《中英對照讀新聞》Woman jailed for low-riding shorts 女子因穿低腰短褲被關

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A New Orleans woman was jailed for ten days after she went to court in low-riding shorts which revealed her underwear.

紐奧良一名女子穿低腰短褲出庭，露出內褲，被關了10天。

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Kimberly Senette, 23, had only gone to court to urge her brother Lawrence Senette, 18, to accept a plea deal.

金柏莉．塞尼特，23歲，出庭只是為了要自己的弟弟羅倫斯．塞尼特，18歲，接受認罪協商。

But Judge Steve Windhorst took a dim view of her revealing outfit and locked her up for contempt of court, reports the Times-Picayune newspaper.

但法官史提夫．溫霍斯特對她暴露的服裝觀感很差，以藐視法庭罪把她關起來，《時代瑣聞報》報導說。

Miss Senette was wearing knee-length shorts which revealed her pants and the top of her buttocks, according to a witness.

塞尼特小姐穿著及膝短褲，露出內褲及自己屁股頂部，根據一名目擊者說。

When Judge Windhorst questioned her appearance, she said she had to remove her belt when going through a security checkpoint at the courtroom entrance.

當溫霍斯特法官質疑她的服裝儀容時，她說她在通過審判室門口的安檢崗哨時，必須拿掉皮帶。

She ended up being handcuffed and seated a row behind her brother as he eventually accepted a 12-year prison sentence in exchange for his guilty plea to carjacking and battery charges.

她最後被戴上手銬，坐在弟弟後面的一排座位，而弟弟最後接受12年徒刑，換取對劫車與毆打等指控的認罪。

新聞辭典

take a dim view of ~：片語，對～持悲觀或否定看法。例句：She took a dim view of my suggestion.（她對我的建議持否定態度。）

lock up：片語，鎖上、關起來。例句：She locked herself up in her room.（她把自己關在房間裡。）

carjacking：名詞，劫車。例句：Police believe that she was killed in a random carjacking.（警方相信她是因歹徒隨機劫車而遭到不測。）