原文載于The Guardian雜志：https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/10/ethiopian-flight-302-second-new-boeing-737-max-8-to-crash-in-four-months

Ethiopian flight 302: second new Boeing 737 to crash in four months

Confidence that a newer plane inevitably means a safer plane in danger of being shaken
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
Sun 10 Mar 2019 15.37 GMT

• crash
  ① (N-COUNT) 撞車;碰撞;相撞 A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
  ② (V-ERG) (使)碰撞;(使)撞毀 If a moving vehicle crashes or if the driver crashes it, it hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
  ③ (VERB) 猛撞;撞擊 If something crashes somewhere, it moves and hits something else violently, making a loud noise.
  ④ (N-COUNT) (突然間響起的)巨大聲響 A crash is a sudden, loud noise.
  ⑤ (VERB) (生意或金融體制)倒閉浦马，破產(chǎn)时呀，失敗 If a business or financial system crashes, it fails suddenly, often with serious effects.
  ⑥ (VERB) (計(jì)算機(jī)或計(jì)算機(jī)程序)崩潰，癱瘓 If a computer or a computer program crashes, it fails suddenly.
• inevitably
  (ADV) 不可避免地;必然(發(fā)生)地 If something will inevitably happen, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.
• in danger of
  處于…危險(xiǎn)之中
• tragedy
  ① (N-VAR) 不幸;災(zāi)難;慘劇 A tragedy is an extremely sad event or situation.
  ② (N-VAR) 悲劸（作品） Tragedy is a type of literature, especially drama, that is serious and sad, and often ends with the death of the main character.
• hang over
  掛在…之上退唠，懸浮在…之上; 威脅，即將降臨[發(fā)生]; 搭;
• manufacturer
  (N-COUNT) 生產(chǎn)商;制造商 A manufacturer is a business or company which makes goods in large quantities to sell.
• pilot
  ① (N-COUNT) （飛機(jī)）駕駛員;飛行員 A pilot is a person who is trained to fly an aircraft.
  ② (N-COUNT) （船舶的）引航員,領(lǐng)航員 A pilot is a person who steers a ship through a difficult stretch of water, for example the entrance to a harbour.
  ③ (VERB) 駕駛（飛機(jī)等）荤胁；為（船舶）引航 If someone pilots an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot.
  ④ (N-COUNT) 試驗(yàn)性的方案瞧预；試點(diǎn)性的項(xiàng)目 A pilot scheme or a pilot project is one which is used to test an idea before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.
  ⑤ (VERB) 試驗(yàn)屎债；試行 If a government or organization pilots a programme or a scheme, they test it, before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.
  ⑥ (VERB) 使（新的法律或議案）順利通過 If a government minister pilots a new law or bill through parliament, he or she makes sure that it is introduced successfully.
• record
  ① (N-COUNT) （文字或影像）記錄，記載 If you keep a record of something, you keep a written account or photographs of it so that it can be referred to later.
  ② (VERB) （用文字垢油、照片或電腦）記錄盆驹，記載 If you record a piece of information or an event, you write it down, photograph it, or put it into a computer so that in the future people can refer to it.
  ③ (VERB) （用磁帶或膠片）記錄，錄制滩愁，記下 If you record something such as a speech or performance, you put it on tape or film so that it can be heard or seen again later.
  ④ (VERB) 錄制（音樂躯喇、電視或廣播節(jié)目） If a musician or performer records a piece of music or a television or radio show, they perform it so that it can be put onto CD, tape, or film.
  ⑤ (N-COUNT) （音樂）唱片 A record is a round, flat piece of black plastic on which sound, especially music, is stored, and which can be played on a record player. You can also refer to the music stored on this piece of plastic as a record.
  ⑥ (VERB) 記錄，表明（某種測量結(jié)果或數(shù)值） If a dial or other measuring device records a certain measurement or value, it shows that measurement or value.
• aviation
  (N-UNCOUNT) 航空硝枉；飛機(jī)制造業(yè) Aviation is the operation and production of aircraft.
• exception
  (N-COUNT) 例外;除外 An exception is a particular thing, person, or situation that is not included in a general statement, judgment, or rule.
• stand by
  ① (PHRASAL VERB) 做好準(zhǔn)備;準(zhǔn)備行動(dòng) If you are standing by, you are ready and waiting to provide help or to take action.
