原文载于The Guardian杂志：https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-prime-minister-gun-control-jacinda-ardern
New Zealand PM vows to toughen gun control laws after Christchurch attack
Ardern: ‘I can tell you one thing – our gun laws will change’
PM says she will consider full ban on semi-automatic weapons
Jon Swaine
Fri 15 Mar 2019 21.03 GMT
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| New Zealand’s gun control laws will be strengthened following the massacre of 49 people in Christchurch mosques, the country’s prime minister has said. | 新西兰总理表示，在克赖斯特彻奇清真寺发生49人被杀事件后，新西兰将加强枪支管制法律。 |
| Jacinda Ardern said at a press conference early on Saturday that she would consider banning semi-automatic firearms altogether after the alleged gunman behind the shootings obtained five guns legally. | 杰辛达·阿德恩(Jacinda Ardern)在周六早些时候的新闻发布会上表示，她将考虑完全禁止半自动枪支，此前涉嫌制造枪击案的枪手合法获得了五支枪。 |
| “I can tell you one thing right now: our gun laws will change,” said Ardern. “There have been attempts to change our laws in 2005, 2012 and after an inquiry in 2017. Now is the time for change.” | “我现在可以告诉你一件事:我们的枪支法将会改变，”阿德恩说。“在2005年、2012年和2017年的调查之后曾尝试改变我们的法律。现在是变革的时候了。” |
| Ardern said the alleged shooter was found to have used five guns that he appeared to legally own under a “category A” licence obtained in November 2017. He appeared to have begun buying guns the following month, she said. | 阿德恩表示，这名枪手被发现使用了五支枪，根据2017年11月获得的“a类”牌照，他似乎合法拥有这些枪。她说，他似乎在第二个月就开始买枪了。 |
| The guns taken from the alleged perpetrator included two semi-automatic guns and two shotguns, the prime minister said. Answering questions from reporters, Ardern said all options to restrict gun violence would be considered. | 总理说，从嫌犯身上拿走的枪支包括两支半自动手枪和两支散弹枪。阿德恩在回答记者提问时说，将考虑所有限制枪支暴力的办法。 |
| New Zealand allows ownership of semi-automatic guns frequently described as “assault rifles” that are banned in countries such as Australia and the UK. Guns can be bought online and anyone aged 16 with an entry-level licence can possess them. | 新西兰允许拥有半自动枪支，这种枪常被称为“突击步枪”，在澳大利亚和英国等国是被禁止的。枪支可以在网上买到，任何16岁的人只要有入门执照就可以拥有枪支。 |
| The prime minister said early on Saturday that she had received “messages of condolence from around the world” and international leaders including Donald Trump, the US president, who has been criticised for his hostility towards Muslims. | 卡梅伦上周六早些时候表示，她收到了“来自世界各地的吊唁信”，以及包括美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)在内的国际领导人的吊唁信。特朗普因敌视穆斯林而受到批评。 |
| “He very much wished for his condolences to be passed on to New Zealand,” said Ardern. “He asked what support the US could provide. My message was sympathy and love for all Muslim communities.” | 阿德恩说:“他非常希望向新西兰转达他的慰问。他问美国能提供什么样的支持。我的信息是对所有穆斯林群体的同情和爱。” |
| Asked how Trump responded, Ardern said: “He acknowledged that and agreed.” | 当被问及特朗普如何回应时，阿德恩说:“他承认这一点，并同意了。” |
| Four people were arrested following the attack and one was subsequently released. Arden said that person was an armed member of the public who was trying to help police at the scene. | 袭击发生后，4人被捕，1人随后获释。阿登说，这名男子是一名武装人员，当时正在现场帮助警方。 |
| An Australian man in his 20s has been charged with murder and is due to appear in court on Saturday. Arden followed law enforcement in not naming him or two other suspects who were being questioned. | 一名20多岁的澳大利亚男子被控谋杀，将于周六出庭。阿登遵照执法部门的指示，没有指名道姓地说出他或另外两名正在接受讯问的嫌疑人的名字。 |
| Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian man, identified himself online as being behind the attack. | 28岁的澳大利亚男子Brenton Tarrant在网上称自己是此次袭击的幕后主使。 |
| Ardern described the main suspect as having visited New Zealand “sporadically” during international travels. “They were not a resident of Christchurch,” she said. | 阿德恩称主要嫌疑人在国际旅行中“偶尔”访问过新西兰。“他们不是克赖斯特彻奇的居民,”她说。 |
