Nearly 50,000 people have fled(逃离) a sudden advance by Houthi forces in western Yemen, with entire villages emptied and families trapped(整个村庄空无一人，家庭被困) near frontline fighting with depleting(耗尽的) food supplies, according to aid workers(据援助人员称).
据援助人员称，近5万人逃离了胡塞武装在也门西部的突然推进，整座整座的村庄人去楼空，许多家庭被困在前线附近，食物供应日益耗尽。
Civilians in the Middle East’s poorest country have found themselves victims of a global struggle for control over one of the most important shipping routes in the world, which threatens to turn Yemen’s on-off conflict into a forever war.(这个中东最贫穷国家的平民成了全球争夺世界最重要航运通道控制权的牺牲品，这场争夺可能使也门断断续续的冲突变成一场永无休止的战争。)
这个中东最贫穷国家的平民，成了全球争夺世界最重要航运通道控制权的牺牲品，这场争夺可能使也门断断续续的冲突变成一场永无休止的战争。
In a lightning advance(闪电推进) this week, the Iran-backed Houthi militants have seized(夺取) a string of(一系列) towns along the Red Sea coast from forces aligned with(与……结盟的) the US- and Saudi-backed Yemeni government. Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed. Many fear a return to the full-scale(全面的) civil war that killed 150,000 and brought many others to the brink of famine.
本周，伊朗支持的胡塞武装发动闪电攻势，从美国及沙特支持的也门政府军手中夺取了红海沿岸的一系列城镇。据报道，已有数百人丧生。许多人担心会重回全面内战——那场战争曾导致15万人死亡，并使许多人濒临饥荒。