  ② (PHRASAL VERB) 坐視不理;袖手旁觀 If you stand by and let something bad happen, you do not do anything to stop it.
  ③ (PHRASAL VERB) 繼續(xù)支持(尤指身處困境的人) If you stand by someone, you continue to give them support, especially when they are in trouble.
  ④ (PHRASAL VERB) 堅(jiān)持廉丽，遵守，信守(原有的決定妻味、承諾或宣言) If you stand by an earlier decision, promise, or statement, you continue to support it or keep it.
• investigation
  （n）（正式的）調(diào)查正压，研究; 偵查; 科學(xué)研究; 學(xué)術(shù)研究;
• involve from
  與……有關(guān)
• brand new
  嶄新
• register
  ① (N-COUNT) 登記本；注冊簿责球；（官方）記錄 A register is an official list or record of people or things.
  ② (VERB) 登記焦履；注冊 If you register to do something, you put your name on an official list, in order to be able to do that thing or to receive a service.
  ③ (VERB) 登記;正式記錄;給…注冊 If you register something, such as the name of a person who has just died or information about something you own, you have these facts recorded on an official list.
  ④ (V-ERG) （儀表等）顯示，指示 When something registers on a scale or measuring instrument, it shows on the scale or instrument. You can also say that something registers a certain amount or level on a scale or measuring instrument.
  ⑤ (VERB) 表示雏逾，表達(dá)（情緒或意見） If you register your feelings or opinions about something, you do something that makes them clear to other people.
  ⑥ (VERB) （表情）流露嘉裤，顯露，顯出 If a feeling registers on someone's face, their expression shows clearly that they have that feeling.
  ⑦ (V-ERG) 引起注意;（被）意識(shí)到;（使）留下印象 If a piece of information does not register or if you do not register it, you do not really pay attention to it, and so you do not remember it or react to it.
• radar
  (N-VAR) 雷達(dá);無線電定位裝置 Radar is a way of discovering the position or speed of objects such as aircraft or ships when they cannot be seen, by using radio signals.
• comparison with
  與……比較
• erratic
  (ADJ-GRADED) 不穩(wěn)定的;難以預(yù)測的栖博；不規(guī)則的 Something that is erratic does not follow a regular pattern, but happens at unexpected times or moves along in an irregular way.
• descent
  ① (N-VAR) 下降;降落 A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
  ② (N-COUNT) 斜坡;斜面 A descent is a surface that slopes downwards, for example the side of a steep hill.
  ③ (N-SING) (形勢的)惡化;(人的)墮落屑宠，淪落 When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something's descent into that situation.
  ④ (N-UNCOUNT) 血統(tǒng);家世;出身 You use descent to talk about a person's family background, for example their nationality or social status.
• takeoff
  ① (N-VAR) (飛機(jī)的)起飛，升空 Takeoff is the beginning of a flight, when an aircraft leaves the ground.
  ② (N-COUNT) (對某人動(dòng)作的滑稽)模仿 A takeoff of someone is a humorous imitation of the way in which they behave.
  ③ (N-UNCOUNT) (經(jīng)濟(jì)仇让、生意等的)開始騰飛侨把，迅速發(fā)展 Takeoff is the point in the development of something, such as an economy or a business, when it begins to be successful.
• in operation
  運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)著，生效;
• iteration
  （n）反復(fù); 重述; 重述的事; [計(jì)算機(jī)]循環(huán);
• bestselling
  ① (ADJ) （書等）暢銷的妹孙，搶手的，大賣的 A best-selling product such as a book is very popular and a large quantity of it has been sold.
  ② (ADJ) （作者）暢銷書的 A best-selling author is an author who has sold a very large number of copies of his or her book.
• ever more
  (ADV) 永遠(yuǎn)获枝，始終蠢正；越發(fā)地，越來越;
• capable
  ① (ADJ-GRADED) 有…能力的;能夠…的 If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability to do it.
  ② (ADJ-GRADED) 熟練的;勝任的;有能力的 Someone who is capable has the skill or qualities necessary to do a particular thing well, or is able to do most things well.
• capable of
  有…能力（或技能）的省店，能…的;
• autonomously
  ① (ADJ-GRADED) 自治的 An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
  ② (ADJ-GRADED) 獨(dú)立自主的嚣崭；有主見的 An autonomous person makes their own decisions rather than being influenced by someone else.
