perish in the line of duty 因公殉职
Of the 66 identified victims, five perished in the line of duty, according to the Information Office of the municipal government. 北京市政府新闻办通报,已经确认身份的66名遇难者中有5人为因公殉职。 上文中perish in the line of duty就是“因公殉职”的英文表达,perish是比较正式的词,一般情况下可以直接用die来替代;另外,也可以用be killed in the line of duty来表示,如:The police officer was killed in the line of duty during a criminal investigation.(那名警官在进行一宗刑事案件调查时因公殉职。) 其他61位遇难者的死亡原因有:溺水(drowned),电击(electric shock),房屋倒塌(collapsed buildings),泥石流(flood debris),创伤性休克(trauma-induced shock),高空坠物(falling objects)以及雷击(lightning)。 |