upton sinclair dwelt on 「the inferno of exploitation」 in chicago’s meat packing industry in 「the jungle」 (1906).
厄普顿·辛克莱的小说《森林》(1906) 通篇都在揭露芝加哥肉类加工业「地狱般的剥削」。
at this point the geological contours of the tehachapi pass interrupted the radio signal and soon i was descending into the inferno of sunset over bakersfield.
这时候蒂哈查比山口的地貌影响了收音信号,不一会我就进入了贝克斯菲尔德炎热的落日地狱。
on january 28th an electrical fault turned a supermarket into an inferno in the centre of the capital, nairobi; 28 shoppers were burned alive.
all told, 45 percent of tokyo burned before the last embers of the inferno died out on september 3.
据统计,九月三日,在这地狱之火烧尽后东京有45%被烧毁。
the difference this time, though, was the higher temperatures in preceding weeks which killed off even the hardiest vegetation, providing more dry fuel and allowing the inferno to spread much faster.
think of all the people who died on 9/11 as they sacrificed their lives, trying to save strangers from the crumbling burning inferno of the twin towers on that tragic day.