A Hospital in Besieged Taiz Has Only Two Weeks of Fuel Left

A hospital treating hundreds of kidney patients in the besieged city of Taiz has only two weeks of generator fuel left. The facility depends on fuel-powered generators to produce electricity for vital medical equipment. Without power, treatment for these patients cannot continue.

has only ... left= 表示在資源或時間耗盡之前，所剩的數量或時間非常有限。

The shortage is growing worse because of ongoing fighting between Yemen's Houthis and the internationally recognised government. According to Al Jazeera, Taiz has become a new frontline in the war. At the same time, a blockade around the city is stopping humanitarian aid and basic goods from reaching the people inside.

growing worse= 描述不良狀況或問題隨著時間推移而持續加劇、惡化。

The conflict and blockade have cut off essential supplies across the city, including food, fuel, and medicine. If fresh fuel supplies do not arrive before generators run dry, the hospital will lose power, putting hundreds of vulnerable kidney patients at immediate risk.

cut off= 指必要物資的供應或輸送被完全中斷。run dry= 原指水井乾涸，在此為習語，指燃料等物資徹底耗盡、枯竭。

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文法整理

句型	意思
has only ... left	表示在資源或時間耗盡之前，所剩的數量或時間非常有限。
growing worse	描述不良狀況或問題隨著時間推移而持續加劇、惡化。
cut off	指必要物資的供應或輸送被完全中斷。
run dry	原指水井乾涸，在此為習語，指燃料等物資徹底耗盡、枯竭。

詞彙整理

單字	意思
treatment	為改善情況或減輕疾病、傷勢而採取的照護、處理方式，尤其指醫療上的治療。
shortage	短缺；不足：所需的數量少於預期或需求，因而不夠使用的情況。
blockade	以軍事力量封鎖敵方的重要地區、港口或航道，使人員、船隻及物資無法進出。
vital	極為重要而不可或缺的；對某件事的成敗或運作有關鍵影響的
vulnerable	容易受到攻擊、傷害或不利影響的；脆弱的

延伸學習

•「besieged（被圍困的）」指城市或據點遭到武裝力量包圍並切斷對外補給，為國際衝突報導中常見的詞彙。
•「run dry」原指水井或河流乾涸，在此處作為慣用語，生動比喻燃料或資源消耗殆盡。
•此處的「vital（極重要的）」形容維持治療所需的醫療設備；「essential（不可或缺的）」則形容糧食、燃料和藥品等必需物資。