泰国新国王登基后首次宣布大赦囚犯

 　　Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has issued a mass prisoner pardon, a first act of "mercy" as monarch¹ as he reaches out to his subjects following the death of his beloved father.

　　泰国新国王玛哈·哇集拉隆功日前宣布大赦囚犯，这是自其父亲、前国王普密蓬逝世，新国王登基后，首次展示他的慈悲。

　　Revered² King Bhumibol Adulyadej died in October aged³ 88 after a seven-decade reign⁴, leaving the politically febrile nation without its unifying⁵ figure.

　　广受人民爱戴的普密蓬国王于今年10月病逝，享年88岁，他已在位70年，使得这个政治狂躁的国家失去了灵魂人物。

　　泰国新国王登基后首次宣布大赦囚犯

　　His only son was proclaimed king in early December. But the thrice-divorced monarch is yet to draw the same level of devotion from a public well-versed in rumours⁶ over his private life.

　　12月初，他唯一的儿子被提名为国王。然而，由于私生活丑闻，这位有着三次婚姻的王储并没有得到公众同样的爱戴。

　　The prisoner pardon was King Maha Vajiralongkorn's "first chance since he succeeded the throne to show the king's mercy," according to a statement published last Sunday in palace mouthpiece the Royal Gazette.

　　据泰国《王室公报》在上周日发表的一份声明称，大赦囚犯是新国王成功继承王位后“首次有机会展示他的慈悲。”

　　Pardons were annual events under the late king.

　　据悉，已故国王生前每年都会大赦囚犯。

　　Women jailed for first offences, some inmates⁷ who have served one third of their sentences, and prisoners with disabilities or serious illness were among those pardoned.

　　此次被提前释放的囚犯包括：首次服刑的女性犯人、一些至少已服三分之一刑期以上的犯人、残障人士及重症患者等。

　　The decree did not say how many prisoners will be freed.

　　不过法令并未说明会释放多少名罪犯。

1 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。

2 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

5 unifying   

使联合( unify的现在分词 )； 使相同； 使一致； 统一

参考例句：

• In addition, there were certain religious bonds of a unifying kind. 此外，他们还有某种具有一种统一性质的宗教上的结合。
• There is a unifying theme, and that is the theme of information flow within biological systems. 我们可以用一个总的命题，把生物学系统内的信息流来作为这一研究主题。

6 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

7 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》