It's a matter of survival, one Indian transgender woman explains: never make eye contact with anyone potentially threatening. Yet in the warren of alleys, workshops and tenements that is Old Delhi, Mallika, with a defiant gleam, is having none of it.
对于那些可能危及你安全的人,眼神交流都该避免,一位印度的变性女性解释道,因为性命攸关。然而,对于生活在旧德里的Malika来说,无论是巷陌闹市、工坊商店还是简陋公寓,都与别人毫无眼神交流,尽管她眼里透着一丝不甘。
Warren: 英 [ˈwɒrən] 美 [ˈwɔrən]
n.兔穴; 人口拥挤的地区,易迷路的场所;
例句:The offices were a warren of small rooms and passages.
这些办公室房间小,通道窄。
Tenement: 英 [ˈtenəmənt] 美 [ˈtɛnəmənt]
n.房屋,住户,租房子;
例句:Nor was he the only one in that tenement yard. 大杂院里的病人并不止于他一个.
Defiant: 英 [dɪˈfaɪənt] 美 [dɪˈfaɪənt]
adj.挑衅的; 蔑视的; 大胆的; 目中无人的
例句:The players are in defiant mood as they prepare for tomorrow'sgame.
球员在备战明天的比赛时带着蔑视对手的情绪。