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The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the current crisis in his country is a plot against the whole region, of which he said Syria was the cornerstone. Mr Assad's latest comment follows claims by opposition activists that government forces havemassacre">massacred">massacre">massacredmore than 300 people in Darayya near the capital Damascus. There's no independent confirmation of the claim. Barbara Plett reports from neighboring Lebanon.
The ground assault on Darayya started on Saturday morning after days of shelling. Troops searched house to house for rebels and, say activists, they left hundreds dead in their wake. One video released by opposition sources showed dozens of bodies of young men lined up in a mosque. Another showed a mass grave of more victims that included women and children. If the numbers are confirmed, said Britain's Foreign Office, this would be anatrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocityon a new scale. But pro-government television made it sound like the soldiers had liberated the residents from terrorists, broadcasting interviews with residents who thanked the army for saving them.
The Libyan Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali has submitted his resignation to the country's prime minister. He'd been criticized for failing to stop a series of attacks on Sufi Muslim holy sites. In the latest such incident, ultra-conservative Muslims on Saturday destroyed a Sufi mosque and shrine in the middle of the capital Tripoli. Police were accused of failing tointervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene.
A state of emergency is in place in southern Florida as atropical stormapproaches which forecast is expected to turn into a hurricane by the time it hits land. Thousands of people have already lost power; buildings on the Florida Keys have beenboarded up; and traffic queues have formed as people leave towards the mainland. Hundreds of flights have been canceled. On Sunday, Florida's Governor Rick Scott spoke about the state's preparations for the storm.
"In the Tampa, the biggest issue right now is the concern is gonna be wind. But around the state, we've got the rain, we've got wind, we've got storm search, and we've got the research tornados."
Earlier, the storm battered eastern Cuba and Haiti where it's reported to have left at least six people dead.
The Republican challenger for the US presidency Mitt Romney has accused President Obama of running a campaign of characterassassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassinationand divisiveness. Earlier, President Obama accused him of adopting extreme positions on economic and social issues. Here's Zoe Conway.
Mitt Romney said President Obama's campaign had hit a sad new low by trying to link him to controversial comments about abortion made by a Republican candidate for the Senate. The candidate, Todd Akin, had suggested that there is a difference between legitimate and other kinds of rapes. The comments have been widely condemned, and Mitt Romney had repeatedly called for Mr Akin to get out of the race. Governor Romney was also asked about opinion polls that suggest voters don't like him as much as they like President Obama. He said "All I can do is to be who I am."
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Israeli police have arrested three Jewish boys suspected of throwing a petrol bomb at a Palestinian vehicle in the West Bank earlier this month. The attack injured six people, trapping one in the vehicle when itoverturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturned">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturned. A police spokesman said the boys, who were between the ages of 12 and 13, came from the West Bank settlement of Bat Ayin, close to where the attack took place. Human rights groups say it's rare for settlers in the West Bank to be prosecuted for acts of violence against Palestinians.
The Russian punk band, Pussy Riot, says on its Twitter account that two members of the band have fled the country after three of the group were sent to jail. They were sentenced earlier this month forhooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganismafter performing a protest against the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral. The jailed women areappealing againsttheir sentence.
An aid operation has begun in the West African state of Niger following floods that have left more than 125,000 people homeless. The aid agency Plan International says at least 65 people died when heavy rains hit the capital Niamey earlier this month. Our Africa editor Martin Plaut reports.
The torrential rains which swept across the country earlier this month resulted in the River Niger rising to levels not seen since the 1920s. Sixty-five people were drowned as villages along the banks wereinundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundated">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundatedby the brown, swirling water. Homes collapsed, farm animals were killed and thousands of families lost almost everything they owned. Now the first help has arrived. The UN is calling for further donations of food, tents and household goods.
Reports from Ivory Coast say the secretary general of former President Laurent Gbagbo's party has been arrested – the third senior party official to be detained in just over a week. A spokesman for the Ivorian Popular Front said police took Laurent Akoun into custody in Adzope north Abidjan. Government sources alleged he is implicated in attacks on government troops.
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The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the current crisis in his country is a plot against the whole region, of which he said Syria was the cornerstone. Mr Assad's latest comment follows claims by opposition activists that government forces have massacre">massacred">massacre">massacred more than 300 people in Darayya near the capital Damascus. There's no independent confirmation of the claim. Barbara Plett reports from neighboring Lebanon.
