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Taiwanese Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting has been fighting against claims that she is transgender.
台灣奧運拳擊手林郁婷一直在抗議她是跨性別者的說法。
boxer(n.)拳擊手box(n.)箱子、盒子、包廂(v.)裝箱、打、擊、參加拳擊比賽boxing(n.)拳擊against(prep.)反對、違反claim(n.)聲稱、主張(v.)聲稱,後面加that子句;(疾病、意外)奪去生命transgender(adj.)跨性別的trans-(pref.)穿越、跨越transform(v.)使改變transaction(n.)交易translate(v.)翻譯transportation(n.)交通運輸gender(n.)性別gender discrimination性別歧視gender equality性別平等defend(v.)防禦、保衛、保護、為自己辯護
Many have questioned whether she should be allowed to compete against women in Olympic boxing.
許多人質疑她是否應該被允許在奧運拳擊中與女性對戰。
question(v.)質疑compete(v.)比賽、競爭competent(adj.)有能力的、能勝任的
They say this even though the International Olympic Committee has reported that Lin meets all the regulations for female boxers.
儘管國際奧委會已經報告說林郁婷符合所有女性拳擊選手的規定,他們仍然這麼說。
even though儘管regulation(n.)規則、條例、法規、細則meet(v.)滿足、符合、遇見、碰上meet up with sb.與某人見面meet sb. halfway與某人妥協
Some have said that Lin is transgender because the International Boxing Association did not allow her to keep a medal from the Women’s World Boxing Championship in 2023.
有些人說林郁婷是跨性別者,因為國際拳擊協會(IBA)不允許她保留2023年世界女子拳擊錦標賽的獎牌。
speculate(v.)推測、推斷,後面加that子句speculation(n.)猜測strip sb. off sth.奪去某人東西
The IBA stated that she failed a gender test.
IBA表示,她未通過性別測試。
failure(n.)失敗
The group has also said that test results are private and cannot be released.
該協會還說,測試結果屬於隱私,不能公開。
private(adj.)私人的、祕密的confidential(adj)祕密的、機密的privacy(n.)隱私release(v.)公開、釋出資訊等disclose(v.)透露、公開reveal(v.)揭露
Because of this, famous people including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk have posted on X that Lin is transgender.
因為如此,包括哈利波特作者J.K.羅琳和伊隆·馬斯克在X上發文稱林郁婷是跨性別者。
celebrity(n.)名人public figure公眾人物lead to=result in導致
They say that she should not be allowed to fight against women.
他們說她不應該被允許與女性對戰。
However, Lin has argued that the IBA made its decision because she would not sign a document about breaking IBA rules.
然而,林郁婷反駁說,IBA會做出這個決定是因為她不願簽署有關違反IBA規則的文件。
argue(v.)主張、提出理由、爭論、辯論
She also said that the group would not clearly explain which rules she had broken.
她也表示IBA沒有清楚解釋她違反了哪些規則。
explain(v.)解釋explanation(n.)解釋
A Taiwan English News article offers information that confirms Lin’s gender.
《台灣英文新聞》的一篇文章提供的資訊證實了林郁婷的性別。
confirm(v.)確認、證實confirmation(n.)確定、確認confirmation letter確認信
It notes that she was registered as a female at birth and has a national ID number for females.
文章指出,她出生時已登記為女性,並擁有女性的國民身分證號碼。
In addition, the article states that Lin has competed in female boxing since middle school.
此外,該文章指出,林郁婷從國中時期開始就參加女子拳擊比賽。
in addition此外=additionally, on top of that