沙特石油公司让印度员工装扮成洗手液
近日，有媒体报道，沙特阿美（Saudi Aramco）石油公司让印度员工装扮成移动洗手液，以方便公司高管洗手。此消息一出，引起众怒。随后，公司发声致歉。
Saudi Aramco apologises for human hand sanitiser stunt
The Telegraph
Saudi Arabia's oil giant has apologised after forcing a man to dress up as a human hand sanitiser dispenser and stand in its reception.
hand sanitiser
1）表示“洗手液”，英文解释为“a liquid for washing your hands in order to get rid of harmful bacteria from them”如：Public health officials have urged people to slow the spread of flu by washing their hands frequently or using a hand sanitiser.
stunt
1）作名词，表示“特技表演；意在引人注意的花招；噱头”，英文解释为“a dangerous and difficult action that sb does to entertain people, especially as part of a film/movie；something that is done in order to attract people's attention”，如：a stunt pilot 特技飞行员，a publicity stunt 宣传噱头。
2）作名词，表示“愚蠢行为；危险举动”，英文解释为“a stupid or dangerous act”。举个🌰：
I've had enough of her childish stunts.
她那些幼稚的愚蠢行为我受够了。
3）作动词，表示“妨碍…的正常生长；阻碍…的充分发展”，英文解释为“to prevent the growth or development of something from reaching its limit”，举个🌰：
Drought has stunted (the growth of) this year's cereal crop.
干旱阻碍了今年谷物的生长。
前几天在俄网红庆生往浴池倒约30公斤干冰文中提到，许多人在那一出闹剧中受伤时，就出现过这一表达，Several people were injured during the stunt.
dispenser
表示“自动售货机；自动分发器”，英文解释为“A dispenser is a machine or container designed so that you can get an item or quantity of something from it in an easy and convenient way.”如：cash dispensers 自动取款机。
reception
1）表示“招待会”，英文解释为“A reception is a formal party which is given to welcome someone or to celebrate a special event.”举个🌰：
At the reception they served smoked salmon.
在招待会上，他们端上了熏三文鱼。
2）表示“（酒店）接待处；服务台”，英文解释为“Reception in a hotel is the desk or office that books rooms for people and answers their questions.”举个🌰：
Have him bring a car around to reception.
让他开辆车到接待处附近来。
3）表示“（办公室或医院的）服务台”，英文解释为“Reception in an office or hospital is the place where people's appointments and questions are dealt with.”举个🌰：
Wait at reception for me.
在服务台等我。
4）表示“接待”，英文解释为“If someone or something has a particular kind of reception, that is the way that people react to them.”举个🌰：
He was given a warm reception in Hangzhou.
他在杭州受到了热情接待。
Pictures began circulating of the man on Tuesday, prompting a flood of outrage from social media users.
circulate
表示“传播；流传；散布”，英文解释为“if a story, an idea, information, etc. circulates or if you circulate it, it spreads or it is passed from one person to another”举个🌰：
Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.
有关他财务困难的谣言开始流传开来。
prompt
表示“促使；导致；激起”，英文解释为“to make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen”举个🌰：
His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd.
他的讲话激起了人群中一男子的愤怒。
He appeared to be walking around the Saudi Aramco offices offering hand sanitiser from his costume to employees.
The Persian Gulf has been criticised in the past for failing to treat foreign labourers, often from South Asia, with dignity and respect.
Some questioned the authenticity of the photographs, but the Telegraph was able to verify their authenticity by cross-referencing them with other images taken inside Aramco's headquarters.
authenticity
表示“真实性；确实性”，英文解释为“the quality of being genuine or true.”
verify
1）表示“核实；查对；核准；证明；证实”，英文解释为“to check that sth is true or accurate；to show or say that sth is true or accurate”举个🌰：
We have no way of verifying his story.
我们无法核实他所说的情况。
Her version of events was verified by neighbours.
她对这些事件的说法已得到邻居的证实。
reference
论文中，最后一个章节就是Reference，参考文献。表示“查阅；参考；给（书等）附参考资料”，英文解释为“to refer to sth; to provide a book, etc. with references”举个🌰：
Each chapter is referenced, citing literature up to 2020.
每一章都附有参考书目，引用文献近至2020年。
The tweet below claims that Saudi Aramco is making this man work as a human hand sanitizer dispenser.
Several hours later, the company issued an apology for the incident.