叙利亚总理阿萨德说,该国目前的危机是针对整个地区的阴谋,而叙利亚就是该地区的奠基石。阿萨德之所以发表这番言论,是因为反对派活动人士称政府军在首都大马士革附近的德拉雅屠杀了300多人。目前对此尚无独立消息来证实。Barbara Plett在黎巴嫩报道。
The ground assault on Darayya started on Saturday morning after days of shelling. Troops searched house to house for rebels and, say activists, they left hundreds dead in their wake. One video released by opposition sources showed dozens of bodies of young men lined up in a mosque. Another showed a mass grave of more victims that included women and children. If the numbers are confirmed, said Britain's Foreign Office, this would be an atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity on a new scale. But pro-government television made it sound like the soldiers had liberated the residents from terrorists, broadcasting interviews with residents who thanked the army for saving them.
经过几天的轰炸,周六早晨开始对德拉雅进行地面袭击。活动人士称军队挨家挨户搜查叛军,他们杀死了数百名刚睡醒的人。反对派方面的一段视频显示几十具尸体排列在一座清真寺内。另一段视频显示更多遇难者的集体墓地,死者中有妇女和儿童。英国外交部称,如果死者数量得以证实,这将是又一规模的暴行。但亲政府电视台让画面看来像是军人将居民从恐怖分子手中解放出来,他们播放的采访显示居民感谢军队解救了他们。
The Libyan Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali has submitted his resignation to the country's prime minister. He'd been criticized for failing to stop a series of attacks on Sufi Muslim holy sites. In the latest such incident, ultra-conservative Muslims on Saturday destroyed a Sufi mosque and shrine in the middle of the capital Tripoli. Police were accused of failing to intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene.
黎巴嫩内政部长法瓦兹已向该国总理提交辞职,他因未能阻止苏菲派穆斯林朝圣地的系列袭击事件而备受指责。在最近的袭击中,极端保守派穆斯林周六捣毁了首都的黎波里中心地区一处苏菲派清真寺和神龛。警方因未能阻止袭击发生而遭受指责。
A state of emergency is in place in southern Florida as a tropical storm approaches which forecast is expected to turn into a hurricane by the time it hits land. Thousands of people have already lost power; buildings on the Florida Keys have been boarded up; and traffic queues have formed as people leave towards the mainland. Hundreds of flights have been canceled. On Sunday, Florida's Governor Rick Scott spoke about the state's preparations for the storm.
佛罗里达南部启动紧急状态,原因是预报一场热带风暴即将来临,并在着陆时转变为飓风。数千人已经无电可用,佛罗里达群岛上的建筑已被封闭,由于人们纷纷赶往大陆,道路上车辆排成长队。数百个航班已经取消。周日,佛罗里达州长里克.斯科特讲到该州对暴雨的准备。
"In the Tampa, the biggest issue right now is the concern is gonna be wind. But around the state, we've got the rain, we've got wind, we've got storm search, and we've got the research tornados."
“在坦帕市,目前我们最关心的就是大风。但整个佛罗里达,我们遇到过大雨,大风,还有风暴搜索,我们还研究了龙卷风。”
Earlier, the storm battered eastern Cuba and Haiti where it's reported to have left at least six people dead.
早些时候,暴风雨袭击了古巴东部和夏威夷,据说已导致至少6人丧生。
The Republican challenger for the US presidency Mitt Romney has accused President Obama of running a campaign of character assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination and divisiveness. Earlier, President Obama accused him of adopting extreme positions on economic and social issues. Here's Zoe Conway.
共和党美国总统候选人米特·罗姆尼指责总统奥巴马在竞选中进行人身攻击和制造分裂。早些时候,总统奥巴马指责罗姆尼在经济和社会问题上采取极端立场。佐伊·康威报道。
Mitt Romney said President Obama's campaign had hit a sad new low by trying to link him to controversial comments about abortion made by a Republican candidate for the Senate. The candidate, Todd Akin, had suggested that there is a difference between legitimate and other kinds of rapes. The comments have been widely condemned, and Mitt Romney had repeatedly called for Mr Akin to get out of the race. Governor Romney was also asked about opinion polls that suggest voters don't like him as much as they like President Obama. He said "All I can do is to be who I am."
米特·罗姆尼说,总统奥巴马的竞选试图将他和共和党参议院候选人有关堕胎的有争议言论联系起来,这造成了新的低落局面。候选人Todd Akin曾表示合法强奸和其他种类的强奸不同。这番言论遭到广泛的谴责,米特·罗姆尼多次呼吁Akin退出竞选。罗姆尼州长也被问及,怎么看待选民像不喜欢奥巴马一样的不喜欢他,他说“我所能做的就是做我自己。”
Israeli police have arrested three Jewish boys suspected of throwing a petrol bomb at a Palestinian vehicle in the West Bank earlier this month. The attack injured six people, trapping one in the vehicle when it overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturned">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturned. A police spokesman said the boys, who were between the ages of 12 and 13, came from the West Bank settlement of Bat Ayin, close to where the attack took place. Human rights groups say it's rare for settlers in the West Bank to be prosecuted for acts of violence against Palestinians.
