In this meaning, Kursk is not the city — it is a Russian nuclear submarine of that name.

In this meaning, Kursk is not the city在這個意思裡，Kursk指的不是那座城市 it is a Russian nuclear submarine of that name而是一艘同名的俄羅斯核子潛艦

In August 2000 it sank in the Barents Sea during a training exercise. All 118 people on board died.

In August 20002000年8月 it sank in the Barents Sea during a training exercise它在一次演習中沉沒於巴倫支海 All 118 people on board died船上118人全數罹難

Some sailors lived for a time after the blast, waiting in the back of the ship, but help did not reach them. Many people, in Russia and outside, felt the government was too slow to take foreign help and too slow to tell the truth.

Some sailors lived for a time after the blast有些水兵在爆炸後又活了一段時間 waiting in the back of the ship在船的後段等待救援 but help did not reach them但救援始終沒有到 Many people, in Russia and outside不論俄國國內或國外，很多人 felt the government was too slow to take foreign help and too slow to tell the truth都覺得政府接受外國協助太慢，說出真相也太慢

It became the worst peacetime disaster for a Russian ship, and a bitter memory of that year.

It became the worst peacetime disaster for a Russian ship它成了俄羅斯船艦史上最嚴重的和平時期災難 and a bitter memory of that year也成了那一年一段沉痛的記憶

The boat was named after the Russian city of Kursk, itself named for the Kur River. When English speakers say “the Kursk,” they almost always mean this sinking, not the city.

The boat was named after the Russian city of Kursk這艘船是以俄羅斯的庫爾斯克市命名的 itself named for the Kur River而那座城市本身又是以Kur河命名的 When English speakers say the Kursk當說英文的人講「the Kursk」的時候 they almost always mean this sinking, not the city幾乎都是指這次沉船事件，不是那座城市