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According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, Republican and Democratic US senators said that they would try to pass 22 separate joint resolutions
据《路透社》报道，周三，美国共和党和民主党参议员表示，他们将争取通过22项单独的联合决议，
intended to block President Donald Trump's plan to complete 8 billion dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without congressional review.
旨在阻止唐纳德·特朗普总统在没有国会审查的情况下完成对沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋的80亿美元武器销售的计划F*t,*4y^lOox=。
Backers of the resolutions claim they are intended to 'protect and reaffirm Congress' role of approving arms sales to foreign governments.'
这些决议的支持者声称，他们想“保护和重申国会”的批准向国外政府销售武器的权利cK@J_tDjIC(~N。

Senator Bob Menendez, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said, “We are taking this step today to show that we will not stand idly by
参议院外交关系委员会资深民主党参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯表示：“我们今天迈出这一步，是为了表明我们不会袖手旁观，
and allow the President or the Secretary of State to further erode Congressional review and oversight of arm sales."
不会允许总统或国务卿进一步削弱国会对武器销售的审查和监督s]cVTYSZUpYvN3ut。”

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词汇解析

1、intend to想要；打算
They intend to be an army of light against the onslaught of darkness.
他们打算成为一支光明之师对抗黑暗军团的猛烈进攻~gFdVr=kDknv。

2、stand idly by袖手旁观
When you hear this story, you can not stand idly by.
当你听到这样的故事时，你是不能够袖手旁观的h4Roxh.Rvwa。