泰国新国王登基后首次宣布大赦囚犯
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Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has issued a mass prisoner pardon, a first act of "mercy" as monarch 1 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。
Revered 2 King Bhumibol Adulyadej died in October aged 3 88 after a seven-decade reign 4, leaving the politically febrile nation without its unifying 5 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 rumours 6 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 inmates 7 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。
n.帝王，君主，最高统治者
- 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。
v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )
- 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
adj.年老的，陈年的
- 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。
n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
- 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。
使联合( unify的现在分词 )； 使相同； 使一致； 统一
- 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。
n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传
- 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。
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