In 1616-1619 an epidemic, possibly of bubonic or pneumonic plague, swept coastal New England, killing as many as nine out of ten.
1616-1619年,一场可能是淋巴腺鼠疫或肺鼠疫的流行病席卷了新英格兰沿海地区,十人中有九人因此死亡。
A few years ago, a 75-pound stingray leaped out of the Atlantic Ocean at Vaca Key and slammed into a woman, killing her in the process.
前几年,在大西洋威卡礁,有一条75磅重的黄貂鱼越到船上,意外地致使一个妇女死亡。
A study shows that 16% of the bar and pub owners are upset to notice a drop in business, because smokers prefer killing time at home and seldom go out for a drink.
一项研究表明,16%的酒吧和酒馆老板因注意到生意下降而感到不快,因为吸烟者更喜欢在家里消磨时间,很少出去喝酒。
So if you have a mass killing of an ethno-religious group, carried out by a government in order to eliminate those people from their homeland, or to destroy their political and cultural potential - that is,by the conventional definition and most scholarly definitions, a genocide."
VOA: standard.2010.03.18
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