他们是试图 让上海人民闭嘴
“They are trying to silence the people of Shanghai.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
包括对公董局 工部局的辖制
“including the control of the French Municipal Council and the Shanghai Municipal Council.”
他们是试图 让上海人民闭嘴
“They are trying to silence the people of Shanghai.”
但是他们从来都没有浇灭我们 对抗日的热情
“But they have never extinguished our enthusiasm for resisting Japan.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
References to resisting Japanese aggression during the Second Sino-Japanese War emphasize collective solidarity and steadfast refusal to yield to colonial suppression.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to attempt / to try to
A formal verb used to describe deliberate attempts, often carrying a critical or skeptical nuance about the attempt succeeding.
to shut one's mouth / to be silenced
Literally 'shut up', frequently used metaphorically in sociopolitical discourse to mean silencing dissent or speech.
