亂槍(掃射)
[ 2007-04-18 09:21 ]
“亂槍掃射”——美國(guó)弗吉亞州特大校園槍擊案制造了震驚全球的新聞?lì)^條。4月16日,一名23歲的韓國(guó)學(xué)生先是在弗吉尼亞理工大學(xué)一幢宿舍樓前槍殺兩人,隨后,他又趕往工程系教學(xué)樓,對(duì)著教室里上課的師生亂槍掃射……在連殺32人后,案發(fā)者開(kāi)槍自斃。
請(qǐng)看外電相關(guān)報(bào)道:Cho Seung-Hui, a student from South Korea opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then, two hours later, shot up a classroom across campus Monday, killing 32 people in the deadliestshooting rampagein U.S. history. The gunman committed suicide, bringing the death toll to 33.
由報(bào)道可知,“亂槍掃射”相應(yīng)的英文表達(dá)為:shooting rampage?!癛ampage”原指“a course of violent, frenzied behavior”(失去理智的狂暴行徑),在此,“shooting rampage”比較貼切地表達(dá)了“案發(fā)者暴怒后,不分清紅皂白亂槍射擊的狂暴行為”。
此外,短語(yǔ)“on the rampage”常用來(lái)形容“暴跳如雷、狂暴不安、橫行無(wú)忌”??蠢洌篐e went on the rampage after an argument with his wife.(與妻子爭(zhēng)吵后,他氣得暴跳如雷。)
(英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津陳蓓編輯)
更多熱詞:年度新聞熱詞(惡搞,流氓軟件……)
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