爱华网背景：《发现少校》纪录片中提到的密支那战役，是二战期间日本在亚洲战场的三次“玉碎战”之一。日军当时的战报称密支那战役为“全员英勇玉碎”。
提问：如何用英文表达“玉碎”的含义呢？
原文：密支那，…是日军在亚洲战场的三个玉碎地之一。
初译：It was also one of the three places where the Japanese armyunderwent completely failure.
定稿：It was also one of the three places in Asia where theJapanese army suffered a complete defeat,or“broken jade”as dubbed by the Japanese.
说明：“failure”和“defeat”两个词意思相近，但应用语境却不同，需要仔细甄别。这里只讨论名词的用法。
Failure is a lack of success in doing or achievingsomething, especially in relation to a particular activity.“失败”，相对“成功”而言，指一件事未能做成。
Defeat is the experience of being beaten in abattle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wantedto. “战败”，指在战争或比赛中“输”了，未能取胜。
日军在战争中战败，显然要用defeat这个词，表明实际含义，再加上“brokenjade”，可以形象地传达出“玉碎” 的比喻意义。
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