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Ukraine War Wounded Flood Civilian Hospitals
Dozens of injured Ukrainian troops arrive daily at the Central Hospital in the Donetsk region city of Artemivsk, 40 kilometers from the government-controlled town of Debaltseve, which has been under siege from pro-Russian rebels for the past week. The scene there is sometimes chaotic, always stressful and too often somber.
For a while, the ambulances were arriving every few minutes early Sunday, carrying troops wounded in the nearby combat zone. Their comrades moved quickly to help them, and civilian medical personnel hurried to keep up.
As in any war, ambulance crews do some of the most dangerous work.
“I came from two places. I will not name them. From one point I brought a dead body, and from the other two wounded. Action from the Russian side has intensified. That is why these are hard days,” said Private Vasyl from the Ukrainian National Guard.
Vasyl’s colleague, Private Lilya, said that medical evacuation teams face a constant shortage of properly equipped vehicles.
“Our essential, essential need is medical and intensive care transport. That is what we do not have. Transport does not last long here. Our vehicles are constantly under shelling, and this is a big problem for us,” said Lilya.
Inside, many of the medical workers do not want their faces shown for fear of reprisals if the rebels take the town.
The wounded will not talk on camera, but their faces tell their stories. This man has arm and leg injuries from shrapnel that hit him in a village near Debaltseve.
Nearby, a trauma doctor who gave his name only as Nikolai checks more injured troops. He said that the hospital was running out of space, and he that had to call in an extra doctor to help before mid-day, as more wounded came in.
“I just left the operating room. We did an amputation of a lower leg. We cut the soldier’s leg off. They drove onto an anti-personnel mine when they were evacuating the wounded,” said Nikolai.
The doctor said injuries from explosions are the most frequent, and the worst, penetrating deeply and tearing at body parts. And he reports at least 40 cases a day during the past week, more than official government figures for the entire battlefront.
The staff keeps careful handwritten records that become part of cold, hard statistics by the time they get to news briefings.
The hospital is filled with young men with terrible, possibly life-changing injuries. And there are also those whose lives end here, a family tragedy and another statistic - 13 killed one day, 15 another, more than 5,000 soldiers and civilians in all since separatist rebels, backed by Moscow, as Kyiv and the West contend, began their revolt in April.
词语分析
appearance
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
n.出现；露面；外貌；外表；登场
参考例句
用作名词
I don't want to go to the party but I'd better put in an appearance, I suppose.
我不想参加那个聚会，可是我最好还是要露一下面。
The first appearance of Jielun Chou impresses us with showing off coldness and unruliness!
周杰伦一登场给人一种爱耍酷，桀骜不羁的感觉，不喜欢对媒体亲近。
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preserve
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
v.保护；保存；维持
n.禁猎区；蜜饯
参考例句
用作动词
It is highly important to preserve the environment.
保护自然环境至关要紧。
用作名词
No hunting is allowed in the preserve .
在禁猎区内不许狩猎。
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custom
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
n.习惯；风俗；惯例
（复）customs: 海关；关税.
adj.订做的；定制的
参考例句
用作名词
The custom has now become a rule.
那种习惯现已变为成规。
用作形容词
Please enter a name for the custom controller.
请输入自概念控制器的名字。
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combine
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
v.联合；使结合；结合
n.集团；联合收割机；联合企业
参考例句
用作动词
Two parties will combine to defeat the third.
两党派将联合以击败第三党。
用作名词
The newspaper combine threatened all the smaller papers.
这家报刊集团威胁者小报社的存活。
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shortage
困难程度：3星常用词语，属常用6000词
英汉讲解
n.不足；缺少，短缺
参考例句
用作名词
The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
战争因军火不足而失败。
The company's main problem is the shortage of skilled personnel.
这家企业的主要问题是缺少有技术的职员。
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attempt
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
v.企图；尝试
n.企图；试图
参考例句
用作动词
He attempted to smother up the scandal about his family.
他企图掩饰有关他家庭的丑闻。
用作名词
He studied hard in an attempt to pass the exam.
他好好学习试图通过考试。
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male
困难程度：5星基本词语，属常用1000词
英汉讲解
adj.男士的；雄性的
n.男子；雄性动物
参考例句
用作形容词
In early days only male athletes were allowed to take part in the Olympic Games.
在奥林匹克运动会早期，只有男士运动员才能参加比赛。
用作名词
The male of the species has a white tail.
这一物种的雄性有一条白色的尾巴。
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