夏说英语新闻晨读(MP3+文本) 第519期:美国从叙利亚撤军
日期:2018-12-31 07:59

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The Trump administration is planning a full withdrawal of US forces from northeastern Syria, as it nears the end of its campaign to retake all of the territory once held by Islamic State. On Wednesday morning, Donald Trump tweeted: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency." Such a withdrawal would upend the vital US partnership with a Kurdish proxy, the SDF, which has diminished, but not defeated Isis.

administration: n. 政府
withdrawl: n. 撤退
withdraw: vt. 撤退;收回;撤销;vi. 撤退;离开
force: n. 部队;武力;力量;vt. 促使;推动;强加
air force: 空军
retake: vt. 夺回
territory: n. 领土
presidency: n. 总统任职期间
upend: vt. 打倒(destroy)
proxy: n. 代理人
diminish: vt. 消失

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重点单词
  • diminishedadj. 减退了的;减弱的 v. 减少;削弱(dimin
  • vitaladj. 至关重要的,生死攸关的,有活力的,致命的
  • withdrawvt. 撤回,取回,撤退 vi. 退回,撤退,走开
  • campaignn. 运动,活动,战役,竞选运动 v. 从事运动,参加竞
  • diminishvt. 减少,变小,减损 vi. 变少,逐渐变细
  • administrationn. 行政,管理,行政部门
  • territoryn. 领土,版图,领域,范围
  • withdrawaln. 撤退,退回,取消