• autonomy
  ① (N-UNCOUNT) 自治 Autonomy is the control or government of a country, organization, or group by itself rather than by others.
  ② (N-UNCOUNT) 獨(dú)立自主 Autonomy is the ability to make your own decisions about what to do rather than being influenced by someone else or told what to do.
• notable
  ① (ADJ-GRADED) 值得注意的;顯著的;有趣的 Someone or something that is notable is important or interesting.
  ② (N-COUNT) 顯要人物;有勢力的人 Notables are important or powerful people.
• insurer
  (N-COUNT) 保險(xiǎn)公司 An insurer is a company that sells insurance.
• driverless
  無人駕駛的;
• vehicle
  ① (N-COUNT) 車輛;交通工具;運(yùn)輸工具 A vehicle is a machine such as a car, bus, or truck which has an engine and is used to carry people from place to place.
  ② (N-COUNT) （實(shí)現(xiàn)目的的）工具，手段,媒介 You can use vehicle to refer to something that you use in order to achieve a particular purpose.
• coexist
  (V-RECIP) 同時(shí)存在;共存 If one thing coexists with another, they exist together at the same time or in the same place. You can also say that two things coexist .
• interface
  ① (N-COUNT) (學(xué)科或系統(tǒng)間相互影響或銜接的)邊緣區(qū)域,接合部位 The interface between two subjects or systems is the area in which they affect each other or have links with each other.
  ② (N-COUNT) (軟件的用戶)界面 If you refer to the user interface of a particular piece of computing software, you are talking about its presentation on screen and how easy it is to operate.
  ③ (N-COUNT) (計(jì)算機(jī)或電子設(shè)備的)接口 In computing and electronics, an interface is an electrical cricuit which links one machine, especially a computer, with another.
  ④ (V-RECIP-ERG) (使)(與…)相互聯(lián)系（或連接） If one thing interfaces with another, or if two things interface, they have connections with each other. If you interface one thing with another, you connect the two things.
• artificial
  ① (ADJ) 人造的懦傍；非自然形成的 Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
  ② (ADJ-GRADED) 人造的雹舀；不自然的；假的 An artificial state or situation exists only because someone has created it, and therefore often seems unnatural or unnecessary.
  ③ (ADJ-GRADED) 假裝的粗俱；虛偽的说榆；矯揉造作的 If you describe someone or their behaviour as artificial, you disapprove of them because they pretend to have attitudes and feelings which they do not really have.
  ④ (ADJ-GRADED) （味道、外觀）不自然的，不真實(shí)的签财，添加非天然成分的 If you say that food tastes or looks artificial, you do not like it because its taste or appearance does not seem genuine, and seems to be created by added substances.
• intelligence
  ① (N-UNCOUNT) 聰穎;智慧;靈性 Intelligence is the quality of being intelligent or clever.
  ② (N-UNCOUNT) 智力;智能 Intelligence is the ability to think, reason, and understand instead of doing things automatically or by instinct.
  ③ (N-UNCOUNT) 情報(bào);諜報(bào) Intelligence is information that is gathered by the government or the army about their country's enemies and their activities.
• artificial intelligence
  人工智能
• subtle
  ① (ADJ-GRADED) 不易察覺的;不明顯的;微妙的 Something that is subtle is not immediately obvious or noticeable.
  ② (ADJ-GRADED) 機(jī)智的;機(jī)巧的;狡猾的 A subtle person cleverly uses indirect methods to achieve something.
  ③ (ADJ-GRADED) 清淡的;隱約的;柔和的 Subtle smells, tastes, sounds, or colours are pleasantly complex and delicate.
• modification
  ① (VERB) 修改;變更;改進(jìn) If you modify something, you change it slightly, usually in order to improve it.
  ② (VERB) 修飾;限定 A word or group of words that modifies another word describes or classifies something, or restricts the meaning of the word.
• autopilot
  （n）自動(dòng)駕駛儀;
• communicate
  ① (V-RECIP) 溝通;聯(lián)系;交流 If you communicate with someone, you share or exchange information with them, for example by speaking, writing, or using equipment. You can also say that two people communicate .
