双语笔记 | 英国，无“恐”不入（3）

The prime minister has raised the possibility of tougher powers for the police and security services. A more pressing question may be whether the police have the resources they need, after several years of budget cuts.

首相提出让警察和安全部门拥有更大权力的可能性。更紧迫的问题可能是，经过几年的削减预算后，警方是否有他们所需要的资源。

pressing [ˈpresɪŋ] adj.[usually before noun] needing to be dealt with immediately紧急的；急迫的 = urgent I'm afraid I have some pressing business to attend to. 很抱歉，我有些急事需要处理。

The broader challenge, however, is how to defeat the ideology that lies behind the attacks. Mrs May’s aim is to deny extremists any “safe space”, whether online or in the real world.

但更广泛的挑战是如何打败这些恐袭背后的意识形态。梅的目标是消除极端主义分子的“安全空间”，无论是在网上还是现实世界。

lie behind sth if something lies behind an action, it is the real reason for the action, even though it may be hidden是（某行为）的真正原因 She soon guessed what lay behind his question.她很快就猜出他为什么会问这样的问题。

This is difficult territory, where there will always be a balance to strike between freedom and security, privacy and protection of the public. It is not clear whether the government’s current efforts to stop young Muslims being radicalised — through the contentious Prevent programme in particular — are helping or hindering.

这是一个困难的领域，始终要在自由与安全，隐私与保护公众之间取得平衡。尚不清楚政府阻止年轻穆斯林被极端化的现有努力——尤其是通过有争议的“Prevent”（预防）计划——是起了帮助还是阻碍作用。

territory [ˈterɪtəri] n.[U]a particular area of experience or knowledge（经验或知识的）领域 The company is moving into unfamiliar territory with this new software.该公司正通过这种新软件进入一个不熟悉的领域。

strike a balance (between A and B) to give the correct amount of importance or attention to two separate things（使两个事物间）达到平衡，两者兼顾 He was finding it difficult to strike a (good) balance between his family and his work.他发现家庭和工作两者很难兼顾。

radicalise v.to make people accept new and different ideas, especially ideas about complete social and political change使激进; 使接受全新思维 He says the opposition will radicalize its demands if these conditions aren't met.他说如果这些条件不能得到满足，反对派的要求会变得更激进。

contentious [kənˈten t.ʃəs] adj. likely to cause disagreement between people 可能引起争论的 a contentious issue/topic/subject 有争议的问题/话题/主题

Yet the prime minister is right to assert that internet and social media companies must do more to remove harmful material, and to press for action at an international level to hold them to their responsibilities. In so far as the attackers have a purpose, it is to spread fear and hatred and widen the splits in society. They must be met with a new commitment to pluralist values — and they must be denied a platform.

不过首相有一个主张是正确的，她要求互联网和社交媒体公司必须做更多工作来移除有害内容，并要求在国际层面上迫使这些企业承担自己的责任。袭击者的目的是传播恐惧和仇恨，扩大社会分裂。针对这些目的，必须对多元价值观作出新承诺，还必须不让极端主义的意识形态得到一个平台。

press for sth to keep asking for sth不断要求 =demand , push for  They continued to press for a change in the law. 他们不断要求修改这项法律。

at local/state/national/international etc level happening within a small area or the whole area of a state, country etc地区级的/州级的/国家级的/国际等层面 These changes are taking place at regional level.这些变化都是发生在地方范围内的。

hold sb responsible/accountable/liable (for sth) to say or decide that someone should accept the responsibility for something bad that happens认为某人应该（为某事）负责; 唯某人是问 If anything happens to her, I'll hold you personally responsible .如果她出了什么事，我就唯你是问。

In so far as to the degree that到…程度；在…范围 That's the truth, in so far as I know it. 就我所知，那是真实情况。

meet with sb / sth(also be met with sth) to get a particular reaction or result遭到，遭受; 获得 meet with opposition / disapproval etc His comments have met with widespread opposition.他的评论遭到普遍反对。

pluralist [ˈplʊərəlɪst] adj.(also pluralistic)1. (of a society) having many different groups of people and different political parties in it（社会）多元性的；多元化的 a pluralist democracy 多元化的民主

deny v.~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) (sth)(formal) to refuse to allow sb to have sth that they want or ask for拒绝；拒绝给予 They were denied access to the information. 他们试图取得这个情报被拒。