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英语新闻：澳男子面临沙特鞭笞500刑罚

时间：2011-12-10 05:35:21

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 An Australian man has been sentenced to 500 lashes1 and a year in prison after being convicted of blasphemy2 by judges in Saudi Arabia.

一名澳大利亚男子因亵渎神明被沙特阿拉伯法官判处鞭笞500次以及一年监禁。

Officials in Canberra said they had been in touch with the Saudi authorities to request leniency（宽大，仁慈） .

Australian reports named the man as 45-year-old Mansor Almaribe from Shepparton in Victoria.

Reports said he was chronically（长期地，慢性地） ill and family members said they were extremely worried about his health.

"Five hundred lashes on his back, and he has back problems. I wouldn't think he'd survive 50," his son Mohammed told Australia's ABC News.

Almaribe had travelled to the country for a pilgrimage（朝拜） to Mecca.

He was arrested nearly a month ago, but details of the charges against him have not been made public.

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs said the judge initially3 handed down a sentence of two years in jail and 500 lashes, but later reduced the jail time.

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1 lashes e2e13f8d3a7c0021226bb2f94d6a15ec     
n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 )；鞭子；突然猛烈的一击；急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥
参考例句：
  • Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时，母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面，以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 blasphemy noyyW     
n.亵渎，渎神
参考例句：
  • His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.他的著作被定为淫秽作品，是对上帝的亵渎。
  • You have just heard his blasphemy!你刚刚听到他那番亵渎上帝的话了！
3 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。