“蓖麻毒素”英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)
摘要:美國(guó)聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局(FBI)星期三宣布,通過(guò)初步檢測(cè),在一封郵寄給美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬的郵件中檢測(cè)出蓖麻毒素。你知道怎么用英語(yǔ)表達(dá)嗎?
The FBI confirmed on Wednesday a letter addressed to President Barack Obama has been preliminarily tested positive for ricin but the authorities have not found a link to Monday's Boston bombings.
The letter arrived on Tuesday, the same day that another letter addressed to a US senator was intercepted and initially tested positive for ricin, a highly toxic substance.
The incidents came one day after two explosions occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding over 170 others. The authorities have called the Boston bombings an "act of terror," but the motives and perpetrators remain unknown.
美國(guó)聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局(FBI)星期三宣布,通過(guò)初步檢測(cè),在一封郵寄給美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬的郵件中檢測(cè)出蓖麻毒素。但當(dāng)局并未發(fā)現(xiàn)這起事件與星期一的波士頓爆炸案之間的聯(lián)系。這封信是星期二送達(dá)的,而在同一天,在截獲的一封郵寄給美國(guó)參議員的信件中檢測(cè)出了一種劇毒物質(zhì)—蓖麻毒素。
這起事件發(fā)生在波士頓馬拉松爆炸案一天之后,這起爆炸案造成了3人死亡,170多人受傷。當(dāng)局表示波士頓爆炸案是一起恐怖襲擊,但這起爆炸案的動(dòng)機(jī)和疑犯依舊是個(gè)謎。
【講解】
“ricin”解釋為蓖麻毒素,最強(qiáng)烈天然毒素之一,如果吸入或吞服,致死劑量?jī)H為1毫克。“Boston bombings”是指波士頓爆炸案,美國(guó)波士頓馬拉松15日發(fā)生連環(huán)爆炸,共造成3人死亡,其中包括一名中國(guó)留學(xué)生,170多人受傷。