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 今天我们要学的词是 perilous¹.

 

perilous 的意思是危险的，险恶的。 Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic² Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, amid signs that more members of the Muslim minority group are making perilous sea voyages to escape persecution³. 缅甸当局在其南部近海的一艘船上拘捕了173名罗兴亚人，有迹象表明，更多的穆斯林少数族裔为了逃避迫害而走上危险的海上逃亡之路。

 

1 perilous   

adj.危险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
• We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 persecution   

n. 迫害,烦扰

参考例句：

• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
• Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。