| Investigators were said to be trying to establish whether or not the other two people arrested were involved in the attacks. | 据称，调查人员正在试图确定另外两人是否与袭击有关。 |
| Ardern said that while New Zealand’s intelligence agencies had recently increased their monitoring of far-right extremists, the alleged gunman had not come to the attention of law enforcement and had no criminal record. | 阿德恩表示，尽管新西兰情报机构最近加强了对极右翼极端分子的监控，但这名枪手并未引起执法部门的注意，也没有犯罪记录。 |
| The prime minister said she had asked authorities to review the main suspect’s social media output and other evidence for any material “that should have triggered a response” from police. | 卡梅伦表示，她已要求当局审查主要嫌疑人的社交媒体输出和其他证据，以找出“本应引发警方回应”的任何材料。 |
| A total of 41 people were killed at a mosque on Deans Avenue, Ardern said, and seven were killed at a mosque on Lynwood Avenue. One person died later in hospital. | 阿德恩说，共有41人在迪恩斯大道的一座清真寺被杀，7人在林伍德大道的一座清真寺被杀。一人后来在医院去世。 |
| More than 40 people injured in the shootings are being treated in hospitals, Ardern said, and two of them remain in a critical condition. One of those injured is a five-year-old girl. | 阿德恩说，在枪击事件中受伤的40多人正在医院接受治疗，其中两人仍然处于危及状态。其中一名伤者是一名5岁的女孩。 |
| Topics: Christchurch shooting Christchurch / New Zealand / Asia Pacific / Gun crime / news |
主题： 克赖斯特彻奇市枪击事件 克赖斯特彻奇市 / 新西兰 / 亚太 / 持枪犯罪 / 新闻 |
- PM
(N-COUNT) 首相The PM is an abbreviation for (缩略=) the Prime Minister. - vow
① (VERB) 发誓;起誓;立誓 If you vow to do something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it.
② (N-COUNT) 誓言;诺言 A vow is a serious promise or decision to do a particular thing.
③ (N-COUNT) 誓词;誓约;宣言 Vows are a particular set of serious promises, such as the promises two people make when they are getting married. - toughen
① (V-ERG) (使)变坚硬;(使)变坚韧 If you toughen something or if it toughens, you make it stronger so that it will not break easily.
② (VERB) 加强，强化（政策、规章或惩罚）；使强硬 If a person, institution, or law toughens its policies, regulations, or punishments, it makes them firmer or stricter.
③ (VERB) （经历）使坚强，使顽强 If an experience toughens you, it makes you stronger and more independent in character. - semi-automatic
半自动的; - weapon
① (N-COUNT) 武器;兵器 A weapon is an object such as a gun, a knife, or a missile, which is used to kill or hurt people in a fight or a war.
② (N-COUNT) (用于应付困境的)工具，手段 A weapon is something such as knowledge about a particular subject, which you can use to protect yourself or to get what you want in a difficult situation. - strengthen
① (VERB) 巩固(地位);增强，加强(实力) If something strengthens a person or group or if they strengthen their position, they become more powerful and secure, or more likely to succeed.
② (VERB) 支持，强化(论点或论据);使更有说服力 If something strengthens a case or argument, it supports it by providing more reasons or evidence for it.
③ (V-ERG) (使)(经济、工业)坚挺，壮大;(使)(货币)升值 If a currency, economy, or industry strengthens, or if something strengthens it, it increases in value or becomes more successful.
④ (V-ERG) 加强，加大(法律、措施)的力度;(使)变得更严格 If a government strengthens laws or measures or if they strengthen, they are made more severe.
⑤ (VERB) 增强(决心或毅力);使更具信心;使更加坚定 If something strengthens you or strengthens your resolve or character, it makes you more confident and determined.
⑥ (V-ERG) 增进(关系或联系);(使)变得更紧密 If something strengthens a relationship or link, or if a relationship or link strengthens, it makes it closer and more likely to last for a long time. - massacre
① (N-VAR) 大屠杀;大残杀 A massacre is the killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way.
