and a dagger (短劍), were shot by police officers in a failed robbery attempt (搶劫未遂) in Miaoli.

 

◎ Two contractors (包商) were arrested for allegedly leaking classified military secretes (涉嫌洩露軍方機密).

 

◎ A cargo truck filled with SDRAM ( synchronous dynamic random access memory) was hijacked in broad daylight (大白天被劫持) Wednesday in Hsinshu Science-based Industrial Park (新竹科學園區). Police have been on high alert (高度警戒) at the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (桃園國際機場), suspecting the robbers may try to smuggle (偷渡) the chips to buyers overseas.

 

◎ A department chief of Flextronicee was threatened with hunting knives (藍波刀) and forced to open a warehouse (倉庫).

 

◎ Riot police (鎮暴警察) ringed the Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京證券交易所) in a standoff (對峙) with an armed intruder.
(說明) ring 這裡是指『包圍』

 

◎ The burglar (竊賊) got into this house through the bedroom window.
//burglar = person who enters a building, esp by force, in order to steal (專指暴力闖入的竊賊)

 

◎ A number of burglaries (竊案)/ thefts (偷竊) have been committed (犯罪) in this small village recently.

 

◎ Hsinshu police said the break-in (闖入) at media celebrity (媒體名人) James Wang’s apartment was only a burglary attempt. (意圖竊盜)

 

◎ Police are currently questioning eyewitnesses (詢問目擊者) to the shooting (shoot-out / gun fight) (槍擊案).

 

◎ Police opened fire (開槍) after the suspect (嫌犯) tried to escape.

 

◎ An elderly woman was stabbed (刺傷) several times this morning as (= when) she left her apartment.
(說明) stabbed-to-death (刺傷致死) // shot-to-death (槍殺致死)

 

◎ He escaped an assassination attempt (躲過一劫，沒被刺殺) which left one of the assassins (刺客) dead.

 

◎ A wealthy businessman was kidnapped (綁架) in the Philippines earlier today.

 

◎ Kidnappers (綁匪) have asked for a ransom (要求贖金) of two million dollars for the release of their captive (遭到綁架的人 / 受害人).

 

◎ 10 kilograms of heroin (海洛因) were seized (扣押) yesterday at the Chaing Kai-shek International Airport.