In death(.....狀況), Saudi writer's mild（溫和） calls for（呼籲） reform（改革） grew into （逐漸變成）a defiant（對抗） shout（呼喊）
隨著沙特作家的死亡，他對改革的溫和呼籲升格為抗爭的怒吼

 

When he began his self-imposed （自己決定的）exile（流放） to Washington last year, Jamal Khashoggi described himself simply as one "independent（獨立） journalist using his pen for the good （利益，好處）

of his country（國家利益）." With his brutal （野蠻的，殘忍的）killing in Turkey this month, the Saudi （沙特）journalist became much more: the Arab world's symbol （象徵）for the cause （事業，目標）of free expression（言論自由）.
去年，當賈馬爾·卡舒吉開始他去往華盛頓的自我流放時，他僅僅把自己描述為一位“為國家利益而寫作的獨立記者。”本月，隨著這位沙特記者在土耳其被殘忍地殺害，他的身份變得更加意義深遠——他成為了阿拉伯世界追求言論自由事業的象徵。

In their effort（努力，試圖） to silence（安靜，閉嘴） the 59-year-old writer, Saudi officials eliminated（抹掉，謀殺） a domestic（國內） nuisance（麻煩的人或物） who had angered（激怒） the country's de facto（事實上的） ruler（統治者）, Crown Prince （王儲）Mohammed bin Salman. After two weeks of denials（否認）, the Saudi government acknowledged（承認）

early Saturday（週六） that Khashoggi had died violently（激烈的） inside the country's diplomatic consulate（外交領事館） in Istanbul. 
這位 59 歲的作家觸怒了沙特實際上的統治者——王儲穆罕默德·本·薩勒曼之後，該國官員試圖堵住他的嘴，並最終謀殺了本國的這個麻煩人物。沙特政府在連續兩週予以否認後，於週六早間承認卡舒吉已經慘死在該國駐伊斯坦布林的外交領事館內。

Khashoggi moved easily within the highest circles（圈子，階層） of Saudi politics. He was a strident （強硬的）critic of Islamist extremism（伊斯蘭極端主義）, and he spent his later years（晚年） championing （支援某物，為某物做鬥爭）liberal causes（自由事業） such as women's rights and freedom of expression in Muslim societies. He considered himself to be a fierce （狂熱的）Saudi patriot（愛國主義者）, friends say. 
卡舒吉曾自如穿梭於沙特的高層政治圈中。他是伊斯蘭極端主義的猛烈抨擊者，並在去世前的幾年積極捍衛自由事業，包括穆斯林社會中的婦女權利和言論自由。友人說，他認為自己是個狂熱的愛國主義者。

Some Arab dissidents （持不同政見者）distrusted him because of his close ties with senior government officials. But over time（時境過遷）, it was the Saudi establishment that turned on （+人 突然發動攻擊）he journalist, moving first to shut down his publishing platforms in the Arab peninsula, and then to crush （粉碎，鎮壓）him. 
一些對沙烏地阿拉伯當局持不同政見者曾因他與政府高官的密切聯絡而不信任他。然而時過境遷，最終將矛頭指向這位記者的卻是沙特當權者。他們首先關閉了他在阿拉伯半島上的出版平臺，而後將其滅口。（move to do  採取行動做某事）

Ironically（諷刺的是）, Khashoggi had never sought (seek)to be a disrupter（擾亂的人） and instead, had been an advocate （倡導，擁護）for modest（適度的） reform within the system. He argued（提出） simply that his fellow （同類的，夥伴的）Arabs deserved （應得）the "right to speak their minds without fear of imprisonment（監禁）," as he wrote in a Washington Post column in April.
諷刺的是，卡舒吉從未試圖擾亂秩序。反之，他一直提倡在體制內進行溫和的改革。他僅僅是提出了，他的國人應該擁有“自由表達想法的權利，而不必擔心有牢獄之災。”他曾將這些話發表在《華盛頓郵報》四月的一篇專欄中。seek to do 試圖做某事

"In killing him, it's like they killed more than a man," said Maggie Mitchell Salem, a former （前任的）State Department official. "They killed a vision（構想，想象） of what Arab media and society could be like."
前美國國務院官員麥吉·米切爾·塞倫說道：“他們殺死的不僅是一個人，還有阿拉伯媒體和社會本能成為的一個願景。”

—————  文章來源 / 華盛頓郵報