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日本京都动画工作室起火 至少13人死亡
At least 13 dead in attack on animation studio in Japan
Financial Times
罗宾•哈丁 东京报道
At least 13 people are dead after an apparent arson-murder at an animation studio in the city of Kyoto as Japan reels from another mass killing.
日本京都一家动画工作室发生了一起明显有意为之的纵火杀人案，造成至少13人死亡。此时，日本仍处在另一起大规模杀人事件的不良影响中。
reel from
表示“感到震惊；心烦意乱”，英文解释为“If you are reeling from a shock, you are feeling extremely surprised or upset because of it.”举个🌰：
I'm still reeling from the shock of hearing about it.
我现在仍然因为听到这个消息而震惊不已。
注：“reel from”还可以表示“受...的不良影响”，比如文中此处就是这种用法。
According to local police, fire authorities and media, a man entered the well-known studio Kyoto Animation at about 10.30am in the morning local time and spread gasoline or a similar liquid before igniting a conflagration that engulfed the building.
据当地警方、消防部门和媒体的消息，当地时间上午10时30分左右，一名男子进入著名的工作室京都动画(Kyoto Animation)，泼洒了汽油或类似液体，随后点燃了一场吞没了整栋大楼的大火。
conflagration
表示“大火；火灾”，英文解释为“A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.”
engulf
1) 表示“吞没”，英文解释为“If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.”举个🌰：
A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed an apartment block.
山崩掩埋了一座公寓楼之后，一名7岁的男孩被发现遇难。
2) 表示“使陷于”，英文解释为“If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it. ”如：the pain that engulfed him 他所陷入的痛苦。
The incident follows a stabbing rampage by an unemployed man in Kawasaki in late May in which 18 people were injured and two died, including an 11-year-old girl.
今年5月底，川崎一名失业男子持刀行凶，造成18人受伤，两人死亡，其中包括一名11岁的女孩。
rampage
该词既可以作名词，也可以作动词，都表示“横冲直撞”，英文解释为“When people or animals rampage through a place, they rush around there in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.”不过作名词时一般会以“go on a rampage”的形式出现，举个🌰：
Hundreds of youths rampaged through the town, smashing shop windows and overturning cars.
数百名年轻人在镇上横冲直撞，捣毁商店的橱窗，掀翻汽车。
The prisoners went on a rampage destroying everything in their way.
犯人们横冲直撞，捣毁一切妨碍他们的东西。
That incident, which followed a mass stabbing in 2016 by a former employee at a care home for the disabled, has raised fears in Japanese society about unpredictable acts of violence by disaffected or mentally ill individuals.
2016年，一家残疾人疗养院的前员工在该院内造成了大规模持刀伤人事件。在该起事件后发生的川崎事件引发了日本社会对心怀不满的人群或精神病患者不可预测的暴力行为的担忧。
disaffected
1) 表示“（对曾经支持的组织、政治理想等）不再完全支持的”，英文解释为“Disaffected people no longer fully support something such as an organization or political ideal which they previously supported.”举个🌰：
He attracts disaffected voters.
他吸引了心生不满的投票人。
2) 剑桥词典里还提到了一个意思，表示“（青年人）叛逆的，对社会不满的”，英文解释为“Young people who are disaffected are no longer satisfied with society's values.”举个🌰：
It's hard to cope with a class of disaffected teenagers.
与一帮叛逆的少年打交道很不容易。
Television images showed Kyoto Animation’s suburban office building still ablaze hours after the outbreak of the fire. As of 3pm on Thursday in Japan, 13 deaths had been confirmed and 36 people have been injured, 10 of whom are in a critical condition, according to fire authorities.
电视画面显示，火灾发生数小时后，京都动画公司位于郊区的办公楼仍在燃烧。据日本消防部门称，截至当地时间周四下午3点，已确认13人死亡，36人受伤，其中10人情况危急。
ablaze
1) 表示“熊熊燃烧的”，英文解释为“Something that is ablaze is burning very fiercely.”举个🌰：
Stores, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
商店、房子和车辆被大火烧着了。
2) 表示“光彩夺目的”，英文解释为“If a place is ablaze with lights or colours, it is very bright because of them.”举个🌰：
The chamber was ablaze with light.
该大厅当时灯火辉煌。
About 70 people worked in the building, of whom 30 have not been accounted for, with the fire department still working to reach the top floor of the three-storey structure. The death toll is expected to rise, which would make it one of the worst incidents of mass violence in Japanese history.
当时大约有70人在这栋建筑物内工作，其中有30人还下落不明。消防部门仍在努力到达这栋三层建筑物的顶楼。死亡人数预计还将上升，这将使其成为日本史上最严重的大规模暴力事件之一。
A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to hospital for treatment. Unconfirmed media reports said he shouted “Die!” while spreading the liquid and that a number of knives were found at the scene.
一名41岁的男子在现场被逮捕，并被送往医院治疗。未经证实的媒体报道称，他在泼洒某种液体的同时大喊“去死！”，此外现场还发现了一些刀子。
Kyoto Animation is well-known for producing a number of famous anime series including K-On!! and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Anime is a distinctively Japanese style of animation that has won global popularity.
京都动画以制作《K-On!轻音部》(K-On!)和《凉宫春日的忧郁》(The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)等一系列著名动漫作品而闻名。动漫是一种独特的日式动画，在全球受到欢迎。
It was not clear whether or how the suspect was connected to the company. The anime industry is known for both its tough working conditions and its obsessive fans.
目前还不清楚嫌疑人是否与京都动画存在关联以及存在何种关联。动漫产业以从业者工作条件艰苦及动漫的大批狂热拥趸而著称。
obsessive
表示“着迷的；迷恋的；难以释怀的”，英文解释为“thinking about something or someone, or doing something, too much or all the time”举个🌰：
He's obsessive about punctuality.
他过分讲究准时。
译者/何黎
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