Drivers are furious after a Queensland police officer was photographed hiding in some bushes in order to catch out speeding drivers.
昆士兰的一名警察被拍到躲在灌木丛中抓超速，让司机们甚是愤怒。
furious:狂怒的，暴怒的
bush：灌木丛

A Brisbane woman shared pictures of the officer to a community Facebook group after she spotted his sneaky tactic in action in Petrie.
一名布里斯班女子在Petrie发现他那鬼鬼祟祟的战术后，将这名警察的照片分享到了一个Facebook社群里。
sneaky： 鬼祟的；偷偷摸摸的
tactic：手段；策略

A series of photos show the officer crouching down in the bushes on a median strip while pointing a radar gun at passing traffic, news.com.au reported.
据news.com.au报道，一系列照片显示，这名警察蹲在安全岛上的灌木丛中，并用雷达枪对准过往的车辆。
crouch down：蹲低；蹲下来
median strip： 高级公路中间分界的安全岛；隔离带
radar：雷达

嗯，这下能看到了......图片来源：Facebook

The driver who posted the photos was wondering if this kind of tactic was legal. "Is a copper actually allowed to crouch in the hedges in the middle of the road?" the woman asked.
发布照片的这位司机想知道这种方法是否合法。“实际上警察是可以蹲在道路中间的树篱里的吗？”那名女子问道。
copper：警察
hedges：树篱

She went on to clarify that she was not speeding and the photos had been taken by her passenger.
她接着又澄清说她没有超速，照片是坐在她车上的乘客拍的。
clarify：澄清

Social media users were not impressed by the officer, with many slamming the practice as "ridiculous" and "revenue raising".
社交媒体用户对这名警察表示不满，许多人都批评说这种做法“荒谬”，是在“增加收入”。
slam：猛烈抨击
practice：做法
revenue：收入

"Wish they would go to that much effort to catch real criminals," one person said.
一人说：“希望他们在抓真正的罪犯时能那么努力。”
criminal：罪犯

One person claimed they had seen an officer hiding in the exact same spot just a few weeks earlier.
有一个人称，他们在几个星期前就看到一名警察藏在完全一样的地方。
claim：声称

However, not everyone was upset by the officer's tactics, with a few praising him for catching out dangerous drivers.
然而，并不是每个人都对这名警察的做法生气，也有人赞扬他抓住了危险驾驶的司机。

Since being made aware of the officer's tactic, the Queensland Police confirmed to news.com.au he has been told to stop.
昆士兰警局向news.com.au证实说，警局自从得知了这名警察的战术后，就告知他要停止（这种做法）。
be made aware of：被告知

"The officer in the photo has been identified and was requested to cease operating from that position immediately.”
“警局已经确认照片中的警员，这名警员被要求立即停止在该位置作业。”
cease：停止；终止

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