2019年经济学人 印度追捕“非法移民”(3)

 

Worse, like so many of the BJP’s schemes, the hunt for illegal immigrants is openly anti-Muslim. Some Hindus have been caught in the dragnet, but Mr Shah says they do not need to worry, since the government has drafted a bill to make it easy for Hindu refugees to claim citizenship¹. Christian², Buddhist³, Jain, Parsi and Sikh refugees can too—just not Muslims.

更糟的是，就像人民党众多的计划一样，对非法移民的追捕是公开反穆斯林的。一些印度教徒已经陷入了困境，但沙阿表示，他们不必担心，因为政府已经起草了一项法案，让印度教难民更容易申请公民身份。基督教、佛教、耆那教、帕西教和锡克教的难民也可以——只是不能是穆斯林。

Anything that polarises voters by religion benefits the BJP, especially in nearby West Bengal, where Muslims are over a quarter of the population and the BJP is locked in a political knife-fight with a regional party it accuses of coddling Muslims, the Trinamool Congress. West Bengal is one of the places where Mr Shah has railed against termites⁴. But it is not phantom⁵ foreigners, rather the BJP, through its stirring of sectarian tensions, that is gnawing⁶ away at the foundations of Indian democracy.

任何因宗教原因导致选民两极分化的行为都有利于人民党，尤其是在邻近的西孟加拉邦。那里的穆斯林人口占总人口的四分之一以上，人民党与一个被指责纵容穆斯林的地区政党崔纳穆尔国会陷入了一场政治恶斗。西孟加拉邦是沙阿斥责“白蚁”的地方之一。但是，蚕食印度民主基础的不是虚幻的外国人，而是印度人民党，该党挑起了教派间的紧张关系。

1 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

4 termites   

n.白蚁( termite的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Termites are principally tropical in distribution. 白蚁主要分布在热带地区。 来自辞典例句
• This spray will exterminate the termites. 这种喷剂能消灭白蚁。 来自辞典例句

5 phantom   

n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的

参考例句：

• I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。
• He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。

6 gnawing   

a.痛苦的，折磨人的

参考例句：

• The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
• These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。