御驾亲征 约旦国王欲上前线空袭ISIS

 　　Jordan’s King Abdullah ibn al-Hussein, who has trained as a pilot, may fly a bomber¹ himself on Thursday in the country’s retaliation² against the ISIS.

　　约旦国王阿卜杜拉曾是一名训练有素的飞行员，有媒体报道称，阿卜杜拉可能亲自驾驶战机参与到打击“伊斯兰国”极端组织的战斗中。

　　Several Arabic-language newspapers reported late Wednesday that the monarch³ would personally participate in bombing raids on the terrorist group, citing his vow⁴ Tuesday to “strike them in their strongholds.”

　　多家阿拉伯语的报纸报道了这一国王将驾驶战机空袭“伊斯兰国”的消息，并引述国王此前的言论“给极端分子以无情打击。”

　　The king was in Washington when news broke Tuesday of pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh’s demise⁵ at the hands of ISIS extremists. Meeting with the House Armed Services Committee shortly before leaving for Amman, he reportedly quoted the Clint Eastwood’s film “Unforgiven” and said that Jordan would pursue the jihadis until it ran “out of fuel and bullets.”

　　当得知约旦被俘飞行员卡萨斯贝被“伊斯兰国”极端组织杀害的时候，约旦国王还身在华盛顿。离开美国返回约旦首都安曼之前，他同众议院军事委员会进行了会面，据称阿卜杜拉引用了克林特·伊斯特伍德的电影《不可饶恕》中的情节，并表示约旦将对“伊斯兰国”发动猛攻直至其“弹尽粮绝”。

　　御驾亲征 约旦国王欲上前线空袭ISIS

　　Rep. Duncan Hunter, who was in the meeting, told Fox News that given the ruler’s immediate⁶ and vehement⁷ reaction, “King Abdullah is not President Obama.”

　　参与会面的代表邓肯·亨特告诉媒体，根据阿卜杜拉激烈又及时的反应来看，“国王阿卜杜拉与奥巴马总统不同。”

　　Jordan, which has been a key American ally in the air war against ISIS, killed a number of ISIS-affiliated prisoners early Wednesday, as it had promised should Kasasbeh turn out to be dead, prior to the news of his immolation⁸. Some have warned that the terrorist group deliberately⁹ deployed¹⁰ news of Kasasbeh’s fate in order to provoke a Jordanian overreaction. But public outcry in Jordan before and after the news seems to have pressured the government into a strong response, regardless of strategy.

　　在对“伊斯兰国”的空战中，约旦是美国的主要同盟国。4日早些时候，根据早前的承诺，也作为对飞行员卡萨斯贝的祭奠，约旦处决了一批被认定与“伊斯兰国”相关的囚犯。有人警告称，恐怖组织可能是故意放出卡萨斯贝被杀害的消息来激怒约旦民众的。不过消息放出前后约旦民众的抗议呼声似乎为政府施加了压力，使得约旦政府不顾策略、强硬应对。

　　Meanwhile, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday that “nothing’s going to change” in U.S. policy toward ISIS as a result of Kasasbeh’s murder.

　　与此同时，美国五角大楼发言人约翰·柯比于3日表示，美国方面对“伊斯兰国”的打击策略不会因为卡萨斯贝的死而有任何改变。

1 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

2 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

4 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

5 demise   

n.死亡；v.让渡，遗赠，转让

参考例句：

• He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.他赞扬协会的目标，但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
• The war brought about the industry's sudden demise.战争道致这个行业就这么突然垮了。

6 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

7 vehement   

adj.感情强烈的；热烈的；(人)有强烈感情的

参考例句：

• She made a vehement attack on the government's policies.她强烈谴责政府的政策。
• His proposal met with vehement opposition.他的倡导遭到了激烈的反对。

8 immolation   

n.牺牲品

参考例句：

• We still do;living in a world in which underclared aggression, war,hypocrisy,chicanery,anarchy and impending immolation are part of our daily lives, we all want a code to live by. 我们仍然有这种感觉；生活在一个不宣而战的侵略、战争、虚伪、诈骗、混乱以及迫在眉睫的杀戮充斥着我们日常生活的世界里，我们都想有一种能赖以生存的准则。
• The Emperor had these clay figures made instead of burying slave-workers alive as immolation. 秦始皇用泥塑造了这批俑，没有活埋奴隶作为殉葬。

9 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

10 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。