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　　词汇解释

　　1.massacre vt. 残杀;彻底击败 n. 大屠杀;惨败

　　Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.

　　玛丽亚在大屠杀中失去了她62岁的母亲。

　　2.inaction n. 不活动;迟钝

　　He is bitter about the inaction of the other politicalparties.

　　他为其他政党的不作为感到愤愤不平。

　　3.atrocity n. 暴行;凶恶，残暴

　　The killing was cold-blooded, and those who committed this atrocity should be tried andpunished.

　　这场杀戮非常残酷，那些犯下此暴行的人应该受到审判和惩罚。

　　内容解析

　　1.Two decades have passed since hundreds ofthousands of people were killed in the Rwandagenocide, and Western powers were accused ofstanding by and allowing it to happen.

　　stand by 支持;袖手旁观;准备;站在旁边

　　The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy beundermined.

　　国防部长已经表明他不会袖手旁观，任由民主遭到破坏。

　　I wouldn't break the law for a friend, but I would stand by her if she did.

　　我不会为朋友而违法，但如果她犯了法我会继续支持她。