She has been found dead at the age of 21 after being subjected to years of alleged bullying and trolling on social media.
年仅21岁的她被发现死亡。多年来,她一直在社交媒体上遭受网暴和欺凌。
bully v.n. 威吓,欺侮;威胁; 恶霸
bully 可做动词和名词,作动词表示「恐吓,欺负」,做名词就是指「欺负别人的人,恶霸」
I wasn't going to let him bully me.
我可不会让他欺负我。
Our neighbor was a bully.
我们的邻居是个恶霸。
跟霸凌相关的表达:
school bullying 校园霸凌
cyber-violence 网络暴力
troll v. (在网络论坛)故意发布煽动性,侮辱性的文章
troll 在原文中是用作动词,那这个词也可以做名词,表示「侏儒;挑衅帖子,发挑衅帖子的人」
She suffered from years of trolling.
她遭受了多年的恶意谩骂。
Unable to take it, which was going on for years now, she committed suicide.
最终因为受不了这些持续了几年的恶意评论,她选择了自杀
committed suicide 自杀死亡
She had committed suicide by hanging herself.
她上吊自杀了。
A girl committed suicide after continued cyber-bullying and harassment.
一个女孩在持续遭到网络欺凌和骚扰后自杀。
Days before her death, she had expressed the trauma she has been going through due to the online bullying. She also shared a spare of hate messages sent by online bullies that vilified her appearance and accused her of having plastic surgery.
在自杀前几天的视频里,kika就有表示过,这么多年的网络暴力给自己带来了非常大的心理创伤,她还分享了一些网络恶霸发送的仇恨信息,这些信息诋毁她的外表,指责她做了整容手术。
trauma n. 痛苦经历,挫折;精神创伤
trauma 除了可以指「精神创伤」,也可以指「身体遭受的损伤,外伤」。动词形式是 traumatize,表示「使……受损伤;使……受精神创伤」
It was a trauma to all those involved.
对于所有涉及其中的人来说,这都是一个创伤。
She felt exhausted after the traumas of recent weeks.
她经受了最近几个星期的痛苦之后感到精疲力竭。
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