斯蒂芬·奥布莱恩,联合国负责人道主义事务副秘书长兼紧急救济协调员,声称在也门、索马里、南苏丹和尼日利亚,超过2000万人面临饥荒的威胁。

Stephen O'Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has said that more than 20 million people faced the threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 斯蒂芬 fēn Stephen or Steven (name)
=2 Ào
  1. (bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利 Ào)
  2. (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克 Àolín)
=2 ào
  1. obscure
  2. mysterious
=3 布莱恩 láiēn Brian (name)
=3 布莱恩 lái'ēn
  1. (sometimes) a transliteration of the English male given name Bryan or Brian
  2. (~) Blaine (a city in Washington, United States)
  3. (~) Burien (a city in Washington, United States)
  4. Blaine (a city in Washington, United States)
  5. Burien (a city in Washington, United States)
  6. a transliteration of the English male given name Bryan or Brian
  7. a transliteration of the English surname and male given name Blaine
4 联合国 Liánguó United Nations
5 负责人 rén person in charge
=6 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: ,

=6 dǎo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
  2. alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
7 主义 zhǔ
  1. -ism
  2. ideology
8 事务 shì
  1. (political, economic etc) affairs
  2. work
  3. transaction (as in a computer database)
9 副秘书长 shūzhǎng vice-secretary
10 jiān
  1. double
  2. twice
  3. simultaneous
  4. holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
11 紧急 jǐn
  1. urgent
  2. emergency
12 救济 jiù
  1. emergency relief
  2. to help the needy with cash or goods
13 协调员 xiétiáoyuán coordinator
14 声称 shēngchēng
  1. to claim
  2. to state
  3. to proclaim
  4. to assert
15 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
16 也门 mén Yemen
17 索马里 Suǒ Somalia
18 南苏丹 Nán dān South Sudan
=19 old variant of
=19 surname He
=19
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=19
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=19 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=19 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=19 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=19 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=19 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
20 尼日利亚 Nigeria
21 超过 chāoguò
  1. to surpass
  2. to exceed
  3. to outstrip
22 万人 wànrén
  1. ten thousand people
  2. all the people
  3. everyman
23 面临 miànlín to face sth; to be confronted with
24 饥荒 huāng
  1. crop failure
  2. famine
  3. debt
  4. difficulty
=25 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=25 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=25 really and truly
=25 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
26 威胁 wēixié to threaten; to menace