為表達(dá)全國(guó)各族人民對(duì)抗擊新冠肺炎疫情斗爭(zhēng)犧牲烈士和逝世同胞的深切哀悼，國(guó)務(wù)院發(fā)布公告，決定2020年4月4日舉行全國(guó)性哀悼活動(dòng)。
China will hold a national mourning Saturday for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and compatriots died of the disease, according to the State Council.

在此期間，全國(guó)和駐外使領(lǐng)館下半旗志哀，全國(guó)停止公共娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)。
During the commemoration, national flags will fly at half-mast across the country and in all Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, and public recreational activities will be suspended across the country.

【單詞講解】

“下半旗”除了可以用這里的flags fly at half-mast表達(dá)之外，用flags fly at half-staff也是可以的。為什么會(huì)用mast和staff這兩個(gè)詞呢？因?yàn)閙ast本意是“桅桿”，后來(lái)也用來(lái)指“旗桿”，而staff其實(shí)是flagstaff的縮寫(xiě)，flagstaff相當(dāng)于flagpole，本身就是“旗桿”的意思。

4月4日10時(shí)起，全國(guó)人民默哀3分鐘，汽車(chē)、火車(chē)、艦船鳴笛，防空警報(bào)鳴響。
At 10:00 am Saturday, Chinese people nationwide will observe three-minute silence to mourn for the deceased, while air raid sirens and horns of automobiles, trains and ships will wail in grief.

【單詞講解】

“默哀”比較常用的英文表達(dá)是observe (three-minute) silence (for someone)或者pay silent tribute (to someone)。Tribute可以表示“（對(duì)死者的）致敬，悼念，致哀”。例如：an obituary tribute（悼辭）；此外，tribute還可以表示“頌詞”，例如：a birthday tribute（生日祝福）。

【相關(guān)詞匯】

網(wǎng)上悼念 online tribute

吊唁簿 condolence books

評(píng)定為烈士 identified as martyrs

全國(guó)哀悼日 national day of mourning

訃告 obituary

悼文 eulogy

參考來(lái)源：新華網(wǎng)

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