2021年经济学人 古巴正在经历60年来最大的一场抗议示威运动

The world this week - Politics

本周国际要闻——政治

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets all over Cuba.

古巴各地数千名示威者走上街头。

They have a long list of complaints, from the communist dictatorship's inept¹ handling of covid-19 to empty supermarket shelves and power cuts.

他们有一堆不满，从共产主义独裁政权对新冠疫情的无能处理，到超市货架空空荡荡和停电。

Miguel Diaz-Canel, the president, decried² the protests, the largest sign of popular revolt in six decades, and deployed³ riot police.

总统米格尔·迪亚斯-卡内尔谴责了这场60年来最大规模的民众反抗，并部署了防暴警察。

Nearly 150 people have gone missing. Many of these are thought to have been arrested.

近150人失踪。据信，其中许多人已经被捕。

It remained unclear who was behind the murder last week of Jovenel Moise, the president of Haiti.

目前还不清楚谁是上周谋杀海地总统莫伊兹的幕后黑手。

The national chief of police declared that a Haitian doctor who lives in Florida plotted the attack.

国家警察局长宣布，一名住在佛罗里达州的海地医生策划了这起袭击事件。

More than a dozen former Colombian soldiers said to have been involved in the plot were paraded on Haitian television.

十几名据说参与了这次阴谋的前哥伦比亚士兵在海地电视台示众。

Conspiracy⁴ theories abound⁵, involving senior Haitian politicians.

阴谋论比比皆是，涉及到海地高级政客。

A power vacuum has been created; three men are vying⁶ for the top job.

权力真空已经形成；三个人正在争夺最高职位。

In South Africa scores of people were killed and hundreds of shops, factories and warehouses⁷ burnt in riots instigated⁸ by allies of Jacob Zuma,

在南非，前总统雅各布·祖玛的盟友煽动的骚乱导致数十人死亡，数百家商店、工厂和仓库被烧毁。

a former president who was jailed for refusing to appear before a commission investigating corruption⁹ during his term in office.

此前祖玛因在任期内拒绝出席腐败调查委员会的调查而被判入狱。

The government has sent in the army to stop the worst violence since the end of apartheid in 1994.

政府已经派出军队制止这场自1994年种族隔离结束以来最严重的暴力事件。

With the country mired¹⁰ in an economic crisis, two of Lebanon's main power plants shut down, taking the entire national grid¹¹ offline and leaving most Lebanese without electricity.

随着黎巴嫩陷入经济危机，该国两家主要的发电厂关闭，整个国家电网被切断，黎巴嫩大部分地区断电。

The power plants unexpectedly found that their fuel supply had been cut off.

发电厂意外地发现他们的燃料供应被切断了。

At least 92 people died when a covid-19 ward¹² caught fire at a hospital in Iraq.

伊拉克一家医院的一间新冠肺炎病房起火，至少92人死亡。

It is the second such incident in three months.

这是三个月内发生的第二起此类事件。

1 inept   

adj.不恰当的，荒谬的，拙劣的

参考例句：

• Whan an inept remark to make on such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合，怎么说这样不恰当的话。
• He's quite inept at tennis.他打网球太笨。

2 decried   

v.公开反对，谴责( decry的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The measures were decried as useless. 这些措施受到指责，说是不起作用。
• The old poet decried the mediocrity of today's writing. 老诗人抨击了现代文体的平庸无奇。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

4 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

5 abound   

vi.大量存在；(in，with)充满，富于

参考例句：

• Oranges abound here all the year round.这里一年到头都有很多橙子。
• But problems abound in the management of State-owned companies.但是在国有企业的管理中仍然存在不少问题。

6 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。

7 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

8 instigated   

v.使（某事物）开始或发生，鼓动( instigate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The government has instigated a programme of economic reform. 政府已实施了经济改革方案。
• He instigated the revolt. 他策动了这次叛乱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

10 mired   

abbr.microreciprocal degree 迈尔德（色温单位）v.深陷( mire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The country was mired in recession. 这个国家陷入了经济衰退的困境。
• The most brilliant leadership can be mired in detail. 最有才干的领导也会陷于拘泥琐事的困境中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

12 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。