伊拉克什叶派袭击致53人死亡

hand out分发, 发给, 散发
例句：Please hand out the reading materials to the students.
请把这些阅读材料分发给学生。
blow up (使)爆炸, 将…炸毁, 毁掉
例句：The terrorists blew up the police station.
恐怖分子炸毁了警察局。

2. The attack targeted Shi'ite worshipers who had turned out for Arbaeen, a major religious celebration which commemorates the slaying of Imam Hussein, one of Shi'ite Islam's most revered figures.

turn out出来，出去，出动(以便集合、参加)
例句：10 000 people turned out to welcome the world champion.
一万人出来欢迎那位世界冠军。

3. Firefighters hosed down the pavement along the road where the bombing took place, as workers removed pieces of food, shoes and clothing from the scene of the explosion.

hose down用水管里的水冲洗
例句：We hosed down the car before we waxed it.
我们在给汽车打蜡前必须先冲冲车。
take place发生; 举行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。
remove from从…中移开〔拿走, 除掉〕
例句：She removed mud from her shoes.
她擦去了鞋上的泥。

4. He says that bomb detection equipment helped prevent car bombings and insisted that several car bombs were found before they went off.

go off爆炸；(枪炮等)被发射；突然发出响声
例句：He fired but his pistol failed to go off.
他扳动了扳机，但手枪没有发射。

5. Al-Ghanemi said that the security plan was implemented, amid major threats, and it involved searching visitors and evacuating them from three different sites by day's end.

evacuate from把(某一批人)从(危险的地方)撤离
例句：The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel.
消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

6. Khattar Aboud Diab, who teaches political science at the University of Paris, notes that the Sunni Shi'ite conflict dates back to the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, but that fresh violence has been brewing since recent attempts by Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to arrest his Sunni vice president, Tareq al-Hashemi.

date back to追溯到…; 从…开始
例句：The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages.
这个城镇的历史可回溯到中世纪。

7. Abou Diab also said that the Sunni community has been struggling to regain some of its lost power and prestige in the wake of the recent crisis involving Sunni Vice President Tareq al Hashemi. Hashemi fled to Kurdistan after Prime Minister Maliki tried to have him arrested.

in the wake of尾随,紧跟,仿效
例句：There were a lot of fallen trees in the wake of the storm.
暴风雨之后，很多树倒了。