(单词翻译:单击)
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Houston, Texas was hit with eighteen inches of rain this Monday, and five people passed away because of the horrific weather.
周一德克萨斯州休斯敦遭遇18英寸暴雨，可怕的天气造成5人遇难
In Harris County alone, one thousand houses were flooded and more than a 1,000 water rescues had to take place.
仅在哈里斯县，有一千栋房屋被淹，超过一千次的水上营救。
According to Texas’s current governor, Greg Abbot, “This is the most I have ever seen in the state of Texas.”
据德克萨斯现任州长阿伯特称，“这是我在德克萨斯州见过最糟糕的。”
Abbot is of course talking about the rain that hit Texas.
当然，阿伯特正在讨论袭击德克萨斯的大雨。
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词汇解析
1、rescue
营救;救援;救助
Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building.
直升机从失火大楼的楼顶救出了将近20人。
He had rescued her from a horrible life.
他把她从可怕的生活中解救了出来。
营救行动;救援行动;救助行为
A major air-sea rescue is under way.
一场大规模的海空营救行动正在进行。
Five children were pulled from the smoke-filled house in heroic rescues by fire crews.
在消防人员英勇的营救行动中，有5个孩子从浓烟弥漫的房子里被救出。
2、horrific
（攻击、事故、伤势等）令人震惊的，极其可怕的，十分严重的
I have never seen such horrific injuries.
我从来没有见过如此严重的伤势。
The slaughter was horrific.
屠杀令人震惊。
大得令人厌恶的
piling up horrific extra amounts of money on top of your original debt.
在你原来债务的基础上又高筑债台