"In light of the recent social media photos of our colleague wearing a ‘sterilisation kit’ in one of the Aramco facilities, we would like to express our strong condemnation of this abusive behavior," Aramco said. "The company immediately stopped this act and took strict measures to prevent it from happening again."
in (the) light of
表示“考虑到；鉴于”，英文解释为“after considering sth”举个🌰：
He rewrote the book in the light of further research.
他根据进一步的研究重写了那部书。
condemnation
表示“谴责；指责”，英文解释为“an expression of very strong disapproval”举个🌰：
There was widespread condemnation of the invasion.
那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
abusive
1）表示“恶毒残暴的”，英文解释为“Someone who is abusive behaves in a cruel and violent way toward other people.”举个🌰：
He became violent and abusive toward his mother.
他对待他妈妈变得粗暴而又残酷。
2）表示“侮辱的”，英文解释为“Abusive language is extremely rude and insulting.”举个🌰：
I did not use any foul or abusive language. 我没有使用过任何粗话或侮辱性的语言。
sterilisation kit 灭菌消毒装备
The oil giant explained that the stunt was an attempt to "emphasise the importance of sterilisation" in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
Twitter users criticised the company for being racist and engaging in modern slavery and called on those responsible for the idea to resign.
resign
1）表示“辞职”，英文解释为“If you resign from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it.”举个🌰：
He resigned his position last month.
他上个月辞去了他的职位。
2）表示“使屈从”，英文解释为“If you resign yourself to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it because you realize that you cannot change it.”举个🌰：Jane and I resigned ourselves to yet another summer without a boat.
简和我将就着又过了一个没有船的夏天。
The embarrassment for Aramco came on the same day that it signed a global sponsorship deal with Formula One, which it said was "important to help us to deliver on our ambitions”.
It is also an unwelcome distraction at a time when Saudi Arabia has just struck the first blow in a heavyweight oil battle with Russia.
strike a blow for/against/at sth
表示“维护/支持/捍卫（或损害）（某种信念/原则）”，英文解释为“to do sth in support of/against a belief, principle, etc.”举个🌰：
The judge's ruling has struck a blow for racial equality.
法官的裁决捍卫了种族平等。
strike the first blow 先发制人；第一个动手
The pair have been embroiled in a price war after their uneasy alliance to prop the oil market up collapsed last week.
embroil sb/yourself in sth
表示“使卷入（纠纷）；使陷入（困境）；使纠缠于”，英文解释为“to involve sb/yourself in an argument or a difficult situation”举个🌰：
He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours.
他与邻居们发生了争执。
prop up
1）表示“撑起，支起”，英文解释为“to support an object by leaning it against sth, or putting sth under it etc.; to support a person in the same way”举个🌰：
She propped herself up on one elbow.
她单肘撑起身子。
2）表示“支撑；维持”，英文解释为“To prop up something means to support it or help it to survive.”举个🌰：
Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar.
对美国货币市场的投资一直在支撑着美元。
Both countries had been cutting output to boost oil prices, but the partnership fell apart when Russia declined the kingdom's request to make even deeper cuts.
fall apart
1）表示“破碎”，英文解释为“If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces because it is old or badly made.”举个🌰：
The work was never finished and bit by bit the building fell apart.
这项工程从来没有完工，该建筑一点一点地坍塌了。
2）表示“瓦解”，英文解释为“If an organization or system falls apart, it becomes disorganized or unable to work effectively, or breaks up into its different parts.”举个🌰：
Europe's monetary system is falling apart.
欧洲的货币体制正在瓦解。
3）表示“精神崩溃”，英文解释为“If you say that someone is falling apart, you mean that they are becoming emotionally disturbed and are unable to think calmly or to deal with the difficult or unpleasant situation that they are in.”举个🌰：
I was falling apart. I wasn't getting any sleep.
我要崩溃了。我根本睡不着觉。
With all bets off, the world's two largest oil producers promised to unleash a flood of crude on to an already-well supplied market.
The fallout led to the largest crash in oil prices since the 1991 Gulf War, sending Brent crude to $36 a barrel, down from $76.
fallout
表示“后果”，英文解释为“If you refer to the fallout from something that has happened, you mean the unpleasant consequences that follow it.”举个🌰：
He lost his job in the fallout from the incident.
他因该事故丢了工作。
crash
表示“暴跌；倒闭；破产；失败”，英文解释为“a sudden serious fall in the price or value of sth; the occasion when a business, etc. fails”举个🌰：
They lost a lot of money in the crash.
暴跌让他们损失了很多钱。
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