made mincemeat out of駁得體無完膚

把個人遭遇上升為制度原則，用 shouldn't 劃出底線，一句辯護同時是控訴。

No board should sit in judgment of a man because ...

抗議因言獲罪、反對以立場審判他人時用，莊重有力。

No one should be tried for their opinions. ／ Beliefs are not a crime.

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sit in judgment 連讀，strong opinions 放慢收。

No committee should punish a student because she voiced an unpopular view. 任何委員會都不該因為一個學生說了不受歡迎的觀點就懲罰她。

主動坐上被告席，既是擔當也是控訴，短句有把人逼到牆角的力量。

If you want to try that case, you should try me.

為他人挺身而出、把自己擺到被追究的位置時用，語氣堅定。

Then put me on trial instead. ／ Go after me, not him.

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try that case 連讀，try me 放慢加重收。

If you want to blame someone for the mistake, you should blame me. 這個錯要怪誰的話，你們該怪我。

把冠冕堂皇的程式還原成一個人的私怨，主語一換，整場聽證的性質就變了。

X was initiated and carried through largely through the animus of Y.

揭露某項行動背後真正的私人動機時用，正式而有分量。

It was personal spite from beginning to end. ／ One man's grudge drove the whole thing.

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carried through 連讀，animus of 放慢加重收。

The whole review was initiated and carried through through the animus of one rival. 那場審查從頭到尾都是一個人的敵意在推動。

一句話點破整場聽證的本質：安全審查被當成了清算的工具。

turn to sth in order to do sth

分析某人借制度之名行私怨之即時用，適合評論、演講或嚴肅討論；對當事人當面說會非常冒犯，切忌在飯桌閒聊裡隨手用。

He bent the rules in order to settle a personal score. ／ The system was used to finish him off.

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personnel 與 security 連讀緊湊，destroy 加重，effectiveness 輕收。

She turned to the review process in order to push out a rival. 她動用考核流程，就為了擠走一個競爭對手。