② (VERB) 大规模屠杀;大规模残杀 If people are massacred, a large number of them are attacked and killed in a violent and cruel way. - mosque
(N-COUNT) 清真寺 A mosque is a building where Muslims go to worship. - press conference
(N-COUNT) 记者招待会；新闻发布会 A press conference is a meeting held by a famous or important person in which they answer journalists' questions. - firearm
(N-COUNT) 火器;枪支 Firearms are guns. - alleged
(ADJ) 声称的；被断言的；涉嫌的 An alleged fact has been stated but has not been proved to be true. - gunman
(N-COUNT) 持枪歹徒；枪手 A gunman is a man who uses a gun to commit a crime such as murder or robbery. - legally
（adv）法律上，合法地; - attempt
① (VERB) 尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事） If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it.
② (N-COUNT) （通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图 If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
③ (N-COUNT) 杀人企图 An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them.
④ (N-COUNT) （运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击 In British English, if a sportsman or sportswoman makes an attempt on a sporting record, they try to beat it. In American English you say that they make an attempt to break it. - inquiry
① (N-COUNT) 询问;查询;打听 An inquiry is a question which you ask in order to get some information.
② (N-COUNT) (官方的)调查,查问 An inquiry is an official investigation.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) 询问(或调查)过程 Inquiry is the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it. - appear to
似乎，好像; - category
(N-COUNT) 种类;类别 If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way. - perpetrator
（n）做坏事者; 犯罪者; 加害者; 行凶者; - option
① (N-COUNT) 可选择的事物 An option is something that you can choose to do in preference to one or more alternatives.
② (N-SING) 选择；选择权 If you have the option of doing something, you can choose whether to do it or not.
③ (N-COUNT) （将来的）购买权，出售权；期权 In business, an option is an agreement or contract that gives someone the right to buy or sell something such as property or shares at a future date.
④ (N-COUNT) 选修课 An option is one of a number of subjects which a student can choose to study as a part of his or her course. - restrict
① (VERB) 限制，限定（大小、规模等） If you restrict something, you put a limit on it in order to reduce it or prevent it becoming too great.
② (VERB) 约束，限制(活动或行为) To restrict the movement or actions of someone or something means to prevent them from moving or acting freely.
③ (VERB) 限制，限定（人或其行为） If you restrict someone or their activities to one thing, they can only do, have, or deal with that thing. If you restrict them to one place, they cannot go anywhere else.
④ (VERB) 将…限制在（某地）；将…限定为（某群体） If you restrict something to a particular group, only that group can do it or have it. If you restrict something to a particular place, it is allowed only in that place. - violence
① (N-UNCOUNT) 暴力;暴行 Violence is behaviour which is intended to hurt, injure, or kill people.
② (N-UNCOUNT) （言行的）狂暴，激烈，愤怒 If you do or say something with violence, you use a lot of force and energy in doing or saying it, often because you are angry. - ownership
(N-UNCOUNT) 所有权；产权；物主身份 Ownership of something is the state of owning it. - frequently
① (ADJ-GRADED) 经常性的;频繁的 If something is frequent, it happens often.
② (VERB) 常到;常去;常出入于 If someone frequents a particular place, they regularly go there. - assault
① (N-COUNT) 猛攻;强攻 An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
② (ADJ) （武器）用于战争的，军用的 Assault weapons such as rifles are intended for soldiers to use in battle rather than for purposes such as hunting.
③ (N-VAR) 人身攻击；殴打；（身体）侵犯 An assault on a person is a physical attack on them.
④ (VERB) 袭击；殴打 To assault someone means to physically attack them.
⑤ (N-COUNT) 严厉抨击;强烈批评 An assault on someone's beliefs is a strong criticism of them. - rifle
① (N-COUNT) 来复枪;步枪 A rifle is a gun with a long barrel.
② (VERB) 快速翻找;搜寻 If you rifle through things or rifle them, you make a quick search among them in order to find something or steal something. - possess
① (VERB) 占有；拥有 If you possess something, you have it or own it.
② (VERB) 具备，具有（特定品质、才能等） If someone or something possesses a particular quality, ability, or feature, they have it.
