【背景】
巴塞罗那经济检察院对梅西与其父亲逃税的指控将进入庭审阶段,据《阿斯报》披露,两人将在当地时间9月17日被传唤上庭。
【新闻】
我们来看一段相关的英文报道
The Argentinian football player Lionel Messi along with his father, who is also his manager, must appear in court next September on possible charges of tax fraud, local media reported last week.
Messi and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are charged with defrauding the Spanish treasury more than 4 million euros ($6.6 million) in tax declarations of 2007, 2008 and 2009.
They sold Messi's image rights to foreign countries avoiding paying taxes in Spain, where Messi plays with FC Barcelona.
据当地媒体上周报道,阿根廷足球运动员梅西及其父亲兼经纪人豪尔赫将因被指控逃税于9月份被传唤上庭。梅西及其父亲被指控在2007至2009年期间共逃税400多万欧元(约合660万美元)。在梅西效力巴塞罗那期间,他们将梅西的肖像权卖给了外国,以避免在西班牙交税。
【讲解】
“tax fraud”解释为逃税,“fraud”解释为欺骗(行为)、欺诈(行为)。相关词组有:financial fraud 金融诈骗、commercial fraud 商业诈骗。“defraud”解释为诈骗,是动词,例如:defraud tax 偷税、defraud sb of sth 欺骗某人某物。