福克斯新闻 失联马来西亚航空公司飞机或扩大搜索区域

Search teams are still scouring¹ a 23,000 sq.mile area of the Indian Ocean.

搜索队伍仍在印度洋23000平方英里的区域进行搜索。

But with no trace of the plane yet-officials making plans for what comes next:

但目前扔没有找到这架失联飞机的蛛丝马迹，官员们正为下一步制定计划:

“In the event that we cannot find the aircraft, the commitment has then been made to extend the search over a further 60,000 sq km.”

“如果我们仍然不能锁定这架飞机,接下来就要将搜索区域延长超过60000平方公里。”

The Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss confirming the search zone will be doubled-extending the search operation potentially until the end of the year at a cost of some 39 million.

澳大利亚交通运输部大臣沃伦·特拉斯确认会扩大搜索区域—可能会将成本约为3900万美元的搜救工作延长至今年年底。

1 scouring   

擦[洗]净，冲刷，洗涤

参考例句：

• The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
• This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。