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On Friday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that U.S. forces killed a senior ISIS leader, who was among several key members of the militant group eliminated this week.

周五，国防部长艾什·卡特表示美军击毙一名ISIS的领袖，是本周消灭激进组织的几个关键成员之一。

Carter identified the senior ISIS leader as Haji Imam, describing him as the terrorist group's finance minister.

卡特指认高级ISIS领袖叫哈吉阿訇，是恐怖集团的财政部长。

Carter added that Imam was a "well-known terrorist" who had a hand in terrorist plots outside of Iraq and Syria.

卡特表示，哈吉阿訇是一名“知名的恐怖分子”，在伊拉克和叙利亚外参与恐怖阴谋。

The Defense Secretary told a Pentagon news conference, "Leaders can be replaced. However, these leaders have been around for a long time. They are senior, they are experienced."

国防部长在五角大厦新闻发布会上称，“领导可以更换。然而，这些领导者已经参与很长一段时间。他们是高级的，也是老道的。”

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词汇解析

1、eliminate

消除，剔除，根除(尤指不需要之物)

The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.

《反性别歧视法》并未根除工作中的歧视。

Academic departments are being eliminated.

纯理论研究院系即将被裁撤。

（在竞赛中）淘汰

I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.

我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

If you are eliminated in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition.

如果在马术障碍赛中被淘汰，就意味着完全出局。

消灭;干掉

He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents.

他向政府宣战，并煽动右翼分子干掉他们的对手。

The radio station claimed that 87,000 'reactionaries' had been eliminated.

广播电台声称已经消灭了87,000名“反动分子”。

2、identify

认出;识别;分辨出

There are a number of distinguishing characteristics by which you can identify a Hollywood epic.

好莱坞的史诗大片有着一些与众不同的特点。

I tried to identify her perfume.

我试图分辨出她用哪种香水。

确认;指认;验明

Police have already identified around 10 murder suspects.

警方已经确认了约10名谋杀案疑凶。

The reporters identified one of the six Americans as an Army Specialist.

记者们认出6名美国人中有一位是陆军技术兵。