③ (VERB) （情感或信仰）影响，控制 If a feeling or belief possesses you, it strongly influences your thinking or behaviour. - condolence
① (N-UNCOUNT) 慰唁 A message of condolence is a message in which you express your sympathy for someone because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.
② (N-PLURAL) 慰唁 When you offer or express your condolences to someone, you express your sympathy for them because one of their friends or relatives has died recently. - criticise
(VERB) 批评;指责;批判 If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them. - hostility
① (N-UNCOUNT) 敌意;对抗;敌对行为 Hostility is unfriendly or aggressive behaviour towards people or ideas.
② (N-UNCOUNT) 反对;抵制 Your hostility to something you do not approve of is your opposition to it. - sympathy
① (N-UNCOUNT) 同情心;同情 If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them.
② (N-UNCOUNT) (对观点、看法的)同意,支持 If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) 支持 If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them. - community
① (N-SING-COLL) (同住一地的人所构成的)社区 The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
② (N-COUNT-COLL) 群体;团体 A particular community is a group of people who are similar in some way.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) (不同人士、团体之间的)友谊，伙伴关系 Community is friendship between different people or groups, and a sense of having something in common. - acknowledge
① (VERB) 承认（事实、局面等） If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
② (VERB) 公认，认可（某人的成就、地位、品质等） If someone's achievements, status, or qualities are acknowledged, they are known about and recognized by a lot of people, or by a particular group of people.
③ (VERB) 告知（信函等）的收到;确认…收悉 If you acknowledge a message or letter, you write to the person who sent it in order to say that you have received it.
④ (VERB) （以点头、微笑等）向…打招呼，理会 If you acknowledge someone, for example by moving your head or smiling, you show that you have seen and recognized them.
⑤ (VERB) （对掌声、赞扬、好意等作出姿态表示）感谢 If you acknowledge someone's applause, compliments, or kindness you make a gesture in order to thank them or show your appreciation. - arrest
① (VERB) 逮捕;拘捕;拘留 If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
② (VERB) 阻止;抑制 If something or someone arrests a process, they stop it continuing.
③ (VERB) 吸引（注意） If something interesting or surprising arrests your attention, you suddenly notice it and then continue to look at it or consider it carefully. - subsequently
（adv）其后，随后，接着 - armed
① (ADJ) 携带武器（通常为枪支）的 Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun.
② (ADJ) 使用武器的 An armed attack or conflict involves people fighting with guns or carrying weapons. - at the scene
在现场 - be charged with
（v）承担，被控告; - murder
① (N-VAR) 谋杀;杀害;凶杀 Murder is the deliberate and illegal killing of a person.
② (VERB) 谋杀;杀害 To murder someone means to commit the crime of killing them deliberately. - be due to
应该 - enforcement
(N-UNCOUNT) 执行;实施 If someone carries out the enforcement of an act or rule, they enforce it. - suspect
① (VERB) 猜想;觉得 You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct.
② (VERB) 怀疑;疑心 If you suspect that something dishonest or unpleasant has been done, you believe that it has probably been done. If you suspect someone of doing an action of this kind, you believe that they probably did it.
③ (N-COUNT) 嫌疑犯;可疑分子 A suspect is a person who the police or authorities think may be guilty of a crime.
④ (ADJ-GRADED) 不可靠的;不可信的;可能有假的;可疑的 Suspect things or people are ones that you think may be dangerous or may be less good or genuine than they appear. - sporadically
（adv）偶发地，零星地; - resident
① (N-COUNT) 居民;住户;居住者 The residents of a house or area are the people who live there.
② (ADJ) （在某地）居住的，居留的 Someone who is resident in a country or a town lives there.
③ (ADJ) (医生或教师)住在任职地的 A resident doctor or teacher lives in the place where he or she works.
④ (N-COUNT) 实习医生 A resident or a resident doctor is a doctor who is receiving a period of specialized training in a hospital after leaving university.
⑤ (ADJ) 特聘的;专聘的 If an institution has a resident specialist, that specialist works for the institution. - investigator
(N-COUNT) 调查者;(尤指)从事调查的人，侦察员 An investigator is someone who carries out investigations, especially as part of their job. - establish
① (VERB) 建立;创立;设立；制定 If someone establishes something such as an organization, a type of activity, or a set of rules, they create it or introduce it in such a way that it is likely to last for a long time.