  ② (VERB) 傳達(dá);傳遞 If you communicate information, a feeling, or an idea to someone, you let them know about it.
  ③ (V-RECIP) 溝通串慰，交流(情感、想法等) If one person communicates with another, they successfully make each other aware of their feelings and ideas. You can also say that two people communicate .
• mandatory
  ① (ADJ) 強(qiáng)制性的; 法定的;義務(wù)的 If an action or procedure is mandatory, people have to do it, because it is a rule or a law.
  ② (ADJ) (懲罰)強(qiáng)制性的唱蒸，法定的 If a crime carries a mandatory punishment, that punishment is fixed by law for all cases, in contrast to crimes for which the judge or magistrate has to decide the punishment for each particular case.
• compensate
  ① (VERB) 賠償;補(bǔ)償 To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
  ② (VERB) 彌補(bǔ);補(bǔ)償 If you compensate for a lack of something or for something you have done wrong, you do something to make the situation better.
  ③ (VERB) 抵消 Something that compensates for something else balances it or reduces its effects.
  ④ (VERB) 彌補(bǔ)(過失或不足) If you try to compensate for something that is wrong or missing in your life, you try to do something that removes or reduces the harmful effects.
• puts sb at a risk of
  使某人冒……的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)
• stall
  ① (V-ERG) (使)(進(jìn)程)暫停;(使)推后 If a process stalls, or if someone or something stalls it, the process stops but may continue at a later time.
  ② (VERB) 拖延 If you stall, you try to avoid doing something until later.
  ③ (VERB) 暫時(shí)阻止;把…拖住 If you stall someone, you prevent them from doing something until a later time.
  ④ (V-ERG) (使)突然熄火 If a vehicle stalls or if you accidentally stall it, the engine stops suddenly.
  ⑤ (N-COUNT) 貨攤;攤位;咨詢臺(tái) A stall is a large table on which you put goods that you want to sell, or information that you want to give people.
• wrestle
  ① (VERB) 試圖解決;絞盡腦汁處理 When you wrestle with a difficult problem, you try to deal with it.
  ② (VERB) 摔跤;扭斗 If you wrestle with someone, you fight them by forcing them into painful positions or throwing them to the ground, rather than by hitting them. Some people wrestle as a sport.
  ③ (VERB) 使勁搬動(dòng);用力移動(dòng) If you wrestle a person or thing somewhere, you move them there using a lot of force, for example by twisting a part of someone's body into a painful position.
• sensor
  (N-COUNT) (探測光邦鲫、熱等的)傳感器,探測設(shè)備,敏感元件 A sensor is an instrument which reacts to certain physical conditions or impressions such as heat or light, and which is used to provide information.
• malfunction
  (VERB) （機(jī)器）失靈，出故障神汹；（人體器官）機(jī)能失常庆捺，出現(xiàn)功能障礙 If a machine or part of the body malfunctions, it fails to work properly.
• bewildered
  (ADJ-GRADED) 困惑不解的；不知所措的屁魏；暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向的 If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do.
• aviation
  (N-UNCOUNT) 航空滔以；飛機(jī)制造業(yè) Aviation is the operation and production of aircraft.
• boast
  ① (VERB) 吹噓；炫耀蚁堤；夸耀 If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
  ② (VERB) 有醉者，擁有（值得驕傲的成就或財(cái)產(chǎn)） If someone or something can boast a particular achievement or possession, they have achieved or possess that thing.
• commercial
  ① (ADJ) 商業(yè)的;貿(mào)易的 Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
  ② (ADJ-GRADED) (組織、活動(dòng))營利的披诗，商業(yè)化的撬即，偏重利潤的 Commercial organizations and activities are concerned with making money or profits, rather than, for example, with scientific research or providing a public service.
  ③ (ADJ) (產(chǎn)品)商品化的，供市場出售的 A commercial product is made to be sold to the public.
  ④ (ADJ) (車輛)商用的 A commercial vehicle is a vehicle used for carrying goods, or passengers who pay.
  ⑤ (ADJ) (電視呈队、廣播)靠廣告收入維持的剥槐，商業(yè)性的 Commercial television and radio are paid for by the broadcasting of advertisements, rather than by the government.
  ⑥ (ADJ-GRADED) (電影或音樂)商業(yè)化的，迎合大眾口味的 Commercial is used to describe something such as a film or a type of music that it is intended to be popular with the public, and is not very original or of high quality.
