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North Korea has finally responded to persistent rumours that leader Kim Jong-Un had plastic surgery to look like his revered grandfather, issuing an angry denial criticising "sordid" media reports.
傳聞北韓領導人為了讓自己更像他尊敬的祖父，動過整形手術，北韓終於回應，憤怒地否認，批評媒體報導「卑鄙」。
Speculation that Kim’s resemblance to the country’s founding leader, Kim Il-Sung, is not 100 percent natural has been around for some time, though with little or no supporting evidence.
傳聞金正恩與北韓建國領導人金日成神似的外貌，並非百分百渾然天成，這段傳聞已有一段時日，儘管證據很少或根本付之闕如。
The rumours have been partly fed by the undeniable fact that Kim Jong-Un has sought to evoke memories of his grandfather in numerous ways, through his dress, haircut, gestures and public appearances. And there is a clear physical resemblance. But Pyongyang’s patience with reports of plastic surgery appears to have run out.
但金正恩以服裝、髮型、手勢等不同方式，試圖要讓民眾想起他的祖父，卻是不爭的事實，且更助長傳聞。而且，兩人外貌的確明顯相似。不過，平壤當局容忍整形報導的耐性似已消磨殆盡。
"The false report... released by enemies is a hideous criminal act which the party, state, army and people can never tolerate," the official Korean Central News Agency （KCNA） said in a commentary Wednesday.
北韓官方中央通信社週三在評論中表示：「敵人公布的不實報導是醜惡的犯罪行為，北韓黨政軍及人民絕對無法容忍。」
Insisting that the very idea of Kim undergoing plastic surgery was "unimaginable," KCNA flatly rejected what it described as "sordid hackwork by rubbish media." （AFP）
北韓中央通信社堅稱，金正恩接受整形手術的想法「難以想像」，對其所謂「垃圾媒體的卑鄙報導」斷然駁斥。（法新社）
新聞辭典
sordid：形容詞，卑鄙的、不誠實的。例句：The story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.（故事描繪貪污與騙局的黑暗面。）
hideous：形容詞，可怕的、難以忍受的。例句：His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang. （他的家人遭受幫派份子可怕的襲擊。）
flatly：副詞，斷然地、直截了當地。例句：He flatly dismissed the idea as impossible.（他覺得這個想法不可能，直接拒絕了。）
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