The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that.

  • -- Peter Albert David Singer 彼得·艾伯特·大卫·辛格

五角大楼表示,这些囚犯是根据日内瓦公约被关押的,当然我对此并不放心,但我无法证明这是错的;所以我们更清楚了。

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The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines.

岛上的反种族隔离囚犯,就像各个时代和国家的许多人一样,发现莎士比亚有一种特殊的能力来缓和他们的处境。他们过去常常偷偷地聚在一起看戏;有一次,这本书被分发给每个人,让他们写下自己最喜欢的台词。

Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating.

例如,根据日内瓦公约,战俘只需要提供姓名、军衔和序列号,不能从合作中获得任何好处。

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

记日记的一个好处是,你会清楚地意识到自己不断遭受的变化,这让人安心。

I think we've established a convention on the show that allows us to do pretty much anything we want to.

我想我们已经为这部剧建立了一个惯例,让我们可以做任何我们想做的事情。

When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

在五角大楼裁员时,不要消除确保文职人员控制的薄弱环节。

There is nothing more conventional than the convention of unconventionality.

没有什么比反常规的惯例更传统的了。

If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?

如果我们去吉娃娃狗,我们必须被视为战俘吗?