Simple Sabotage Field Manual — Page 2

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Simple sabotage does not require specially prepared tools or equipment; it is executed by an ordinary citizen who may or may not act individually and without the necessity for active connection with an organized group; and it is carried out in such a way as to involve a minimum danger of injury, detection, and reprisal.

简单破坏活动不需要特别准备的工具或设备；它由普通公民执行，这些人可能单独行动也可能不单独行动，无需与有组织的团体保持积极联系；并且其实施方式使受伤、被发现和遭受报复的危险降至最低。

Where destruction is involved, the weapons of the citizen-saboteur are salt, nails, candles, pebbles, thread, or any other materials he might normally be expected to possess as a householder or as a worker in his particular occupation.

涉及破坏时，公民破坏者的武器是盐、钉子、蜡烛、鹅卵石、线，或者任何他作为户主或在其特定职业中的工人通常可能拥有的其他材料。

His arsenal is the kitchen shelf, the trash pile, his own usual kit of tools and supplies.

他的武器库就是厨房的架子、垃圾堆，以及他自己惯常使用的工具和物资套件。

The targets of his sabotage are usually objects to which he has normal and inconspicuous access in everyday life.

他破坏的目标通常是他在日常生活中能够正常且不引人注意地接触到的物品。

A second type of simple sabotage requires no destructive tools whatsoever and produces physical damage, if any, by highly indirect means.

第二种简单破坏活动完全不需要任何破坏性工具，若有任何实质性损害，也是通过极为间接的方式造成的。

It is based on universal opportunities to make faulty decisions, to adopt a noncooperative attitude, and to induce others to follow suit.

它基于普遍存在的机会：做出错误决定、采取不合作态度，以及诱使他人效仿。

Making a faulty decision may be simply a matter of placing tools in one spot instead of another.

做出错误决定可能只是将工具放在某处而非另一处那么简单。

A non-cooperative attitude may involve nothing more than creating an unpleasant situation among one's fellow workers, engaging in bickerings, or displaying surliness and stupidity.

不合作的态度可能只不过是在同事之间制造不愉快的氛围、引发争吵，或表现出粗鲁和愚蠢。

This type of activity, sometimes referred to as the "human element," is frequently responsible for accidents, delays, and general obstruction even under normal conditions.

