The attackers were said to be taking revenge on the 14-year-old, claiming he was a school bully.
攻击者被称是在报复一名14岁男孩，称他是学校一霸。
I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest.
我认为说他们被自身利益所驱使是对事实的公然扭曲。
If mistakes occurred, they were assumed to be the fault of the commander on the spot.
如果出现了错误，它们就被以为是现场指挥官的错。
Activists who were involved in crimes of violence will not automatically be granted amnesty.
参与暴力犯罪的活跃分子不会被自动地给予赦免。
It could be they were accidentally ingested as the sauropods foraged for food, that they served no real purpose.
它们可能是在蜥脚类动物觅食时被误食的，没有真正的用途。
Maternity services were to be reduced as a consequence of falling birth rates.
孕产服务因下降的出生率而将被削减。
Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.
十七名死刑犯在申请宽赦被拒后将被处决。
The determinist doctrines in question maintained that certain people were born to be slaves.
上述的决定论信条坚信某些人生来就是奴隶。
The government recognized there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.
政府认识到市区存在问题，但是这绝不能成为非法行为的借口。
Residents were warned not to be extravagant with water, in view of the low rainfall this year.
鉴于今年降雨量少，居民被告诫不得浪费用水。
The ships were to be decommissioned.
这些船即将被停止使用。
The statement added that although there were a number of differing views, these would be discussed by both sides.
该声明补充说，尽管存在着许多不同的观点，但这些要由双方来讨论。
Some were obviously unsuitable and could be ruled out at once. Others were borderline cases.
一些显然不合适，可以马上被排除。另一些勉强合格。
They were demanding to be treated on the same footing as the rest of the teachers.
他们要求得到和其他老师同等的待遇。
There were fears that there might be a repeat of last year's campaign of strikes.
有人担心去年的罢工或许会重演。
People were concerned that pets or wildlife could be affected by the pesticides.
人们担心宠物或野生生物会受到杀虫剂的影响。
Witnesses said that two people were killed, but those accounts could not be confirmed.
目击者说两人遇害，但那些说法都没法得到证实。
There were scores of boxes and crates, all waiting to be checked and loaded.
大批的箱子和板条箱等着检验后装运。
If there were a breakdown of law and order, the army might be tempted to intervene.
如果社会秩序瘫痪，军队将会试图干预。
They were less willing to be spoon-fed doctrines from Japan.
他们不太情愿被填鸭式地灌输来自日本的学说。
In one study, light smokers were found to be more than twice as likely to get cataracts as non-smokers.
一项研究表明，轻度烟民患白内障的比例是不吸烟者的两倍以上。
The earth would be a frozen ball if it were not for the radiant heat of the sun.
要是没有太阳的辐射热，地球将会是一个冰冻的球体。
There were fears that some of the Western hostages might be killed in reprisal.
有人担心，一些西方人质可能会被报复杀害。
The photographs were to be included in his as yet unwritten autobiography.
这些照片准备要收入他那尚未写的自传。
Tired drivers were found to be particularly prone to ignore warning signs.
据调查，疲劳驾车时特别容易忽视警示标志。
Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best.
听众将就3首现代乐曲中最喜欢哪一首接受民意调查。
We were worried she wouldn't be able to handle it, but she came through in the end.
我们担心她没有能力处理那件事，然而她最终说到做到了。
'Am', 'is', 'are', 'was' and 'were' are the finite forms of 'be'; 'being' and 'been' are the non-finite forms.
am、is、are、was和were是be的限定形式；being和been是非限定形式。
I had fantasies, as do all mothers, about how life would be when my girls were grown.
和所有母亲一样，我也有幻想，想像我的女儿们长大成人后生活会是怎样。
We were rather hoping you'd be able to do it by Friday.
我们希望你最好能在星期五之前做这件事。
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