美国谴责埃及对韩国游客的袭击

 　　美国谴责埃及对韩国游客的袭击

　　WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Monday condemned² a bombing attack on a tourist bus in Egypt Sunday, in which three nationals of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and one Egyptian driver were killed.

　　"We condemn¹ this cowardly attack on innocent tourists," said State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki in a statement, voicing her "deepest condolences" to the families of the ROK victims.

　　An explosion ripped through the front part of the tourist bus, with 33 ROK nationals aboard, when it waited in line near the Taba border crossing between Egypt and Israel in Sinai Peninsula, killing³ four and injuring 13 others.

　　Since the military's removal of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first elected president, in July 2013, Sinai has witnessed a deteriorating⁴ security situation, with some radical⁵ militants⁶ taking neighboring Israel as a stronghold for launching attacks on checkpoints and police stations in Sinai, causing heavy casualties.

　　No claim of responsibility has been made for the bombing.

1 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

2 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

5 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

6 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。