欧盟谴责巴基斯坦恐怖袭击

 　　欧盟谴责巴基斯坦恐怖袭击

       BRUSSELS, Sept, 23 (Xinhua) -- The foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU) Catherine Ashton on Monday condemned¹ the terrorist attack on a church in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city.

　　"The EU condemns² this attack in the strongest terms," she said in a statement, "We call on the Government of Pakistan to take stronger action to ensure the protection of all its citizens regardless of their religion or belief, and to bring to justice all groups and individuals responsible for inciting³ and carrying out acts of terror."

　　"We encourage all Pakistanis to work together to promote and ensure tolerance⁴ and mutual⁵ understanding," she said, "The EU offers its condolences to the bereaved⁶ families."

　　According to officials in Peshawar, at least 78 people were killed and over 146 others injured when a twin suicide bomb attack hit a Christian⁷ church in the city on Sunday.

1 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

2 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 inciting   

刺激的，煽动的

参考例句：

• What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
• He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。

4 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

5 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

6 bereaved   

adj.刚刚丧失亲人的v.使失去（希望、生命等）( bereave的过去式和过去分词)；（尤指死亡）使丧失（亲人、朋友等）；使孤寂；抢走（财物）

参考例句：

• The ceremony was an ordeal for those who had been recently bereaved. 这个仪式对于那些新近丧失亲友的人来说是一种折磨。
• an organization offering counselling for the bereaved 为死者亲友提供辅导的组织

7 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。