2004年11月23日,英国女王伊丽莎白二世在上议院发表演讲,对英国政府即将实施的一系列立法新措施进行了介绍,并对从严立法、打击恐怖主义、维护社会安定等问题做了重点阐述。有英国媒体认为,女王的此次演讲预示着反恐和减少犯罪将成为明年5月英国大选中的焦点问题。
外电报道如下:
Britain's Queen Elizabeth delivers her speech to the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster, during the State Opening of Parliament in London, November 23, 2004.
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair put terrorism at the heart of his re-election bid on Tuesday, drawing accusations of scaremongering like those leveled at his ally U.S. President George W Bush.
Scaremonger是“扰乱社会民心的人,散布骇人谣言的人”,因为monger表示“商人,贩子,专门散布…的人”,例如:scandalmonger(散布丑闻的人);warmonger(战争贩子)。和scare相关的词还有scarecrow(稻草人,憔悴或衣衫褴褛的人)scarehead(耸人听闻的大标题)等。