以色列警察逮捕了三名犹太男孩,他们涉嫌本月早时候在西岸向一辆巴勒斯坦车辆投掷汽油弹。6人在这场袭击中身亡,还有一人被困于倾翻的车辆中。警方发言人说这些男孩年龄在12到13岁之间,他们来自袭击发生地不远处的Bat Ayin西岸定居点。人权组织称西岸定居者被指控对巴勒斯坦实施暴力实属罕见。
The Russian punk band, Pussy Riot, says on its Twitter account that two members of the band have fled the country after three of the group were sent to jail. They were sentenced earlier this month for hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism after performing a protest against the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral. The jailed women are appealing against their sentence.
俄罗斯朋克乐队Pussy Riot在Twitter上称,在乐队三名成员被捕入狱后,已有两名成员离开俄罗斯。本月早些时候,他们因在莫斯科大教堂表演节目抗议总统普京而被判刑。入狱的女子正对判刑发起诉讼。
An aid operation has begun in the West African state of Niger following floods that have left more than 125,000 people homeless. The aid agency Plan International says at least 65 people died when heavy rains hit the capital Niamey earlier this month. Our Africa editor Martin Plaut reports.
西非国家尼日尔发生洪灾,导致12.5万多人无家可归,目前援助行动已经开始。援助机构国际计划称,本月早时候大雨袭击首都尼亚美,导致至少65人丧生。BBC驻非洲编辑Martin Plaut报道。
The torrential rains which swept across the country earlier this month resulted in the River Niger rising to levels not seen since the 1920s. Sixty-five people were drowned as villages along the banks were inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundated">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundated by the brown, swirling water. Homes collapsed, farm animals were killed and thousands of families lost almost everything they owned. Now the first help has arrived. The UN is calling for further donations of food, tents and household goods.
本月早些时候,这场暴雨袭击了整个国家,导致尼罗河水位上涨到20世纪20年代以来最高点。河岸两边的村庄都被褐黄色漩涡的流水冲毁,65人被淹死。家园被毁,农场动物淹死,几千户人家几乎失去了一切。目前第一批援助已经到达,联合国正呼吁捐赠更多食物、帐篷和日常用品。
Reports from Ivory Coast say the secretary general of former President Laurent Gbagbo's party has been arrested – the third senior party official to be detained in just over a week. A spokesman for the Ivorian Popular Front said police took Laurent Akoun into custody in Adzope north Abidjan. Government sources alleged he is implicated in attacks on government troops.
来自科特迪瓦的报道称,前总统洛朗·巴博所属政党的秘书长已经被捕,这是一周来第三位被捕的政党高级官员。科特迪瓦人民阵线的发言人说,警察在阿比让北部的阿佐佩拘留了Laurent Akoun。政府方面的消息称Akoun涉嫌对政府军发动袭击。
第三页:词汇解析
massacre">massacre
英汉解释
vt. 残杀;彻底击败
n. 大屠杀;[口]惨败
同义词
n.butchery,carnage,mass murder,slaughter
v.mow down,slaughter
词汇辨析
kill,murder,slaughter,massacre">massacre,assassinate,execute
这些动词均有“杀,杀死”之意。 kill 普通用词,含义广泛,泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
murder 指谋杀或凶杀。
slaughter 本义指大批宰杀动物,也指像屠宰牲畜一样一次杀死许多人。
massacre">massacre 语气比slaughter强。指大屠杀,尤指屠杀失去了自卫能力的人。
assassinate 通常指因政治原因用非法手段杀害政治领袖人物或短名人士。
execute 指依法处死罪犯。
参考例句
1. Nanjing Massacre is one of the heaviest, humiliated and bloody events in the history of China.
南京大屠杀是中国历史上最沉痛、最屈辱和血腥的事件之一。
2. In the "New History Textbook, " the Nanking Massacre is dismissed as a controversial "incident.
在“新历史教课书”里,‘南京大屠杀’被改写成一个有争议的“事件”。
3. The hunters came from the East tomassacre">massacrethe buffaloes of the plains, killing several million in a short time.
