【2月16日】看軍聞學英語

作者：刀客

原文：

The number of troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following Iran's ballistic missile attack on Al Asad airbase, Iraq has now risen to 109.

The latest figures represent a dramatic increase from the last Pentagon injury report published in late January, which listed 74 TBI victims. They also mean that at least 5% of the estimated 2000 U.S. troops at Al Asad suffered from the concussive effects of about 15 Iranian missiles fired at the airbase.

The numbers could go up again, the Pentagon said, but added that about 70% of the total of 109 troops diagnosed thus far with TBI have already returned to duty in Iraq.

中譯：

在伊朗對阿薩德空軍基地發動彈道飛彈襲擊後，被診斷出患有創傷性腦損傷的部隊人數，現已增加到109人。

相對於上次美國防部在1月下旬公布的傷患報告中，有74員列計為創傷性腦損傷患者，最新數據顯示此類傷患人數急遽攀升，也意謂著美軍駐阿薩德基地約莫2000名官兵當中，至少有5％遭受15枚伊朗彈道飛彈炸射該空軍基地所產生的震盪影響。

該部表示，人數有可能會再增加，但截至目前，被診斷出患有創傷性腦損傷的109名部隊官兵約有70％已重返伊拉克執勤。

-關鍵軍語-

※Pentagon:

The headquarters building of the U.S. Department of Defense.

※ballistic missile:

A rocket-propelled self-guided strategic-weapons system that follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver warheads on a predetermined target.

例句：

Ballistic missiles can carry conventional high explosives as well as chemical, biological, or nuclear munitions.

彈道飛彈除可攜帶化學、生物或核子彈藥外，也可攜帶傳統高爆性炸藥。