美国谴责埃及致命攻击

 　　美国谴责埃及致命攻击

        WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Tuesday denounced a deadly attack on the police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Mansoura.

　　"The United States condemns¹ in the strongest possible terms today's terrorist attack on the Dakaliya security directorate in Mansoura," State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said in a statement.

　　At least 14 people were killed and 130 others injured as a powerful explosion ripped through the police headquarters, local press reported.

　　Three bombs had been planted and two of them went off almost simultaneously². The third one in a car nearby was defused, a security official was quoted as saying. Egypt's Interim³ Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi condemned⁴ the attack as a "hideous⁵" terrorist attack.

　　"The United States stands firmly with the Egyptian people as they work to put their country on the path towards democracy, stability and economic prosperity, in an atmosphere free from violence," Psaki said.

1 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

5 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。