人们在战争中所使用的武器大体分为lethal weapons(致命武器)和non-lethal weapons(非致命武器)。前者属于conventional weapons(常规武器,是lethal weapons的委婉语),会造成人员伤亡。而后者则不会夺去人的生命,也被称为disab...人们在战争中所使用的武器大体分为lethal weapons(致命武器)和non-lethal weapons(非致命武器)。前者属于conventional weapons(常规武器,是lethal weapons的委婉语),会造成人员伤亡。而后者则不会夺去人的生命,也被称为disabling or less-than-lethal weapons(使人丧失能力或次于致命的武器)。还有一种武器能够导致大量的人员伤亡,即weapons of mass destruction(大规模杀伤性武器)。这曾经是ABC weapons(atomic,biological and chemical weapons原子、生物和化学武器)的委婉语。展开更多
The elderly gamekeeper(狩猎场的管理员) of a Scottish estate suffered from fading eyesight,and the lord of the manor(庄园) offered to send him to London to see an eye specialist. Before he left,however, he was given st...The elderly gamekeeper(狩猎场的管理员) of a Scottish estate suffered from fading eyesight,and the lord of the manor(庄园) offered to send him to London to see an eye specialist. Before he left,however, he was given strict instructions to spend his money thriftily(节省地) and to live as he would at home.展开更多
A missionary unexpectedly met a lion in the jungle. Not seeing any way to escape, he fell to his knees in prayer. He was comforted by seeing the lion kneeling next to him.
文摘人们在战争中所使用的武器大体分为lethal weapons(致命武器)和non-lethal weapons(非致命武器)。前者属于conventional weapons(常规武器,是lethal weapons的委婉语),会造成人员伤亡。而后者则不会夺去人的生命,也被称为disabling or less-than-lethal weapons(使人丧失能力或次于致命的武器)。还有一种武器能够导致大量的人员伤亡,即weapons of mass destruction(大规模杀伤性武器)。这曾经是ABC weapons(atomic,biological and chemical weapons原子、生物和化学武器)的委婉语。
文摘The elderly gamekeeper(狩猎场的管理员) of a Scottish estate suffered from fading eyesight,and the lord of the manor(庄园) offered to send him to London to see an eye specialist. Before he left,however, he was given strict instructions to spend his money thriftily(节省地) and to live as he would at home.
文摘A missionary unexpectedly met a lion in the jungle. Not seeing any way to escape, he fell to his knees in prayer. He was comforted by seeing the lion kneeling next to him.