从东面来地猎手对平原伤的野牛进行了屠杀,在很短时间内屠杀了好几百万的数量。
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英汉解释
n. 暴行;凶恶,残暴
同义词
n.atrociousness,barbarity,heinousness,inhumanity
参考例句
1. I don't deny theatrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocityof the event, nor the repression after it.
我不否认这起事件的残暴,也不否认后来进行了镇压。
2. There is noatrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocitywhich could be made a ground for blaming a great man.
谁是一个伟大的人物,谁就不用担心会因他的过失遭到谴责。
3. But the latestatrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity">atrocity—or rather co-ordinated series of atrocities (see article)—is something new to the city.
但最近的这类暴行——或者一系列有组织的暴行,在这个城市却鲜有发生。
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英汉解释
vi. 干涉;调停;插入
同义词
v.interfere,interpose,step in
词汇辨析
interfere,intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene,meddle
这些动词均含“干涉,干预”之意。 interfere 侧重指无权或未获允许而妨碍、阻扰、干涉他人之事。
intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene 书面用词,指介入争端,进行调停,也指干涉他人之事。
meddle 指干预与自己毫不相关的事或不属于自己职责范围的事,隐含未经许可或授权。可与interfere换用。
参考例句
1. the period whichintervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervenes between March 5 and June 5
介于3月5日和6月5日之间的时期
2. Japan started tointervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervenein the stock market in 1991 after prices halved after the "bubble economy" burst.
日本在1991年开始干预股市,此前股市价值在“泡沫经济”破灭后已经减半。
3. Their stated aims, particularly when they are first proposing that the governmentintervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene">intervene, are usually more modest, and more plausible.
尤其是在他们率先提议实行政府干预时,他们所陈述的目标往往更为温和、更加受听。
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英汉解释
n. 暗杀,行刺
同义词
n.blackwash,character assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination
参考例句
1. The bombing was in revenge for theassassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination.
爆炸事件是对暗杀行为的报复。
2. Jack admits that there may be someone inside CTU involved in thatassassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassinationattempt, and he appeals to Mason for help.
他向梅森承认了,也许在反恐组中有人参与了这个暗杀企图,接着,他请求梅森提供帮助。
3. Give bodyguards to your most valuable mags. During anassassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassination">assassinationattempt up to 5 bodyguards will fight alongside the mage against the assassin.
为你最珍贵的法师们配备护卫,在遭遇刺杀时将最多可以有5个护卫和他一起战斗对抗刺客。
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overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn
英汉解释
vt. 推翻;倾覆;破坏
vi. 推翻;倾覆
n. 倾覆;[经]周转;破灭
同义词
n.turnover,upset
v.bring down,knock over,override,tip over
参考例句
1. The building wasoverturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturned at the earthquake.
那栋大楼在地震中已坍塌了。
2. Never use the fork tooverturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturnthe pallet.
不准用货叉挑翻货盘的方法取货。
3. The 21st century willoverturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturn">overturnmany of our basic assumptions about economic life.
21世纪将会颠覆很多我们关于经济生活的基础假设。
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英汉解释
n. 流氓行为
同义词
n.malicious mischief,vandalism
参考例句
1. Footballhooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganismin England increased after the railways made it easier for fans to travel to away matches.
铁路的出现让球迷可以更方便的出行去看客场比赛,但同时也助长了足球流氓的气焰。
2. Si-Wei Jiang will act against anti-hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganismin the definition of software demands, the court will apply the law as a rogue software.
斯伟江将反流氓软件诉求定义在针对行为上,要求法院将适用流氓软件定位为违法。
3. For a few minutes there was a real danger of a pitch battle but, maybe, two decades of strong anti-hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganism">hooliganismmeasures, and the gentrification of football, have changed attitudes.
几分钟内,险些酿成一场球场上的斗殴,数十位强壮的反流氓的人员和暖和的球迷使事态扭转。
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inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate
英汉解释
vt. 淹没;泛滥;浸水;(洪水般的)扑来
同义词
v.deluge,flood,submerge,swamp
参考例句
1. Floods regularlyinundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundatethe camp, and local hostility to the incomers often leads to violence.
洪水经常浸泡营地,而且当地人对新来者的敌意经常导致暴力活动。
2. Police say rescue officials are worried that water from a choked river couldinundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundatetowns near the epicenter.
警方称救援人员担心堵塞的河流一旦决堤将会淹没震中附近地区的乡镇。
3. Police say rescue officials are worried that water from a choked river couldinundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundate">inundatetowns near the epicenter.
警察说官方救援部队担心存在溃决危险的“悬湖”会淹没震中地区附近的城镇。