2023年经济学人 卡塔尔判处8名印度人死刑

卡塔尔判处8名印度人死刑

    The world this week--Politics

    本周国际要闻--政治

    Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza to attack Hamas militants¹.

    以色列地面部队深入加沙，攻击哈马斯激进分子。

    The Israelis said they killed one of the leaders of the October 7th terrorist attack and a number of other Hamas men in an air strike on Jabalia, north of Gaza city; the Hamas-run authorities said scores of civilians² had died.

    以色列表示，他们在对加沙北部城市贾巴利亚的空袭中，击毙了10月7日实施恐怖袭击的一名领导人以及其他一些哈马斯成员。哈马斯当局称共造成数十名平民死亡。

    One of the 240 hostages held by Hamas, a female soldier, was rescued by the Israelis.

    在被哈马斯劫持的240名人质中，一名女兵被以色列人解救。

    Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, rejected calls for a ceasefire.

    以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡拒绝了停火呼吁。

    He said people who are calling for one are asking Israel “to surrender to barbarism”.

    他表示，呼吁停火的人是在要求以色列“向野蛮投降”。

    The humanitarian³ crisis continued to build in Gaza.

    加沙的人道主义危机继续加剧。

    The death toll⁴ among Palestinians now exceeds 8,000, according to the authorities in the enclave.

    据这块飞地(加沙)的当局称，巴勒斯坦死亡人数现已超过8000人。

    Some 1.4m people have been displaced. Shelters are overflowing⁵.

    约有140万人流离失所。避难所挤满了人。

    More aid lorries were allowed in, though their number still fell far short of the 500 a day that had been entering the area before the war started.

    更多的救援卡车被允许进入，尽管数量仍远低于战争开始前每天进入该地区的500辆。

    The first trickle⁶ of civilians left Gaza through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt under a deal negotiated by Qatar.

    根据卡塔尔谈判达成的协议，第一批平民可以通过拉法过境点离开加沙进入埃及。

    Only foreign nationals and the severely⁷ wounded are being allowed to leave.

    只有外国公民和重伤者才被允许离开。

    Israel sent missile boats to the Red Sea to head off potential strikes from Yemen, where the Houthi militia⁸ claimed to have launched rockets and drones at Israel.

    以色列向红海派遣了导弹艇，以阻止来自也门的潜在袭击。也门胡塞武装声称向以色列发射了火箭弹和无人机。

    The Israeli army said it had intercepted⁹ an “aerial threat”.

    以色列军方表示，他们拦截了一个“空中威胁”。

    The Houthis are backed by Iran and control large parts of Yemen, including the capital, Sana’a.

    胡塞武装的支持者是伊朗，这个组织控制着也门的大部分地区，包括首都萨那。

    India’s government said it would explore all legal options to help secure the release of eight Indian nationals who have been sentenced to death in Qatar for spying for Israel.

    印度政府称，将探索一切法律途径帮助确保八名印度公民获释。这八名印度人因在卡塔尔为以色列从事间谍活动而被判处死刑。

    The eight men formerly¹⁰ served in the Indian navy.

    这八人曾在印度海军服役。

    An antisemitic mob attacked the main airport in Dagestan, a mostly Muslim Russian republic in the North Caucasus.

    一群反犹暴徒袭击了达吉斯坦的主要机场，达吉斯坦是北高加索地区一个以穆斯林为主的俄罗斯共和国。

    Hundreds of men swarmed¹¹ the area looking for Jewish passengers who had arrived on a flight from Tel Aviv.

    数百人聚集在该地区，寻找从特拉维夫乘飞机抵达该地的犹太乘客。

    Scores of them were arrested after they clashed with police.

    其中数十人在与警方发生冲突后被捕。

    Attacks on Jewish people and symbols around the world have risen markedly.

    世界各地对犹太人及其标志的攻击明显增加。

    According to the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish organisation¹² in New York, antisemitic incidents rose in America by 388% between October 7th and 23rd compared with the same period last year.

    根据“反诽谤联盟”(一个位于纽约的犹太人组织)的数据，10月7日至23日期间，美国的反犹太事件与去年同期相比上升了388%。

    Britain saw an increase of 689% over three weeks, according to the Community Security Trust, another Jewish group.

    根据另一个犹太组织“社区安全信托”的数据，英国的反犹太事件在三周内增加了689%。

    Attacks on Muslims have also increased.

    针对穆斯林的袭击也有所增加。

    Republicans in America’s House of Representatives introduced their own bill for $14.3bn in emergency aid to Israel, setting up a clash with the White House.

    美国众议院共和党人提出了他们自己的法案，要求向以色列提供143亿美元的紧急援助，这引发了与白宫的冲突。

    The Republican bill hives off money for Israel from a wider package put forward by Joe Biden that includes extra funding for Ukraine.

    共和党的这个法案将把援助以色列的资金从乔·拜登提出的更广泛的一揽子计划中剥离出来，这个一揽子计划还包括向乌克兰提供额外资金。

    It offsets¹³ this by cutting $14.3bn that has been allocated¹⁴ for the Internal Revenue Service under the Inflation Reduction Act, Mr Biden’s signature bill.

    通过削减根据《通胀削减法案》分配给美国国税局的143亿美元的拨款来抵消这笔支出。《通胀削减法案》是拜登的标志性法案。

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

3 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

4 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

5 overflowing   

n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
• The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。

6 trickle   

vi.淌，滴，流出，慢慢移动，逐渐消散

参考例句：

• The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.这条小河变成细流了。
• The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。

7 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

8 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

9 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

10 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

11 swarmed   

密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去

参考例句：

• When the bell rang, the children swarmed out of the school. 铃声一响，孩子们蜂拥而出离开了学校。
• When the rain started the crowd swarmed back into the hotel. 雨一开始下，人群就蜂拥回了旅社。

12 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

13 offsets   

n.开端( offset的名词复数 )；出发v.抵消( offset的第三人称单数 )；补偿；（为了比较的目的而）把…并列（或并置）；为（管道等）装支管

参考例句：

• The following paragraphs deal with intra-source offsets and the so-called \"bubble\" concept. 下面讨论污染源内部的补偿和所谓的“泡泡”概念。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The preceding paragraphs were concerned with inter-source offsets. 前文牵涉到污染源之间的补偿。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

14 allocated   

adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
• More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。