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Covid Desperation Is Spreading Across India

Dozens of bodies washed up on the banks of the Ganges this week, most likely the remains of people who perished from Covid-19.

【恒河河岸堆积大量疑似新冠死者尸体】

Wash up: to carry sth onto land 把…冲到陆地上：

• The body was found washed up on a beach.

　有人发现尸体被冲上了海滩。

（牛津高阶进修词典英汉双解第七版）

Ganges: 恒河，是南亚的一条次要河流，流经印度北部及孟加拉。

Remains: 遗体;残骸；

• The unrecognizable remains of a man had been found...

一具无法辨认的男性尸体被发现了。

（柯林斯高阶英汉双解进修词典）

States in southern India have threatened to stop sharing medical oxygen with each other, fiercely protective about holding on to whatever they have as their hospitals swell with the sick and infections skyrocket.

【印度南部各邦疫情严峻，各自独占氧气等医疗资本】

States: 在此处不是指州，而是译为「邦」。

好比下文提到的安得拉邦 (Andhra Pradesh)、有座城镇所在的比哈尔邦 (Bihar)。

Hold on to: 保住，守住有利因素；

简决心要守住本身的财富。

Swell: 使扩大;使增加；

• By the end of this month the size of the mission is expected to swell to 280 people...到那个月底，参与该使命的人员规模将有望增至 280 人。

At one hospital in Andhra Pradesh, a rural state in southeastern India, furious relatives went on a rampage in the intensive care unit after lifesaving oxygen suddenly ran out — the latest example of the same tragedy repeating itself, of patients dying while gasping for air.

【安得拉邦的一家病院氧气告急，家属悲忿不已】

Rampage: 暴跳如雷；将恶行为

• Gangs of youths went on the rampage in the city yesterday.

　一伙伙年轻人今天在城里横冲曲碰。

（牛津高阶进修词典英汉双解第七版）

Repeat itself: 字面上是指反复，那里理解为 happen again, occur again

好比，「汗青重演」就能够用 History repeats itself。

Gasp: to have difficulty breathing or speaking 透不外气；气喘吁吁

• He came to the surface of the water gasping for air.

他浮出水面急促地喘着气。

The desperation that engulfed New Delhi, India’s capital, over the past few weeks is now spreading across the entire country, hitting states and rural areas with many fewer resources. Positivity rates are soaring in those states, and public health experts say that the rising numbers most likely fall far short of giving the true picture in places where sickness and deaths caused by Covid-19 are harder to track.

【印度全国陷入绝望的情感之中，确诊人数激增，但现实情况更为严峻】

Engulf: If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it. 使陷入某种觉得或情感；

• He looked around his dark, cluttered office and was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.

他环顾本身暗淡杂乱的办公室，陷入一阵空虚之中。

（牛津高阶进修词典英汉双解第七版）

Fall short of: 达不到〔目标、期望、尺度〕

• The economy fell short of the Treasurys target of 2% growth.经济未能到达财务部 2% 的增长目的。

（朗文双解）

All this is leading to the sharpest criticism that Narendra Modi, India’s powerful prime minister, has faced since he came into office seven years ago. He has been widely accused of declaring premature victory over the coronavirus and encouraging his country to drop its guard.

【印度总理莫迪政府政策失误，疫情治理不力，遭到严厉攻讦和责备】

Sharp: 原意是「尖的、尖利的」，那里暗示「(言辞)剧烈的、严厉的、尖刻的」

• That ruling had drawn sharp criticism from civil rights groups.

那项判决已遭到了民权组织的严厉攻讦。

（柯林斯高阶英汉双解进修词典）

Premature: happening or made too soon 轻率的；仓皇的：

• It is premature to talk about success at this stage.

　现阶段就谈胜利尚为时过早。

（牛津高阶进修词典英汉双解第七版）

Drop: 一般暗示「落下/掉下」，但那里是「停行/放弃」的意思。

• The police decided to drop the charges against her.

　警方决定撤回对她的指控。

（牛津高阶进修词典英汉双解第七版）

Nobody knows who these people were or how their bodies got there. Villagers found them on Monday evening. Stunned onlookers crowded around the remains, many with brightly colored clothes sticking to them, floating in the shallows. Images of the floated bodies have made the rounds across Indian media, unsettling countless people.

【河边尸体情况不明，媒体报导衬着令无数公众不安】

Stunned: too surprised or shocked to speak〔因惊讶、震惊而〕目瞪口呆的:

Make the rounds: 是个固定词组，本来暗示「（某小我）到遍地去做某件工作、或四处参不雅某地」。但在此处，应该理解为「（印度媒体）处处都在报导」尸体漂浮河岸的新闻。

• Ryan is making the rounds of talk shows to promote her new movie. 瑞何在做巡回访谈节目，宣传她的新片。

（朗文双解）

Unsettle: 使不安；使担忧；

Covid-19 deaths have overwhelmed cremation grounds, and some unscrupulous cremation workers are now charging five or even 10 times the normal price for last rites.

【印度火葬场不胜重负，火葬人员坐地起价】

Unscrupulous: 不诚笃的；不道德的；

• These kids are being exploited by very unscrupulous people.

那些孩子正在被无良之人操纵。

Last rites: 暗示临末圣礼或临末礼节，为将死之人举行的宗教仪式。

在印度语中，火葬被称为“antim-samskara”，从字面上来看，意思是“最初的仪式”（last rites）。当火葬或“最初的仪式”停止时，“礼拜”（Puja）也会同时停止。“礼拜”是一个印度教的祷告仪式，以协助神识进入另一个世界。

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