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▍原文 Several of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims said Friday that Justice Department failed them with its partial release of files related to the federal investigations into Mr. Epstein’s decades-long sexual abuse of teen girls and young women. They said the release of thousands of pages of photographs and heavily redacted documents did little to shed new light on the investigations and the scope of Mr. Epstein’s crimes or conspirators. ▍語言點 1. fail someone 没能為某人提供幫助、支持 ·近義表達: let someone down,dissapoint someone 讓某人失望 2. partial US /ˈpɑːʃl/ adj. 部分的,不完整的(incomplete) 3. federal investigations 美國聯邦調查局(FBI)進行的調查 4. sexual abuse 拓展: ·abuse n. 虐待,傷害;濫用 ·abuse of power 濫用權力 ·alcohol abuse 濫用酒精 5. redact /rɪˈdækt/ :v. 刪減,遮蓋 6. shed light on something 為……提供解釋,讓……更清楚;把光打在…… 7. scope /skəʊp/ n. 範圍 ·the scope of one's crimes 一個人所犯罪行的全部種類 ·the scope of one's conspirators...