印度航空一架波音787梦想客机坠毁

今天，印度航空一架波音787梦想客机坠毁，载有242人。

无注释原文：

Passenger Plane Crashes in Western India With 242 Aboard

From: The New York Times

An Air India flight carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed shortly after takeoff in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline said.

Air India said Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick Airport had taken off at around 1:40 p.m. on Thursday. The aircraft was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, according to Flightradar24, a flight tracking website. There was no immediate information about survivors.

Onboard were 169 Indian people, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian, the airline said, adding that the injured were being taken to hospitals.

The plane had been scheduled to land in London at 6:25 p.m., London Gatwick Airport said on social media.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, which the aircraft had departed, said that it was closed and that all flight operations had been suspended indefinitely.

India's minister of civil aviation, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, said that rescue teams had been mobilized to the crash site. “Shocked and devastated to learn about the flight crash in Ahmedabad,” he wrote on social media. “We are on highest alert.”

Bhupendra Patel, the chief minister of Gujarat, the state where the crash occurred, said that a corridor had been set up to quickly transport injured passengers to hospitals for treatment.

Tata Group, the Indian conglomerate that owns Air India, confirmed in a social media post that Air India Flight 171 “was involved in a tragic accident today.”

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Air India, said that the company was focused on “supporting all the affected people and their families” and that it was doing all it could to assist the emergency response teams at the site.

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含注释全文：

Passenger Plane Crashes in Western India With 242 Aboard

From: The New York Times

An Air India flight carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed shortly after takeoff in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline said.

印度航空公司表示，该公司一架载有242名乘客和机组人员的航班于周四从印度西部城市艾哈迈达巴德起飞后不久坠毁。

take-off表示“起飞；飞起”，英文解释为“the moment when an aircraft leaves the ground and begins to fly”举个🌰：Night take-offs and landings are banned at this airport. 这个机场禁止夜间起降。

take off 1）表示“突然开始成功；开始走红，流行起来”，英文解释为“to suddenly start to be successful or popular”举个🌰：Her singing career had just begun to take off. 她的歌唱事业刚刚起飞。

2）表示“起飞；飞起”，英文解释为“If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground and begins to fly.”举个🌰：The plane took off at 8.30 a.m. 飞机上午8点半起飞。

3）表示“（常指不打招呼就）突然离开”，英文解释为“to suddenly leave somewhere, usually without telling anyone that you are going”举个🌰：When he saw me, he took off in the other direction. 他一看见我就往另外一个方向躲开了。

Air India said Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick Airport had taken off at around 1:40 p.m. on Thursday. The aircraft was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, according to Flightradar24, a flight tracking website. There was no immediate information about survivors.

印度航空称，这架编号为171的航班原定从艾哈迈达巴德飞往伦敦盖特威克机场，于当地时间周四下午1点40分左右起飞。据飞行追踪网站Flightradar24显示，涉事飞机为波音787-8梦想客机。目前尚无有关幸存者的消息。

Onboard were 169 Indian people, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian, the airline said, adding that the injured were being taken to hospitals.

据印度航空，机上共有169名印度人、53名英国人、七名葡萄牙人和一名加拿大人。受伤人员正被送往医院救治。

1）表示“（军）机上的；舰上的”，英文解释为“available or situated on a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle”

2）onboard /ɒnˈbɔːd/ 是商业或技术领域的常见表达，通常指引导新用户、客户或合作方完成加入、注册和使用流程，英文解释为“go through procedures to effectively integrate (a new employee) into an organization or familiarize (a new customer or client) with one's products or services.”

The plane had been scheduled to land in London at 6:25 p.m., London Gatwick Airport said on social media.

伦敦盖特威克机场在社交媒体上表示，该航班原计划于伦敦时间下午6点25分抵达。

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, which the aircraft had departed, said that it was closed and that all flight operations had been suspended indefinitely.

航班起飞的萨达尔·瓦拉巴伊·帕特尔国际机场宣布机场已关闭，所有航班运营无限期暂停。

depart /dɪˈpɑːt/ 表示“出发，动身，启程”，英文解释为“to go away or leave, especially on a journey”举个🌰：The plane departs at 6 a.m. 那架飞机早晨6点钟起飞。

depart from sth 表示“脱离，背离，偏离”，英文解释为“to be different from the usual or expected way of doing or thinking about something”举个🌰：I see no reason for us to depart from our usual practice. 我看不出有打破惯例的必要。

suspend /səˈspend/ 1）表示“（因犯错而）暂令停职；暂令停学；暂令停止参加活动”，英文解释为“If someone is suspended from work, school, etc., they are temporarily not allowed to work, go to school, or take part in an activity because of having done something wrong.”举个🌰：He was suspended for four games after arguing with the referee. 跟裁判发生争执之后，他被停赛4场。

2）表示“暂停”，英文解释为“If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it”举个🌰：The union suspended the action this week. 工会本周暂停了这一行动。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述英国房价上涨的文章中提到：Britain has temporarily suspended stamp duty, a tax on buying houses. 英国已经暂停征收购房印花税。

3）表示“悬挂”，英文解释为“to hang”举个🌰：The builders worked on wooden platforms, suspended by ropes from the roof of the building. 建筑工人站在用绳子从房顶上吊下来的木制平台上作业。

India's minister of civil aviation, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, said that rescue teams had been mobilized to the crash site. “Shocked and devastated to learn about the flight crash in Ahmedabad,” he wrote on social media. “We are on highest alert.”

