英国卫报：残酷的斗羊世界(8)

After Islamists won the first round of the country’s first multi-party elections in 1991, the military cancelled the results and took power.

1991年，伊斯兰教徒在该国第一轮多党选举中获胜后，军方取消了选举结果并掌权。

This set the stage for a fight for the territory and soul of the country, which pitted Islamist militants¹ against security forces and lasted for 10 years.

这为争夺国家领土和灵魂的斗争创造了条件，伊斯兰激进分子与安全部队的斗争持续了10年。

By the end of the “black decade”, the Algerian people, whose protests had opened the floodgates, were weary and just wanted peace.

在 "黑色十年 "结束时，阿尔及利亚人民的抗议活动打开了闸门，他们已经厌倦了，只想获得和平。

They had been subdued² by the bloodlust of militants and the brutality³ of a military regime willing to do terrifying things to regain⁴ control.

他们已经被激进分子的嗜血和军事政权的残暴所压制，为了重新获得控制权，他们不惜做出可怕的事情。

In the early 2000s, Algerians came out of their thwarted⁵ revolution in a fog, generally preferring to move on and forget, rather than dig up the recent past.

在21世纪初，阿尔及利亚人从他们受挫的革命中走出来，一般来说，他们更愿意继续前进和忘记，而不是去挖掘最近的历史。

Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected president in 1999 on a peacebuilding platform, and used an amnesty law to close the 10-year chapter of civil violence.

阿卜杜拉齐兹-布特弗利卡（Abdelaziz Bouteflika）在1999年以和平建设为纲领当选总统，并利用大赦法结束了长达10年的国内暴力事件。

Large numbers of militants took advantage of the amnesty and repented⁶ with no repercussions⁷.

大量激进分子利用大赦令，在没有任何影响的情况下进行忏悔。

Critics warned it would amount to amnesia⁸.

批评者警告说，这相当于失忆。

As luck would have it for Bouteflika, oil prices began to rise around the same time, climbing from an annual average of under $30 per barrel in 2003 to over $100 in 2008.

布特弗利卡很幸运，石油价格在同一时间开始上涨，从2003年的年平均每桶30美元以下攀升到2008年的100美元以上。

Oil and gas account for 96% of Algerian exports.

石油和天然气占阿尔及利亚出口的96%。

The state, flush with cash and repressed guilt⁹ over the traumas¹⁰ its citizens experienced in the 90s, handed out petrodollars to assuage¹¹ lingering anxieties with free housing and interest-free loans.

国家由于现金充裕，并对其公民在90年代经历的创伤感到内疚，于是发放石油美元，以免费住房和无息贷款来缓解挥之不去的忧虑。

Violence receded¹² from city streets, and the children who survived the years of terror grew into reserved adults with a social safety net, who believed that their families’ food, healthcare and educational needs would be met regardless of skill or employment.

暴力从城市的街道上消退了，从恐怖年代中幸存下来的儿童成长为有社会安全网的成年人，他们相信，无论技能或就业如何，他们家庭的食物、医疗和教育需求都会得到满足。

So, in 2011, as jubilation¹³ at the fall of old regimes raced across a stunned¹⁴ Arab world, Algerians looked on with wariness¹⁵.

因此，在2011年，当对旧政权倒台的欢呼声在震惊的阿拉伯世界中急速响起时，阿尔及利亚人警惕地观望着。

Things will only get worse, they insisted, painting a prescient tableau¹⁶ of dashed hopes, foreign meddling¹⁷ and an orgy of blood.

他们坚持认为，事情只会变得更糟，他们描绘了一幅希望破灭、外国干涉和流血狂欢的预见性画面。

Yet by 2014, when Bouteflika ran for a fourth presidential term, the cautious optimism of the previous decade had been replaced by fatalism and despair.

然而，到2014年，当布特弗利卡竞选第四个总统任期时，前十年的谨慎乐观已经被宿命论和绝望所取代。

Oil prices collapsed¹⁸ that year and the crash suddenly revealed the Algerian economy’s vulnerabilities: an overdependence on hydrocarbons¹⁹ and an inability to produce anything domestically.

石油价格在那一年崩溃了，这次崩溃突然暴露了阿尔及利亚经济的脆弱性：对碳氢化合物的过度依赖和国内生产能力不足。

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 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

3 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

4 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。

5 thwarted   

阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 )； 使受挫折； 挫败； 横过

参考例句：

• The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison. 警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the rain. 我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。

6 repented   

对（自己的所为）感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He repented his thoughtlessness. 他后悔自己的轻率。
• Darren repented having shot the bird. 达伦后悔射杀了那只鸟。

7 repercussions   

n.后果，反响( repercussion的名词复数 )；余波

参考例句：

• The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
• Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 amnesia   

n.健忘症，健忘

参考例句：

• People suffering from amnesia don't forget their general knowledge of objects.患健忘症的人不会忘记关于物体的一些基本知识。
• Chinese medicine experts developed a way to treat amnesia using marine materials.中国医学专家研制出用海洋物质治疗遗忘症的方法。

9 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

10 traumas   

n.心灵创伤( trauma的名词复数 )；损伤；痛苦经历；挫折

参考例句：

• She felt exhausted after the traumas of recent weeks. 她经受了最近几个星期的痛苦之后感到精疲力竭。
• Conclusion: Safety lens of spectacles can protect the occurrence of ocular traumas. 结论：安全镜片可以预防眼镜碎片所致的眼外伤。 来自互联网

11 assuage   

v.缓和，减轻，镇定

参考例句：

• The medicine is used to assuage pain.这种药用来止痛。
• Your messages of cheer should assuage her suffering.你带来的这些振奋人心的消息一定能减轻她的痛苦。

12 receded   

v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• The floodwaters have now receded. 洪水现已消退。
• The sound of the truck receded into the distance. 卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。

13 jubilation   

n.欢庆，喜悦

参考例句：

• The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.主场球迷为进球欢呼。
• The whole city was a scene of jubilation.全市一片欢腾。

14 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

15 wariness   

n. 注意,小心

参考例句：

• The British public's wariness of opera is an anomaly in Europe. 英国公众对歌剧不大轻易接受的态度在欧洲来说很反常。
• There certainly is a history of wariness about using the R-word. 历史表明绝对应当谨慎使用“衰退”一词。

16 tableau   

n.画面，活人画（舞台上活人扮的静态画面）

参考例句：

• The movie was a tableau of a soldier's life.这部电影的画面生动地描绘了军人的生活。
• History is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.历史不过是由罪恶和灾难构成的静止舞台造型罢了。

17 meddling   

v.干涉，干预（他人事务）( meddle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
• They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野，因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句

18 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

19 hydrocarbons   

n.碳氢化合物，烃( hydrocarbon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Hydrocarbons (HC), like carbon monoxide, represent unburned and wasted fuel. 碳氢化合物(HC)像一氧化碳一样，为未燃尽的和被浪费掉的燃料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• With this restricted frequency range it is not applicable to hydrocarbons. 这个较紧缩的频率范围不适用于烃类。 来自辞典例句