Insisting the campaign was not intended to create a "languagepolice", he said: "People use language to denigrate others and to take away their self-respect.
莫里森表示,该活动的初衷并非是塑造一个“语言警察”,他说:“人们用语言诋毁他人,伤害他人的自尊。
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In plain language: they discovered that the people they had been shooting in the dark were Afghan police officers, seven of whom were now dead and four wounded.
用通俗语言表示即为:事后发现,在黑暗中他们射击的目标是阿富汗警务人员,结果是7人死亡,4人受伤。
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He quickly backtracked in the face of police complaints, acknowledged he should have used different language to express his concerns, and invited the two men to join him for a beer.