arson

UK:  ['ɑː(r)s(ə)n]

US:  ['ɑrs(ə)n]

n.

1.(故意)放火,纵火(罪)

2.蓄意放火

1 . The criminal attempted to justify his crime by claiming that he had not been responsible for his actions at the time of the arson.
该犯人声称对纵火案发生时他的行为没有责任，试图借此开脱罪责。

2 . The fire looked like an accident , but the police are still considering the possibility of arson .
这次火灾看上去像一宗意外，但警方仍在考虑纵火的可能性。

3 . Thirty-nine-year-old Brendan Sokaluk is the only arson suspect to be charged so far since bushfires engulfed Victoria.
今年39岁的BrendanSokaluk是自维多利亚被山火吞袭以来第一个被控告的纵火嫌疑犯。

4 . He had always been good at simple arson and as well as an array of other tasks, but an assassination of the President of Botswana?
对于一般的纵火和一系列其他的活动来说，这些一直不在话下，但暗杀博茨瓦纳总统他行吗？

5 . Hon Hai said its workers had been manipulated by an unhappy former employee "to execute this well-planned arson case" .
鸿海表示，工人们被一名心存不满的前员工利用了，此人就是为了“实施这起精心策划的纵火事件”。