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Vigilantes Settle Local Scores With Boko Haram
Gun-toting men greet visitors to Gombi, in Nigeria’s Adamawa state. That’s not an unusual sight in Nigeria’s northeast. But the weapons these men use are mostly old-fashioned rifles. They don’t wear uniforms, but some do have amulets under their shirts to protect them in battle.
Vigilantes have long provided security in Gombi. But when Boko Haram overran the town last November, they turned their guns, bows and knives against the insurgents, said Babuka Jimeta, a vigilante commander.
“Boko Haram is a new group," he said. "Before, we didn't know them. But we usually heard that they would attack this village, sack that village, do this, do that. We didn't know what they wanted. We didn't know that they attack any religion. We cannot sit down at home and hold down our arms and leave them to do their atrocities.”
In its more than five-year quest to establish Sharia across Nigeria’s northeast, Boko Haram has sacked many towns and villages like Gombi. The damage in Gombi is typical: Shops were burned, and churches were destroyed. Locals said the military and vigilantes pushed the insurgents out of town shortly after they occupied it.
Vigilante Adamu Mohammed said he and his fighters have advantages over Nigeria’s military, which has repeatedly failed to stop the insurgents from overrunning population centers.
“Whatever they do in the city, we will just follow them to the bush and defeat them," he said. "The military only knows how to fight in the city, but they don’t know how to fight in the bush.”
Alkasim Abdulkadir, a freelance journalist and security analyst, said vigilante groups formed in the northeast in the 1990s as a way to address rising banditry. In rural areas like Gombi, many were made up of hunters, who wear amulets or jackets that they believe can stop bullets. But Abdulkadir said their most important advantage is that they are fighting Boko Haram on their own turf.
“One edge they have over the military is because they are local residents," he said. "They identify Boko Haram insurgents upon seeing them, which is something a soldier does not have the capability to readily do, because most of the soldiers are from other parts of the country.”
Nigerians will vote for a new president in an election that was recently rescheduled for March 28. The vigilantes in Gombi say they can keep the town safe during the election. Nigeria’s military also has high hopes. It says it can destroy Boko Haram’s camps in the northeast by the day of the polls.
詞匯解析
apparent
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
adj.明顯的；表面上的
參考例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
It was apparent to all that he was guilty.
眾所周知，他是有罪的。
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remote
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
adj.遙遠的；偏僻的；遠程的；(感情等)距離很大
n.遠程操作
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
The most remote two points in this world are two estranged hearts.
人世間相距最遠的兩點,是兩顆隔膜的心。
用作名詞 (n.)
Actuation is often desired for process automation, precision timing, and remote operation not possible with manual valves alone.
執(zhí)行機構(gòu)經(jīng)常用于實現(xiàn)緊靠手動閥門無法實現(xiàn)的工藝過程的自動化，準確定時，以及遠程操作。
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punishment
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.懲罰
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
He has received a just punishment.
他已受到應得的懲罰。
Punishment had very little effect on him.
懲罰對他沒有什么效果。
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rescue
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
vt.營救；援救
n.營救；救援
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用作及物動詞 (vt.)
The government has rescued the firm from bankruptcy by giving them a grant.
政府撥款給這家公司使其免于破產(chǎn)。
用作名詞 (n.)
Rescue workers rushed to the site of the plane crash.
搶救人員沖向飛機墜毀的現(xiàn)常
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moisture
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.水分；潮氣；濕度
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用作名詞 (n.)
The plants absorb moisture from the soil.
植物從土壤中吸取水分。
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belong
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
vi.應歸入；屬于
參考例句
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)
The sentences should belong in a different classification.
這些句子應歸入另外一類。
All these houses belong to the people's commune.
這些房子都是屬于人民公社的。
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tremendous
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
adj.巨大的；驚人的
參考例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
The discovery caused a tremendous commotion in the scientific world.
那項發(fā)現(xiàn)在科學界引起極大的震動。
We got a tremendous surprise when she arrived.
她的到來使我們大吃一驚。
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