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In September, Spain's Supreme Court ruled on a case concerning the burial place of the dictator Francisco Franco.
九月,西班牙最高法院就独裁者弗朗西斯科·佛朗哥墓地一案做出裁决。
Exhume. Franco is buried at the Valley of the Fallen memorial.
发掘。弗朗哥被埋葬在烈士谷。
Spain's government argued to move his remains in order to honor the victims of the civil war some say Franco started in 1936.
西班牙政府主张将他的遗体移走,以纪念内战中的受害者。有人表示,佛朗哥于1936年发动了内战。
Spain's Supreme Court ruled the government is permitted to exhume Franco's remains.
西班牙最高法院裁定政府允许挖掘佛朗哥的遗体。
To exhume is to remove something, especially a body from the place where it is buried.
掘出是指把某物,特别是尸体从埋葬的地方移走。
It also means to bring something to light after it has been forgotten.
它也指,在某物被遗忘后,让它重见天日。