Dropout

    辍学者

    高中辍学的前中情局分析员斯诺登爆料说，美国政府随时可以跟踪任何美国人的手机通话并读取他们的电邮。请看本报周五的报道：

    He is a high school dropout who worked his way into the most secretive computers in U.S. intelligence as a defense contractor -- only to blow those secrets wide open by spilling details of classified surveillance programs.

    Now, Edward Snowden might never live in the United States as a free man again.

    In an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, Snowden revealed himself as the source of documents outlining a massive effort by the U.S. National Security Agency to track cell phone calls and monitor the e-mail and Internet traffic of virtually all Americans.

    报道中的dropout就是“辍学者”，动词是drop out。例如：

    He might be a college dropout but he has made a fortune in business.

    他是从大学辍学了，但做生意发了财。