词汇释义

戒严 n. curfew

例句

The black population is defying curfew and repression.
黑种人不服从戒严和镇压。

【新闻背景】乌鲁木齐7日21时至8日8时实施全面交通管制

中国日报网中国在线消息:王乐泉在7日7时发表电视讲话时宣布,为了大局需要,乌鲁木齐从7日21时到8日8时实施全面交通管制。
(chinadaily.com.cn; July 8, 2009)

【英文报道】Xinjiang to adopt curfew in capital city tonight

The city of Urumqi will adopt a curfew Tuesday night to avoid further chaos amid the unrest, said Wang Lequan, secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Tuesday.

A "traffic control" will be imposed from 9:00 pm to 8:00 am Wednesday, Wang said in a televised speech.

"Some Han people took to streets in Urmuqi today, disrupting social orders," he said. "This is not necessary at all.""All the employers in the city should call on their employees to go back home. Ethnic confrontation should be definitely prohibited," he said.
(chinadaily.com.cn; July 7, 2009)

中国共产党乌鲁木齐自治区委员会书记王乐泉周日说，乌鲁木齐周二晚上将采取戒严措施，防止动乱局势进一步混乱。王乐泉在电视讲话中说，周三下午9点到次日八点将采取交通管制。“今天一些乌鲁木齐汉族人走到大街上扰乱了社会秩序，这是完全没有必要的”“本市所有的雇主应该号召雇员回家。明令禁止种族对抗”王乐泉说。