• jet
  ① (N-COUNT) 噴氣式飛機(jī) A jet is an aircraft that is powered by jet engines.
  ② (VERB) 乘坐噴氣式飛機(jī)飛行 If you jet somewhere, you travel there in a fast plane.
  ③ (N-COUNT) （液體或氣體的）噴射流 A jet of liquid or gas is a strong, fast, thin stream of it.
• turboprop
  ① (N-COUNT) 渦輪螺旋槳發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī) A turboprop is a turbine engine that makes an aircraft propeller go round.
  ② (N-COUNT) 渦輪螺旋槳飛機(jī) A turboprop is an aircraft with one or more turboprops.
• cargo
  (N-VAR) (輪船宪摧、飛機(jī)所裝載的)貨物 The cargo of a ship or plane is the goods that it is carrying.
• ascribe
  ① (VERB) 把…歸因于粒竖；把…歸咎于 If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.
  ② (VERB) 認(rèn)為是…的特點(diǎn);認(rèn)為…具有 If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it.
  ③ (VERB) 認(rèn)為…是…所說（或所為） If you ascribe something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it.
• deliberate
  ① (ADJ-GRADED) 故意的;蓄意的;早有計(jì)劃的 If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
  ② (ADJ-GRADED) 從容的;不慌不忙的;審慎的;小心翼翼的 If a movement or action is deliberate, it is done slowly and carefully.
  ③ (VERB) （尤指作出重大決定前）慎重考慮，仔細(xì)思考 If you deliberate, you think about something carefully, especially before making a very important decision.
• terrorist
  (N-COUNT) 恐怖主義分子 A terrorist is a person who uses violence, especially murder and bombing, in order to achieve political aims.
• suicide
  ① (N-VAR) 自殺 People who commit suicide deliberately kill themselves because they do not want to continue living.
  ② (N-UNCOUNT) 自殺性行為;自毀;自取滅亡的行為 You say that people commit suicide when they deliberately do something which ruins their career or position in society.
  ③ (ADJ) (襲擊几于、任務(wù)蕊苗、爆炸)自殺性的 The people involved in a suicide attack, mission, or bombing do not expect to survive.
• missile
  ① (N-COUNT) 導(dǎo)彈;飛彈 A missile is a tube-shaped weapon that travels long distances through the air and explodes when it reaches its target.
  ② (N-COUNT) （作為武器的）投擲物，拋擲物沿彭，發(fā)射物 Anything that is thrown as a weapon can be called a missile.
• in the case of
  至于…朽砰， 就…來說;
• emerge
  ① (VERB) 出現(xiàn);露出 To emerge means to come out from an enclosed or dark space such as a room or a vehicle, or from a position where you could not be seen.
  ② (VERB) （從困境或不好的經(jīng)歷中）擺脫出來，熬出來 If you emerge from a difficult or bad experience, you come to the end of it.
  ③ (VERB) （事實(shí)或結(jié)果）顯露喉刘，顯現(xiàn)瞧柔，暴露 If a fact or result emerges from a period of thought, discussion, or investigation, it becomes known as a result of it.
  ● ...the growing corruption that has emerged in the past few years...
  過去幾年暴露出來的越來越多的腐敗現(xiàn)象
  ④ (VERB) 顯露;露頭;顯現(xiàn) If someone or something emerges as a particular thing, they become recognized as that thing.
  ⑤ (VERB) （機(jī)構(gòu)、行業(yè)等）形成睦裳，興起造锅，出現(xiàn) When something such as an organization or an industry emerges, it comes into existence.
• specific
  ① (ADJ-GRADED) (部位、問題廉邑、題目等)特定的哥蔚，特別的 You use specific to refer to a particular fixed area, problem, or subject.
  ② (ADJ-GRADED) （表達(dá)）明確的倒谷，確切的，具體的 If someone is specific, they give a description that is precise and exact. You can also use specific to describe their description.
  ③ (ADJ) 特有的;獨(dú)特的;只與…有關(guān)的 Something that is specific to a particular thing is connected with that thing only.
• regulate
  (VERB) (尤指通過規(guī)章制度)管理肺素，調(diào)整恨锚，控制 To regulate an activity or process means to control it, especially by means of rules.