US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the conference to look beyond financial assistance to Haiti. We have to pledge to do better ourselves at effective post-disaster reconstruction, she said, adding that the goal is now to empower the Haitian people.
在上面的报道中,post-disaster reconstruction就是灾后重建。 Reconstruction的意思是重建,改造,复原。 例如:The reconstruction of the Town Hall is scheduled to start next month. (市政厅的重建计划于下月开始。 )又如:postwar reconstruction(战后重建)。
在海地大遥发生后,许多遥派出了rescue team(救援小组),提供了包括rescue and medical equipment(救灾和医疗设备)、emergency personnel(紧急救援人员)在内的humanitarian relief(人道主义援助)。 在quake-stricken area(遥灾区)搭建了makeshift hospital(临时医院)和makeshift shelter(简易过渡房)帮助受灾遥度过难关。