印度民航部长金贾拉普·拉莫汉·奈杜表示，救援队已赶赴坠机现场。“听闻艾哈迈达巴德发生航班坠毁事件，深感震惊与悲痛，”他在社交媒体上写道，“我们已进入最高警戒状态。”

civil /ˈsɪv.əl/ 1）表示“文职的；民用的；平民的，国民的”，英文解释为“not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of a country”

2）表示“民事的”，英文解释为“relating to private arguments between people or organizations rather than criminal matters”举个🌰：The matter would be better dealt with in the civil court rather than by an expensive criminal proceeding. 这事最好在民事法庭处理，而不要进行昂贵的刑事诉讼。

aviation /ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“航空（学）；飞行（术）；航空工业”，英文解释为“the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and keeping them in good condition”如：the British Civil Aviation Authority 英国民航局。

mobilise/mobilize 表示“组织；动员；调动；（尤指战时）动员，（使）准备战斗”，英文解释为“to organize or prepare something, such as a group of people, for a purpose；to prepare to fight, especially in a war”

devastated /ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪd/ 1）表示“（极度）不安的，混乱的，震惊的”，英文解释为“extremely upset and shocked”举个🌰：His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2）表示“被彻底摧毁的；毁灭的”，英文解释为“completely destroyed”举个🌰：Thousands of people have left their devastated villages and fled to the mountains. 数千人已经离开完全被毁的村庄，逃进了山里。

📍devastate /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt/ 本身可以作动词，表示“严重破坏；彻底摧毁”，英文解释为“If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.”

Bhupendra Patel, the chief minister of Gujarat, the state where the crash occurred, said that a corridor had been set up to quickly transport injured passengers to hospitals for treatment.

坠机所在的古吉拉特邦的首席部长布潘德拉·帕特尔表示，当局已开辟专用通道，加快将伤者送往医院治疗。

corridor /ˈkɒr.ɪ.dɔːr/ 1）表示“（尤指两边是房间的）走廊，通道，过道”，英文解释为“a long passage in a building or train, especially with rooms on either side”举个🌰：Her office is at the end of the corridor. 她的办公室在走廊尽头。 

）表示“走廊（指一国领土通过他国境内的狭长地带）”，英文解释为“a long piece of one country's land that goes through another country”如：the Polish corridor 波兰走廊。

Tata Group, the Indian conglomerate that owns Air India, confirmed in a social media post that Air India Flight 171 “was involved in a tragic accident today.”

印度航空所属的印度塔塔集团在社交媒体上确认，印度航空171号航班“今天发生了一起不幸事故“。

conglomerate /kənˈɡlɒm.ər.ət/ 表示“联合大企业，企业集团”，英文解释为“a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually very different”如：a financial/industrial conglomerate 金融/工业企业集团。

📍词根“-glomer-”来自拉丁语“glomerare”，表示“聚集”。近义词：corporation（公司），常用短语：global conglomerate（全球企业集团）

类似的还有：

📍giant表示“巨头，大公司”，英文解释为“Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.”如：Japanese electronics giant, Sony 日本的电子业巨头——索尼公司。

📍mogul /ˈməʊɡəl/表示“（尤指新闻、影视界的）大人物；大亨”，英文解释为“A mogul is an important, rich, and powerful businessman, especially one in the news, film, or television industry.”如：an international media mogul一位国际传媒大亨。

📍magnate /ˈmæɡneɪt, -nɪt/ 表示“大亨，巨头”，英文解释为“a rich and powerful person in industry or business”

📍tycoon /taɪˈkuːn/ 表示“巨头，大亨（工商界）”，英文解释为“someone who is successful in business or industry and has a lot of money and power”如：property tycoon 房地产大亨。

📍behemoth /ˈbiːhɪmɒθ/ 表示“巨头（指规模庞大、实力雄厚的公司或机构）”，英文解释为“a very big and powerful company or organization”

📍titan表示“巨人；巨头”，英文解释为“If you describe someone as a titan of a particular field, you mean that they are very important and powerful or successful in that field.”

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Air India, said that the company was focused on “supporting all the affected people and their families” and that it was doing all it could to assist the emergency response teams at the site.

印度航空董事长纳塔拉詹·钱德拉塞卡兰表示，公司当前的重点是“为所有受影响人员及其家属提供支持”，并全力协助现场的应急救援工作。

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