英闻天下——47 UN Agency: About 60,000 Killed in Syria Conflict

 　　The UN Human Rights Office says about 60,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in the country in early 2011.

 

　　The report shows a steady increase in the average number of documented deaths per month from around 1,000 in the summer of 2011 to an average of more than 5,000 in 2012.

 

　　Most of the reported killings¹ occurred in Homs, where nearly 12,600 people died, followed by rural Damascus and Idlib.

 

　　The UN statement says further investigations² would be necessary to discover precisely³ how many people have died, and in what circumstances.

 

　　Meanwhile, fighting continues in the country as government forces and armed groups clashed in a military airport in Idlib.

1 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

2 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

3 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。