时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语名人堂


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莫罕达斯·卡拉姆昌德·甘地(1869年10月2日-1948年1月30日),尊称圣雄甘地,是印度民族解放运动的领导人和印度国家大会党领袖。他是现代印度的国父,也是提倡非暴力抵抗的现代政治学说——甘地主义的创始人。他的精神思想带领国家迈向独立,脱离英国的殖民统治。他的“非暴力”的哲学思想,影响了全世界的民族主义者和争取能以和平变革的国际运动。[1] 


Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi was India’s most important political and spiritual leader. He is honoured in India as Father of the Nation. His non-violent protests led to independence for India from the British. His beliefs and actions have inspired civil rights movements across the globe. He is an icon 1 of world peace. His birthday, 2nd October, is commemorated 2 worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.


 


Gandhi was born in Gujarat, Western India, in 1869. He grew up surrounded by religious traditions of compassion 3, vegetarianism 4, and tolerance 5 for all people. He got married at the age of 13. When he was 19, he went to London to study law. He returned to India to practice as a lawyer but was hampered 6 by British officials, so he accepted a job in South Africa.


 


In South Africa, Gandhi faced discrimination and hardship wherever he went. He was treated as a third-class citizen by white people. This awakened 7 in him questions about social justice and the role of the British in India. He returned to India in 1915, ready to put to work the concept of passive resistance he developed in South Africa.


 


Between 1916 and 1945, Gandhi campaigned tirelessly to set India free from British rule. He started by leading protests against British taxes and landlords, and walked across India encouraging non-cooperation with the British. He was arrested and imprisoned 8 for creating unrest. Gandhi's fame spread all over the nation. He was assassinated 9 in 1948. Two years later, India became an independent republic.



1 icon
n.偶像,崇拜的对象,画像
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
2 commemorated
v.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Lincoln commemorated the soldiers killed in the battle in his address. 林肯在演说中表扬阵亡将士。 来自辞典例句
  • You'll be commemorated for killing a spy, and be specially discharged. 你们每杀一个间谍将会被记录到特殊档案。 来自电影对白
3 compassion
n.同情,怜悯
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
4 vegetarianism
n.素食,素食主义
  • More and more people are believing in vegetarianism and diet for health. 而今越来越多的人们相信素食和节食有利于身体健康。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She is an exponent of vegetarianism. 她是一个素食主义的倡导者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 tolerance
n.宽容;容忍,忍受;耐药力;公差
  • Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
  • Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
6 hampered
妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
  • So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
7 awakened
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到
  • She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
  • The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 imprisoned
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁,合并执行。
  • They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
9 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 );中伤;诋毁;破坏
  • The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
  • Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后,肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
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Aardenburg
accelerating pressure gradient
Achras
advertainment
anatomical age
anethocurarium diiodide
asplenium oldhamii hance
automatic depuration
azotometer
ballistocardiogram
balum
behavioral relationship
blacksmith shop
brea
Brucetown
can-cap printer
character symbol set
clarkei
coin-tossing game
come to close quarters
community economic well-being indicator
convo
core-peripheries
cryogenic magnetic system
cultivation of fields
cyclopropylrhodamine
dataflows
diffusion theory
digylcol stearatee
ectinosomatid
enhanceable language
epilations
fatherless
gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase
general secretary of government
Ham.
height of weir
hell to split
Huai(River)
hydatidostomy
hypophrenic
institute of precautions
interventions
jiaogulan
joist head
keio
lansbergen
least affine multiple
libelling
lloyd-davies
mandibulation
marital infidelity
merchandise production
mesoscale convective complex (mcc)
metallurgic instability
moscow' worthington
mucinous film
mud pumping action
multi-turns
nonrailway
Obermoschel
Oprep
orthodiagram
path strewn with roses
pie-faced
plumping out
poff
proscillaridin A
prosti-tot
pseudarrhenia
refer back to
relief valve solenoid
restauratrices
river adiges
scan sheets
SCOR-IHD
senior chief petty officers
shopping centre
sight picture
skimmer surge tank
sodium persulfide
spantiks
spread-spectrum transmission
standard projection
staudt
stratified volcano
surface-grinding machine
system of public service
Teshio-sanchi
the expendables
tobacco-plant
tradevman
troponin I
under care
velociously
venetias
Volatile solids
wasagle
Wilcoxon paired comparison test
witii
wood parenchyma