雙語(yǔ)筆記 | 英國(guó)，無(wú)“恐”不入（3）

The prime minister has raised the possibility of tougher powers for the police and security services. A more pressing question may be whether the police have the resources they need, after several years of budget cuts.

首相提出讓警察和安全部門(mén)擁有更大權(quán)力的可能性。更緊迫的問(wèn)題可能是，經(jīng)過(guò)幾年的削減預(yù)算后，警方是否有他們所需要的資源。

pressing?[?pres??] adj.[usually before noun]?needing to be dealt with immediately緊急的；急迫的?= urgent I'm afraid I have some pressing business to attend to. 很抱歉，我有些急事需要處理。

The broader challenge, however, is how to defeat the ideology that lies behind the attacks. Mrs May’s aim is to deny extremists any “safe space”, whether online or in the real world.

但更廣泛的挑戰(zhàn)是如何打敗這些恐襲背后的意識(shí)形態(tài)。梅的目標(biāo)是消除極端主義分子的“安全空間”，無(wú)論是在網(wǎng)上還是現(xiàn)實(shí)世界。

lie behind sth?if something lies behind an action, it is the real reason for the action, even though it may be hidden是（某行為）的真正原因 She soon guessed what lay behind his question.她很快就猜出他為什么會(huì)問(wèn)這樣的問(wèn)題。

This is difficult territory, where there will always be a balance to strike between freedom and security, privacy and protection of the public. It is not clear whether the government’s current efforts to stop young Muslims being radicalised — through the contentious Prevent programme in particular — are helping or hindering.

這是一個(gè)困難的領(lǐng)域，始終要在自由與安全，隱私與保護(hù)公眾之間取得平衡。尚不清楚政府阻止年輕穆斯林被極端化的現(xiàn)有努力——尤其是通過(guò)有爭(zhēng)議的“Prevent”（預(yù)防）計(jì)劃——是起了幫助還是阻礙作用。

territory?[?ter?t?ri] n.[U]a particular area of experience or knowledge（經(jīng)驗(yàn)或知識(shí)的）領(lǐng)域 The company is moving into unfamiliar territory with this new software.該公司正通過(guò)這種新軟件進(jìn)入一個(gè)不熟悉的領(lǐng)域。

strike a balance (between A and B)?to give the correct amount of importance or attention to two separate things（使兩個(gè)事物間）達(dá)到平衡，兩者兼顧 He was finding it difficult to strike a (good) balance between his family and his work.他發(fā)現(xiàn)家庭和工作兩者很難兼顧。

radicalise?v.to make people accept new and different ideas, especially ideas about complete social and political change使激進(jìn); 使接受全新思維 He says the opposition will radicalize its demands if these conditions aren't met.他說(shuō)如果這些條件不能得到滿足，反對(duì)派的要求會(huì)變得更激進(jìn)。

contentious?[k?n?ten t.??s] adj.?likely to cause disagreement between people 可能引起爭(zhēng)論的 a contentious issue/topic/subject 有爭(zhēng)議的問(wèn)題/話題/主題

Yet the prime minister is right to assert that internet and social media companies must do more to remove harmful material, and to press for action at an international level to hold them to their responsibilities. In so far as the attackers have a purpose, it is to spread fear and hatred and widen the splits in society. They must be met with a new commitment to pluralist values — and they must be denied a platform.

不過(guò)首相有一個(gè)主張是正確的，她要求互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和社交媒體公司必須做更多工作來(lái)移除有害內(nèi)容，并要求在國(guó)際層面上迫使這些企業(yè)承擔(dān)自己的責(zé)任。襲擊者的目的是傳播恐懼和仇恨，擴(kuò)大社會(huì)分裂。針對(duì)這些目的，必須對(duì)多元價(jià)值觀作出新承諾，還必須不讓極端主義的意識(shí)形態(tài)得到一個(gè)平臺(tái)。

press for sth to keep asking for sth不斷要求?=demand , push for? They continued to press for a change in the law. 他們不斷要求修改這項(xiàng)法律。

at local/state/national/international etc level?happening within a small area or the whole area of a state, country etc地區(qū)級(jí)的/州級(jí)的/國(guó)家級(jí)的/國(guó)際等層面 These changes are taking place at regional level.這些變化都是發(fā)生在地方范圍內(nèi)的。

hold sb responsible/accountable/liable (for sth)?to say or decide that someone should accept the responsibility for something bad that happens認(rèn)為某人應(yīng)該（為某事）負(fù)責(zé); 唯某人是問(wèn) If anything happens to her, I'll hold you personally responsible .如果她出了什么事，我就唯你是問(wèn)。

In so far as?to the degree that到…程度；在…范圍 That's the truth, in so far as I know it. 就我所知，那是真實(shí)情況。

meet with sb / sth(also be met with sth) to get a particular reaction or result遭到，遭受; 獲得 meet with opposition / disapproval etc His comments have met with widespread opposition.他的評(píng)論遭到普遍反對(duì)。

pluralist?[?pl??r?l?st]?adj.(also pluralistic)1. (of a society) having many different groups of people and different political parties in it（社會(huì)）多元性的；多元化的 a pluralist democracy 多元化的民主

deny?v.~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) (sth)(formal) to refuse to allow sb to have sth that they want or ask for拒絕；拒絕給予 They were denied access to the information. 他們?cè)噲D取得這個(gè)情報(bào)被拒。