Wellington is ranked as New Zealand's safest city - the 18th safest in the world.

近日，2019年全球城市安全指数报告发布。新西兰仅有惠灵顿一座城市上榜，位列第18名。

The capital was the only city in the country ranked in the 2019 Safe Cities Index, by global business intelligence firm The Economist Intelligence Unit. It listed the top 60 safest cities in the world based on digital, health, infrastructure and personal security.

在全球商业情报公司经济学人智库发布的最新报告中，首都惠灵顿成为了新西兰唯一上榜的城市。该报告根据数字化、健康、基础设施和个人安全等因素，列出了全球最安全的60个城市。

intelligence：智力；情报工作；情报机关；理解力；才智，智慧；天分

digital：数字的；数字化

infrastructure：基础设施；公共建设；下部构造

The report listed Wellington fifth on the list for personal security. The report says these cities are strong on "personal security inputs".

惠灵顿在个人安全方面位列第五。该报告称，这些名列前茅的城市在“个人安全”方面投入非常大。

"For Wellington, the most visible weakness is illegal drug use, for which it comes in at 56th," the report says.

报告称，“惠灵顿最明显的弱点和问题为非法使用毒品，该城市在这项数据中排在了第56位。”

visible：明显的；看得见的；现有的；可得到的

weakness：弱点；软弱；嗜好

Tokyo was revealed as the safest city in the world, followed by Singapore, Osaka, Amsterdam, Sydney, Toronto and Washington.

东京被评选为世界最安全的城市，紧随其后的是新加坡、大阪、阿姆斯特丹、悉尼、多伦多和华盛顿。

"Given the growing number of people residing in cities and the ever-greater influence they will have on how we as a species live, the future of day-to-day global human security is, to a large degree, urban security," the report says.

“鉴于居住在城市的人口数量不断增加，及其对城市人口的生活方式的影响越来越大，未来的全球日常安全将很大程度上取决于城市的安全与否。”

residing：属于；居住

species：物种；种类

urban：城市的；住在都市的

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