Divorce, India Style: It’s All Up to the Judge

印度式离婚：一切都是法官说了算

The country’s legal code offers a notably narrow selection of divorce-worthy faults, among them cruelty, incurable leprosy and renunciation of the world by entering religious orders. Many applicants plead “mental cruelty,” but defining mental cruelty is a murky affair, often coming down to a judge’s discretion.

该国法律仅列出少数几项允许离婚的情况，包括虐待，不可治愈的麻风病，以及因加入宗教派别而永久脱离俗世等。很多人以“精神虐待”为由申请离婚，但精神虐待的界定非常模糊，往往是由法官自行裁决。

Leprosy：英 ['leprəsɪ]  美 ['lɛprəsi]

n. 麻疯病；腐败

例句：He hears that an Israelite prophet can cure leprosy, so he sends a request to the King of Israel. Naaman asks that the prophet be sent to cure him.

那曼患了麻风病，他听说以色列人的先知能够治愈这种病，于是向以色列国王提出了请先知来为他治病的要求。

renunciation：英 [rɪnʌnsɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [rɪ,nʌnsɪ'eʃən]

n. 放弃；脱离关系；拒绝承认；抛弃；弃权

例句：To a man who hesitated to embark on the spiritual quest for fear of the effort and renunciation the Master said: "How much effort and renunciation does it take to open one's eyes and see"?

大哲对一个因为犹豫而不能下定决心，从而对努力和放弃感到恐惧的男人说：“要有多少努力和放弃，才能让一个人睁开自己的眼睛去看一看？”

murky：英 ['mɜːkɪ]  美 ['mɝki]

adj. 黑暗的；朦胧的；阴郁的

例句：Rather, they are a thick, murky fog of thoughts and feelings that slowly but steadily eclipse my optimism.

它们却如一团厚厚的阴郁的思想与情感的迷雾，缓慢而坚定地侵蚀你的乐观情绪。