新奇事件簿 世界大战

Pope Francis has announced that the world is pretty much in the grips of its third world war. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church said the spate¹ of conflicts being fought around the world were effectively a "piecemeal²" third world war. Speaking at a World War I memorial in Italy, the Pontiff stated: "War is madness. Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war - one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres⁴ and destruction." He added: "War is irrational⁵. Its only plan is to bring destruction. It seeks to grow by destroying." He said the motives⁶ behind countries or groups going to war were "greed, intolerance, the lust⁷ for power".

弗朗西斯教主称，世界目前正处于第三次世界大战状态中。罗马天主教会的领导人称，世界上大量的冲突实际上正是第三次世界大战的零碎片段。在意大利，主教在第一次世界大战的纪念馆说，战争是疯狂的。即使是现在，经过又一次战争失败之后，或者我们可以说是再次战争零碎的战争，包括犯罪，屠杀和毁坏。他还说，战争是荒谬的。战争唯一的计划就是毁坏。战争通过毁坏扩大规模。他说，国家或者团体参与战争的动机是“对于力量的贪婪，固执，与痴迷。”

Pope Francis has made a number of repeated appeals for an end to the conflicts around the world. He has focused on those in Gaza, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and many parts of Africa. Despite his anti-war stance, he has stated the use of force would be legitimate⁸ to stop "unjust aggression⁹" by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. He called on all people to have a "conversion¹⁰ of heart" and stop putting selfish aims above those of humanity as a whole. Francis compared the pointless loss of life in WWI to what is happening globally today. He said: "For each one of the fallen of this senseless massacre³, for all the victims of the mindless wars, in every age, humanity needs to weep, and this is the time to weep."

弗兰西斯主教多次呼吁结束世界上的各种矛盾冲突。他的呼吁集中在加沙，伊拉克，叙利亚，乌克兰和非洲许多地方的战争冲突。尽管他处于反战的立场上，他说道，用武力来阻止伊斯兰国家组织对于伊拉克和叙利亚的不公平侵略行为，是合法的。他呼吁所有人都能够换位思考，停止将自私的目的建立在违背人道的基础上的行为。弗兰西斯将第一次世界大战中死去的无辜生命与目前世界发生的事情进行对比。他说，陷入这场愚蠢残杀的每个人，对于在愚蠢战争中遇害的各年龄段的人来说，都是人道主义的悲哀，而且现在也是人道主义应该感到悲哀的时候。

1 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

2 piecemeal   

adj.零碎的；n.片，块；adv.逐渐地；v.弄成碎块

参考例句：

• A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.叙述缺乏吸引力，读者读到的只是一些支离破碎的片段。
• Let's settle the matter at one stroke,not piecemeal.把这事一气儿解决了吧，别零敲碎打了。

3 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！

4 massacres   

大屠杀( massacre的名词复数 )； 惨败

参考例句：

• The time is past for guns and killings and massacres. 动不动就用枪、动不动就杀、大规模屠杀的时代已经过去了。 来自教父部分
• Numberless recent massacres were still vivid in their recollection. 近来那些不可胜数的屠杀，在他们的头脑中记忆犹新。

5 irrational   

adj.无理性的，失去理性的

参考例句：

• After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
• There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。

6 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

7 lust   

n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望

参考例句：

• He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
• Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。

8 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

9 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

10 conversion   

n.转化，转换，转变

参考例句：

• He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
• Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。