- 30 years in jail 30年監禁
- sex abuse 性虐待
The R&B artist, 55, was convicted last September in New York of racketeering and sex trafficking crimes.
- be convicted of 被判有罪
- racketeering [ˌrækəˈtɪrɪŋ] 敲詐勒索
- sex traffic 性交易
He had faced years of allegations and the judge on Wednesday said he had an "indifference to human suffering".
- allegation [ˌæləˈɡeɪʃn]指控；(無證據的)說法
- indifference to 冷漠；對…漠不關心
Lawyers for the singer, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, say he will appeal.
- appeal [əˈpiːl] 上訴
Ahead of his sentencing, a handful of women took the stand to confront Kelly.
- ahead of 在…之前
- a handful of 一把；一小撮；少數
- take the stand 出庭作證
- confront [kənˈfrʌnt] 與(某人)對峙
A woman identified only as Angela called the singer a Pied Piper who "grew in wickedness" with every new victim, while others who were not named testified he had broken their spirits.
- be identified as 被稱作；被識別為…，被確認為…
- Pied Piper 到處亂許諾又從不兌現的人和有意誤導別人以斂財的人
- wickedness 邪惡；不道德
- testify 作證
- spirits 精神；心靈
"I literally wished I would die because of how you made me feel," said one.
- literally ()真正地，確實地，簡直
- because of 由於
Dressed in prison khakis and dark glasses, Kelly declined to make a statement of his own and did not react as the verdict was handed down.
- be dressed in 穿着…衣服
- khakis 卡其
- decline to 拒絕…
- hand down 下發，公布（決定）
US District Judge Ann Donnelly said the celebrity had used sex as a weapon, forcing his victims to do unspeakable things and saddling some with sexually transmitted diseases.
- celebrity [səˈlebrəti]名人
- unspeakable 難以啟齒的
- saddle with 強迫（某人）承擔
- transmit 傳染
"You taught them that love is enslavement and violence," she said.
- enslavement 奴役；束縛；約束
The court heard how Kelly - known for hit songs like I Believe I Can Fly and Ignition - used his influence to lure women and children into sexual abuse over two decades.
- known for 以…出名
- hit songs 熱歌
- lure into 誘惑
