A woman in the US has been given 10 years in prison for letting her 2-month-old son starve to death.

美国一名女子，因为让2个月大的儿子饿死，而被判入狱10年。

starve：饥饿

Van Buren County District Court records say 25-year-old Angel Poole, of Birmingham, Iowa, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to child endangerment resulting in serious injury.

Van Buren地方法院的记录显示，这名25岁的母亲名叫Angel Poole，来自爱荷华州伯明翰市。周五时，她对于危害儿童而导致严重伤害罪行而认罪后被判刑。

sentenced ：判刑

child endangerment：置儿童于危险罪

Medics were sent to Poole's apartment on July 7, 2016, after she called 911 to report her son, Judah Wessels, was having trouble breathing. The baby was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour later.

2016年7月7日，Poole拨打911称她的儿子Judah Wessels有呼吸困难。随后救护人员赶到她家，一个小时后，这个小婴儿被宣告死亡。

pronounced：宣告

Authorities say the boy weighed little over 2.3kg at death, less than what he weighed when he was born. An autopsy showed he died of starvation and dehydration.

有关当局表示死亡时，这个小男孩的体重为2.4公斤，比他出生时的体重还要轻。尸检显示他死于饥饿和脱水。

Authorities：当局

dehydration：脱水

Eight days after he was born, doctors found baby Judah was healthy and well-fed during an examination. However, over the following weeks, Poole missed several medical appointments.

在Judah出生的8天后，医生发现他在检查身体的时候很健康，而且被喂养得很好。然而，接下来几个星期，Poole没有如期赴约医疗检查。

examination：检查

A shocking photo posted on the boy's father's Facebook page showed the baby lying on the floor looking underweight shortly before his death.

男孩的父亲在Facebook页面上分享了一张照片，男孩躺在地上，体重不足看起来就像去世前不久的样子。

underweight ：体重不足

In July, Poole blamed her baby's death on a brain injury and said the charges against her should be dropped.

7月，Poole认为她儿子的死亡应该归咎于脑损伤，并认为应该撤销对她的指控。

brain injury：脑损伤

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