空 難

“空難”，英語譯為 air disaster。例如：1. 由于這兩次馬航災難，今年死于空難的人數顯著增長。The number of people killed in air disasters has increased significantly this year, due to the two Malaysia Airlines disasters. 2. 最近發生的四次空難，連同失聯的馬航MH370班機，對全球航空業是一個需要加強安全的緊急警報。The four air disasters that have occurred recently, together with the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, are an urgent alarm for the global aviation industry to tighten up security.“墜機”或“墜毀”，譯為 to crash, to crash-land, to smash, to fall from the sky。例如：3. 7月24日，阿爾及利亞航空公司的一架客機墜毀，造成機上118人死亡。 On July 24, an Air Algerie flight crashed, killing the 118 people aboard. 4. 8月10日，一架客機在伊朗首都德黑蘭郊區墜毀，造成機上48人全部死亡。On Aug. 10, a passenger plane crash-landed on the outskirts of Iran's capital Tehran, killing all the 48 people on board. 5. 7月23日，臺灣GE222 班機在澎湖島墜毀后，已確認有48人遇難。 48 people were confirmed dead after Taiwan Flight GE222 smashed in Penghu Island on July 23. “擊落”，英語譯為 to shoot down。例如：6. 7月17日，馬航MH17班機在烏克蘭上空被擊落，造成298人死亡。The Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine on July 17, with 298 fatalities. “殘骸”，譯為 wreck of a plane, wreckage of a plane。例如：7. 一架7月24日飛往阿爾及利亞在暴雨中墜毀的客機的殘骸在馬里被發現，機上載有118人。The wreck of a plane that crashed in a rainstorm on July 24 with 118 people on board on a flight to Algiers has been found in Mali.▲（本欄目供稿：王逢鑫教授）