美国谴责以色列官员关于自杀性爆炸的言论

 

 

US Condemns¹ Remarks by Israeli Official Over Suicide Bombers²

David Gollust

Washington

24 Aug 2001 01:11 UTC

 

The United States has strongly 1)condemned a senior Israeli official for suggesting that Israel deter³ Palestinian suicide bombings by killing⁴ the fathers of perpetrators of such attacks.

The State Department says U.S. 2)diplomats have lodged⁵ complaints both in Washington and Israel over the comments by the 3)deputy Israeli internal security minister, Gideon Ezra, who said in a television interview last Sunday that the fathers of suicide bombers should be, as he put it, "4)liquidated" by Israeli security forces.

Briefing reporters, State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said that as much as the United States condemns the suicide bombings, it 5)deplores the comments by Mr. Ezra as incitement⁶. "Our condemnation⁷ of suicide bombers has been very clear. We've said and continue to say that the Palestinians need to do everything possible to stop the violence, to pre-empt attacks by suicide bombers and arrest those responsible for the violence," he said. "But remarks such as the one reported, especially if coming from a senior government official, we do find offensive, 6)reprehensible."

Spokesman Reeker said the United States is confident the Israeli government would never 7)condone such a 8)strategy, and would expect it to distance itself from the remarks of Mr. Ezra, a hard-line member of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party.

The State Department has vigorously criticized Israel's on-going policy of what U.S. officials call the "targeted killing" of Palestinian militants⁸ held responsible for anti-Israel attacks.

 

 

(1)      condemn[kEn5dem]vt.判刑, 处刑, 声讨, 谴责

(2)      diplomat[5dIplEmAt]n.外交官]

(3)      deputy[5depjJtI]n.代理人, 代表

(4)      liquidate[5lIkwIdeIt]v.清算

(5)      deplore[dI5plC:(r)]v.表示悲痛

(6)      reprehensible[reprI5hensEb(E)l]adj.应斥责的, 应该谴责的

(7)      condone[kEn5dEJn]vt.宽恕, 赦免

(8)      strategy[5strAtIdVI]n.策略, 军略

 

 

1 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

4 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。

5 lodged   

v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属

参考例句：

• The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 incitement   

激励； 刺激； 煽动； 激励物

参考例句：

• incitement to racial hatred 种族仇恨的挑起
• Interest is an incitement to study. 兴趣刺激学习。

7 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

8 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。