2021年经济学人 亚特兰大谋杀案--美国反亚裔犯罪何时休(2)

Anti-Asian sentiment has emerged again during the pandemic. The Centre for the Study of Hate and Extremism, a think-tank, found that whereas, overall, hate crimes dropped by 7% from 2019 to 2020, those against people of Asian descent rose by nearly 150%. Similarly, the Pew Research Centre, a pollster, reported in June 2020 that roughly two-fi?fths of Americans said that people expressed racist¹ views about Asians more often than before the pandemic. Many fault Donald Trump² for emboldening³ people to act upon their prejudices.

新冠疫情期间，反亚洲情绪再次出现。智库仇恨和极端主义研究中心发现，2019年至2020年美国总体的仇恨犯罪下降了7%，而针对亚裔的犯罪上升了近150%。同样，皮尤研究中心在2020年6月的一份调查报告中称，大约有五分之二的美国人表示，相较于疫情之前，他们对亚洲人表达种族主义观点的频率要更高。许多人指责唐纳德·特朗普煽动美国民众按照自己的偏见行事。

Perpetrators often target Asian women. Stop AAPI Hate, a coalition⁴ of Asian advocacy groups, received 3,795 reports of anti-Asian incidents between March 2020 and February 2021- most of them from women. The incidents ranged from verbal harassment⁵ to being spat⁶ upon, a particularly vile⁷ act during a pandemic caused by a virus that spreads through respiratory droplets⁸. The report contends that these are “only a fraction” of the incidents that have actually occurred.

犯罪者往往以亚裔女性为目标。亚洲倡导团体联盟“停止仇恨亚太裔(Stop AAPI Hate)”在2020年3月至2021年2月期间收到了3795份关于反亚裔事件的报告，其中大部分来自女性。反亚裔事件五花八门，从口头骚扰到被吐口水。在新冠病毒可以通过飞沫传播的疫情期间，吐口水是一种及其恶劣的行为。报告认定，相对实际发生的事件，这些只是九牛一毛。

On the afternoon of March 17th police offi?cers said that the alleged⁹ shooter— Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old charged with eight counts of murder and one of aggravated¹⁰ assault— appeared to have been motivated by sexual addiction¹¹. Online reviews of the attacked massage¹² parlours indicate that they may have off?ered sexual services. At a press conference the day after the shootings, authorities said that he had “a bad day”, and saw the spas as a “temptation” that had to be eliminated

21岁的罗伯特·亚伦·朗被控犯有八项谋杀罪和一项严重袭击罪。3月17日下午，警方称这位被指控枪手的犯案动机似乎是性瘾。被袭击按摩院的网络评论显示，他们可能提供过不正当的性服务。在枪击案发生后第二天的记者招待会上，当局说罗伯特·亚伦·朗“今天过得不好”，并认为水疗是必须消除的“诱惑”。

But the possibility that his actions were fuelled by racism¹³ has not been ruled out. The House Judiciary Committee announced it will hold a hearing on anti-Asian violence on March 18th. Even as a semblance¹⁴ of post-pandemic normality appears on the horizon, fear continues to grip America’s Asian communities.

但无法排除他的暴行受到种族主义煽动的可能性。众议院司法委员会宣布将于3月18日举行反亚裔暴力听证会。尽管疫情后时代的正常状态已露端倪，但恐惧依旧在美国亚裔群体中不断弥漫。

1 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 emboldening   

v.鼓励，使有胆量( embolden的现在分词 )

参考例句：

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

5 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

6 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

7 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

8 droplets   

n.小滴( droplet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Droplets of sweat were welling up on his forehead. 他额头上冒出了滴滴汗珠。 来自辞典例句
• In constrast, exhaled smoke contains relatively large water droplets and appears white. 相反，从人嘴里呼出的烟则包含相当大的水滴，所以呈白色。 来自辞典例句

9 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

10 aggravated   

使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火

参考例句：

• If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。
• Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。

11 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

12 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

13 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

14 semblance   

n.外貌，外表

参考例句：

• Her semblance of anger frightened the children.她生气的样子使孩子们感到害怕。
• Those clouds have the semblance of a large head.那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。