这种类型的活动，有时被称为"人为因素"，即使在正常情况下也经常导致事故、延误和普遍阻碍。

Vocabulary

简单: jiǎndān — Simple, easy, uncomplicated in nature
破坏: pòhuài — To destroy, damage, or sabotage something
活动: huódòng — Activity, movement, or event
不: bù — No, not; negation particle
需要: xūyào — To need, require; a necessity
特别: tèbié — Special, particular, especially
准备: zhǔnbèi — To prepare, get ready for something
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
工具: gōngjù — Tool, instrument, implement for a task
或: huò — Or, either; conjunction indicating alternatives
设备: shèbèi — Equipment, apparatus, facility or device
它: tā — It; third-person pronoun for objects or animals
由: yóu — By, from; indicating agent or origin
普通: pǔtōng — Ordinary, common, average, not special
公民: gōngmín — Citizen, civilian member of a country
执行: zhíxíng — To execute, carry out, implement a task
这些: zhèxiē — These; plural demonstrative pronoun
人: rén — Person, people, human being
可能: kěnéng — Possible, maybe, might; possibility
单独: dāndú — Alone, independently, by oneself
行动: xíngdòng — Action, operation; to take action
也: yě — Also, too, as well; addition particle
无需: wúxū — No need to, without needing to
与: yǔ — With, and; conjunction linking elements
有: yǒu — To have, exist, there is
组织: zǔzhī — Organization; to organize, arrange a group
团体: tuántǐ — Group, organization, collective body of people
保持: bǎochí — To maintain, keep, preserve a state
积极: jījí — Active, positive, enthusiastic, proactive
联系: liánxì — Contact, connection; to get in touch
并且: bìngqiě — And, moreover, furthermore; additive conjunction
其: qí — Its, their; third-person possessive pronoun
实施: shíshī — To implement, carry out, put into effect
方式: fāngshì — Method, way, manner of doing something
使: shǐ — To cause, make, enable something to happen
受伤: shòushāng — To be injured, get hurt, sustain wounds
被: bèi — Passive marker; by, indicates passive voice
发现: fāxiàn — To discover, find, be found out
和: hé — And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
遭受: zāoshòu — To suffer, experience something negative or harmful
报复: bàofù — Retaliation, revenge; to retaliate against someone
危险: wēixiǎn — Danger, risk; dangerous, hazardous situation
降至: jiàng zhì — To reduce to, lower down to a level
最低: zuìdī — Lowest, minimum, at the least possible level
涉及: shèjí — To involve, relate to, concern a matter
时: shí — When, time; temporal conjunction or noun
破坏者: pòhuàizhě — Saboteur, one who destroys or disrupts
武器: wǔqì — Weapon, arms used for attack or defense
是: shì — To be; linking verb indicating identity or state
盐: yán — Salt; common seasoning and mineral compound
钉子: dīngzi — Nail; small metal spike used in construction
蜡烛: làzhú — Candle; wax stick providing light when burned
鹅卵石: éluǎnshí — Pebble, cobblestone; smooth rounded stone
线: xiàn — Thread, string, line, wire
或者: huòzhě — Or, either; conjunction offering alternatives
任何: rènhé — Any, whatever, whichever; without restriction
他: tā — He, him; masculine third-person pronoun
作为: zuòwéi — As, in the role of, serving as
户主: hùzhǔ — Head of household, homeowner, house master
在: zài — At, in, on; preposition indicating location or time
特定: tèdìng — Specific, particular, designated for a purpose
职业: zhíyè — Occupation, profession, career, vocation
中: zhōng — In, among, within; middle or center
工人: gōngrén — Worker, laborer, blue-collar employee
通常: tōngcháng — Usually, normally, generally, in most cases
拥有: yōngyǒu — To own, possess, have at one's disposal
其他: qítā — Other, else, remaining, additional items
材料: cáiliào — Material, substance, ingredient used for making
武器库: wǔqìkù — Arsenal, armory; stockpile of weapons or tools
就是: jiùshì — Exactly is, precisely, that is to say
厨房: chúfáng — Kitchen; room used for cooking food
架子: jiàzi — Shelf, rack, stand for holding items
垃圾堆: lājī duī — Garbage pile, rubbish heap, junk pile
以及: yǐjí — As well as, along with, and also
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself, self; reflexive pronoun
惯常: guàncháng — Habitual, customary, usual, regularly used
物资: wùzī — Supplies, materials, goods, resources
套件: tàojiàn — Kit, set of tools or components together
目标: mùbiāo — Goal, target, objective, aim
日常: rìcháng — Daily, everyday, routine, ordinary life
生活: shēnghuó — Life, daily living, lifestyle, existence
能够: nénggòu — To be able to, capable of doing something
正常: zhèngcháng — Normal, regular, standard, as expected
且: qiě — And, moreover, yet; conjunction linking clauses
引人注意: yǐn rén zhùyì — To attract attention, draw notice from others
地: de — Adverbial particle modifying verbs or adjectives
接触: jiēchù — To contact, touch, come into contact with
到: dào — To arrive at, reach; directional complement
物品: wùpǐn — Item, object, article, goods, thing
第二种: dì èr zhǒng — The second type, second kind or category
完全: wánquán — Completely, entirely, fully, totally
破坏性: pòhuàixìng — Destructive nature or quality of something
若: ruò — If, supposing that; conditional conjunction
实质性: shízhìxìng — Substantive, significant, meaningful in substance
损害: sǔnhài — Damage, harm, injury; to harm or damage
通过: tōngguò — Through, by means of, via a method
极为: jíwéi — Extremely, exceedingly, to a great degree
间接: jiànjiē — Indirect, not direct, through intermediary means
造成: zàochéng — To cause, bring about, result in something
基于: jīyú — Based on, grounded in, founded upon
普遍: pǔbiàn — Universal, widespread, common, generally existing
存在: cúnzài — To exist, be present; existence, presence
机会: jīhuì — Opportunity, chance, favorable occasion
做出: zuòchū — To make, produce, put forth an action
错误: cuòwù — Error, mistake, wrong, incorrect action
决定: juédìng — Decision; to decide, determine a course
采取: cǎiqǔ — To adopt, take, employ a measure or approach
合作: hézuò — Cooperation, collaboration; to work together
态度: tàidu — Attitude, stance, manner toward something
诱使: yòushǐ — To entice, induce, lure someone into action
他人: tārén — Others, other people, other persons
效仿: xiàofǎng — To imitate, follow the example of others
只是: zhǐshì — Just, merely, only, simply
将: jiāng — Will, going to; future marker or preposition
放在: fàng zài — To place at, put something in a location
某处: mǒuchù — Somewhere, a certain unspecified place
而非: ér fēi — Rather than, instead of, as opposed to
另一处: lìng yī chù — Another place, a different location elsewhere
那么: nàme — Then, in that case; consequential conjunction
只不过: zhǐbùguò — Merely, only, it is nothing more than
同事: tóngshì — Colleague, coworker, fellow worker
之间: zhījiān — Between, among; spatial or relational position
制造: zhìzào — To create, manufacture, produce, cause something
不愉快: bù yúkuài — Unpleasant, unhappy, disagreeable atmosphere or feeling
氛围: fēnwéi — Atmosphere, ambiance, surrounding mood or environment
引发: yǐnfā — To trigger, provoke, give rise to something
争吵: zhēngchǎo — Quarrel, argument, dispute between people
表现出: biǎoxiànchū — To display, show, exhibit a certain quality
粗鲁: cūlǔ — Rude, crude, impolite, lacking in manners
愚蠢: yúchǔn — Stupid, foolish, dumb, lacking intelligence
这种: zhèzhǒng — This kind of, this type of thing
类型: lèixíng — Type, kind, category, classification
有时: yǒushí — Sometimes, occasionally, at times
称为: chēngwéi — To be called, referred to, named as
人为: rénwéi — Man-made, human-caused, artificial factor
因素: yīnsù — Factor, element, component influencing an outcome
即使: jíshǐ — Even if, even though; concessive conjunction
情况下: qíngkuàng xià — Under circumstances, in a situation or condition
经常: jīngcháng — Often, frequently, regularly, habitually
导致: dǎozhì — To lead to, cause, result in an outcome
事故: shìgù — Accident, incident, unexpected harmful event
延误: yánwù — Delay, hold-up; to cause a delay
阻碍: zǔ'ài — To obstruct, hinder, block progress or movement

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