“坠毁”英语怎么说

名词解释：意思：坠毁通常是指飞行器，如飞机，卫星等从天空摔落。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

Malaysia's prime minister has announced that missing flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.

Najib Razak said this was the conclusion of fresh analysis of satellite data tracking the flight.

Based on new analysis, the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch and Inmarsat, the UK company that provided satellite data, "have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth," Mr Razak said.

Mr Razak appealed to the media to respect the privacy of the families of the passengers and crew, saying the wait for information had been heartbreaking and this latest news harder still.

马来西亚已发布声明，失踪的MH370航班已坠毁在了南印度洋海域。

纳吉布·拉扎克说，这一结论是根据对航班跟踪卫星数据的最新分析得出的。

他说，根据这一新分析，英国航空失事调查局和提供卫星数据的英国卫星公司Inmarsat，“已得出结论表明，MH370是沿着南部走廊飞行的，它最后的位置是在珀斯以西的印度洋中部。”

拉扎克恳求媒体尊重乘客和机组人员家属的隐私。他说，等待这一消息的到来已经令人伤心欲绝，而这一最终消息更是令人难以接受。

　　【讲解】

文中的crash就是“坠毁”的意思，用作动词。crash用作名词时，也可以解释为“碰撞”，比如a plane crash(飞机失事、空难)、a car crash(汽车撞车事故)等。crash barrier是指公路边或车道中间的“防撞栏、中央隔离带”。

此外，文章末尾处的形容词heartbreaking解释为“令人心碎的，令人心痛的”，与distressing、upsetting词义相近。和它相关联的习语是break one's heart，解释为“使某人难过、心碎”。