② (V-RECIP) 建立，开始（联系） If you establish contact with someone, you start to have contact with them. You can also say that two people, groups, or countries establish contact.
③ (VERB) 确定;查实;证实 If you establish that something is true, you discover facts that show that it is definitely true.
④ (VERB) 使立足;使被认可;确立(地位) If you establish yourself, your reputation, or a good quality that you have, you succeed in doing something, and achieve respect or a secure position as a result of this. - intelligence
① (N-UNCOUNT) 聪颖;智慧;灵性 Intelligence is the quality of being intelligent or clever.
② (N-UNCOUNT) 智力;智能 Intelligence is the ability to think, reason, and understand instead of doing things automatically or by instinct.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) 情报;谍报 Intelligence is information that is gathered by the government or the army about their country's enemies and their activities. - agency
① (N-COUNT) 经销；代理；经销店；代理公司 An agency is a business which provides a service on behalf of other businesses.
② (N-COUNT) （政府的）局，处，署，专业行政部门 An agency is a government organization responsible for a certain area of administration. - monitoring
（n）监视; 控制; 监测; 追踪; - far-right
（adj）极右派的，极端保守主义的; - extremist
① (N-COUNT) 极端分子;极端主义者 If you describe someone as an extremist, you disapprove of them because they try to bring about political change by using violent or extreme methods.
② (ADJ) 极端主义的；过激的 If you say that someone has extremist views, you disapprove of them because they believe in bringing about change by using violent or extreme methods. - authority
① (N-PLURAL) 当局;官方;当权者 The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
② (N-COUNT) 行政管理机构 An authority is an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) 权力；权限；职权 Authority is the right to command and control other people.
④ (N-UNCOUNT) 威信 If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say.
⑤ (N-UNCOUNT) （官方的正式）许可 Authority is official permission to do something.
⑥ (N-COUNT) （某一方面的）权威人士，专家 Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it. - review
① (N-COUNT) 检查;审查;审核 A review of a situation or system is its formal examination by people in authority. This is usually done in order to see whether it can be improved or corrected.
② (VERB) 仔细研究;审视;细查;详查 If you review a situation or system, you consider it carefully to see what is wrong with it or how it could be improved.
③ (N-COUNT) （对书、电影等的）评论文章;书评;影评 A review is a report in the media in which someone gives their opinion of something such as a new book or film.
④ (VERB) 写（新书、新上映电影等）的评论 If someone reviews something such as a new book or film, they write a report or give a talk on television or radio in which they express their opinion of it.
⑤ (VERB) 检阅(军队)；阅（兵） When a military or political leader reviews troops, they examine them, or watch them marching.
⑥ (VERB) （为备考）复习，温习 When you review for an examination, you read things again and make notes in order to be prepared for the examination. - trigger
① (N-COUNT) (枪的)扳机 The trigger of a gun is a small lever which you pull to fire it.
② (N-COUNT) (炸弹的)引爆器 The trigger of a bomb is the device which causes it to explode.
③ (VERB) 引爆;启动;触发 To trigger a bomb or system means to cause it to work.
④ (VERB) 引起;发动;促使 If something triggers an event or situation, it causes it to begin to happen or exist.
⑤ (N-COUNT) 诱因;起因;引发…的原因 If something acts as a trigger for another thing such as an illness, event, or situation, the first thing causes the second thing to begin to happen or exist. - mosque
(N-COUNT) 清真寺 A mosque is a building where Muslims go to worship. - critical
① (ADJ-GRADED) 极重要的;关键的 A critical time, factor, or situation is extremely important.
② (ADJ) (局势)严重的，有危险的 A critical situation is very serious and dangerous.
③ (ADJ) (病情)危急的，严重的 If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
④ (ADJ-GRADED) 批评的;挑剔的 To be critical of someone or something means to criticize them.
⑤ (ADJ) 评判性的;审慎的 A critical approach to something involves examining and judging it carefully.
⑥ (ADJ) 评论家的;评论界的 If something or someone receives critical acclaim, critics say that they are very good.