Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-04-28

One European military observer freed in Slovyansk
A European military observer detained by pro-Russian activists¹ in the eastern Ukranian city of Slovyansk has been freed.
The officer, together with other seven who are still under detention², are deployed³ by the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Russia, an OSCE member, has pledged to take all possible steps to secure the observers' release.
Across eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian activists continue to occupy government buildings in a dozen cities.
The U.S. has accused Russia of encouraging destabilizing activities in the region and is expected to levy⁴ new sanctions against Russia starting from today.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said sanctions were hurting the Russian economy, but the damage was not critical.
 
South Korea's prime minister offers to resign over ferry sinking :updated
South Korea's President has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Chung Hong-won over the sunken ferry accident.
The PM will leave office once the disaster is deemed to be "under control."
Chung resigned Sunday over criticism of the government response to the sinking of the Sewol.
187 people have now been confirmed dead, with another 110 still listed as missing.
The search in and around the sunken vessel⁵ made little progress over the weekend because of weather conditions.
The Sewol, carrying 476 passengers, sank on a routine trip to the southern holiday island of Jeju over a week ago.
Investigations⁶ are focused on human error and mechanical failure.
 
Serbia new PM pledges public sector⁷ reform
Serbia's new prime minister has pledged to implement⁸ reforms in the public sector.
Aleksandar Vucic took office on Sunday after a parliamentary vote.
He says the government plans to revise its budget by June, looking to cap a deficit⁹ that currently runs at around 7 percent of GDP.
The plan is to cut that percentage to between 3 and 4 percent by 2017.
The budget revision is a key to securing a new loans from the International Monetary¹⁰ Fund, a move that would cut Serbia's borrowing costs.
 
Afghan presidential runner Abdullah says to decide on runoff after final results
A leading Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday said that he will decide whether to take part in a possible runoff election after the final results are announced.
On the same day, Afghan presidential candidate Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who was declared the second winner in preliminary results, said he was ready to take part in runoff elections if the polls take place.
To secure an outright¹¹ victory, a candidate must win more than 50 percent of valid¹² ballots¹³. Otherwise, the top two candidates will go into a runoff.
 
10 killed in Baghdad car bomb attack
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a suicide attack in the Iraqi capital.
Police say a car bomb was detonated in a popular market in eastern Baghdad.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack just yet.
It happened just three days ahead of Iraq's parliamentary elections, the first in the country since the withdrawal¹⁴ of US troops in late 2011.
 
Israel marks holocaust¹⁵ remembrance day
Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday with an official ceremony in Jerusalem, attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, and a number of holocaust survivors¹⁶.
The official service commemorates¹⁷ the six million jews who died at the hands of the Nazis¹⁸ during World War II.
According to a study of anti-Semitism published last year by Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary Jewry, while violent anti-Semitic attacks have declined in the past year, overall anti-Semitic sentiment is on the rise.
It reported that a third of the respondents, Jews living in European countries, are contemplating¹⁹ emigration as a result.
 
Danish Queen visits Nanjing massacre²⁰ memorial hall
Danish Queen Margrethe II has become the first incumbent²¹ foreign head of state to visit the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in east China.
She laid flowers symbolizing²² peace on Sunday morning.
China to enhance supervision²³ over work safety
Chinese prosecutors²⁴ will strengthen supervision over officials' dereliction of duty in work safety accidents.
An official from the Supreme²⁵ People's Procuratorate says prosecutors will target officials' malpractice that leads to major accidents or the postponement²⁶ of rescue operations.
Supervision priorities will be in the transportation of dangerous chemicals, natural gas, and oil, infrastructure²⁷ construction, environment, and food safety, according to the official.
He says officials should not cover up, delay or give false information about work safety accidents, or instruct others to do so.
More than 5,000 officials were investigated or prosecuted²⁸ for dereliction of duty in more than 4,000 cases over the past five years.
 
118 sentenced in China pyramid scam
A court in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous²⁹ Region on Sunday sentenced 118 people for their involvement in a pyramid fund raising scam.
The defendants³⁰, including leaders and major members of the pyramid scheme, were given jail terms from 10 years to one year and seven months for organizing pyramid selling activities by Nanning Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi's capital.
The multi-level marketing³¹ network, running since 2009, had nearly 5,000 members.
The scam involved more than 100 million yuan.

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

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 levy   

n.征收税或其他款项，征收额

参考例句：

• They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
• A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。

5 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

6 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。

7 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

8 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

9 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

10 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

11 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

12 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

13 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

15 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

16 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

17 commemorates   

n.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的名词复数 )v.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates. 墓碑是为纪念它所纪念的人而建的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities. 碑文铭记他的爱国行动。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

18 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 contemplating   

深思，细想，仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 )； 注视，凝视； 考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）； 深思熟虑，沉思，苦思冥想

参考例句：

• You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
• She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。

20 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

21 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

22 symbolizing   

v.象征，作为…的象征( symbolize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• This symbol later evolved into a common hieroglyphic symbolizing victory. 这幕场景后来逐渐演化为象征胜利的普通象形文字。 来自时文部分
• Mooncakes reunion, is symbolizing the Mid-Autumn festival will feed. 月饼象征着团圆，是中秋佳节必食之品。 来自互联网

23 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

24 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

25 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

26 postponement   

n.推迟

参考例句：

• He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
• Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。

27 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

28 prosecuted   

a.被起诉的

参考例句：

• The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。

29 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

30 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

31 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。