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Ladies and Gentlemen,the president of the United States .US President Barack Obama says that Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria will only strengthen ISIL militants.

女士们，先生们，欢迎美国总统。美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马表示，俄罗斯在叙利亚的轰炸行动只会加强ISIL武装分子。

He claims Moscow is failing to distinguish between the so-called Islamic State and more moderate insurgents.

奥巴马声称莫斯科没有区分所谓的伊斯兰国和更为温和派反叛分子。

An approach Obama describes as a “recipe for disaster.”

奥巴马将其描述为造成“灾难的因素”。

The reason Assad is still in power is because Russia and Iran have supported him. The moderate opposition in Syria is one that, if we are ever going to have a political transition, we need, and the Russian policy is driving those folks underground or creating a situation in which they are decapacitated and it’s only strengthening ISIL.

阿萨德之所以仍在执政是因为俄罗斯和伊朗都在支持他。叙利亚温和反对派是一个，如果我们要进行一个政治过渡，我们就需要的组织，俄罗斯的政策正在暗地里推动这些人，这样只会助长ISIL组织。

Obama said Russia risks being sucked into a quagmire it will find hard to get out of.

奥巴马说，俄罗斯冒着被卷入困境的危险将难以脱身。

He also stressed that he does not want to turn the Syrian conflict into a “proxy war” between Washington and Moscow.

他还强调，他不想把叙利亚冲突变成一场华盛顿和莫斯科之间的“代理战争”。

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词汇解析

1、strengthen

巩固(地位);增强，加强(实力)

the new constitution, which strengthens the government and enables it to balance and check the powers of parliament and president.

巩固了政府的地位并使其能够制衡国会和总统权力的新宪法

To strengthen his position in Parliament, he held talks with leaders of the Peasant Party.

为巩固其在国会中的地位，他曾与农民党的领导人进行多次会谈。

(使)(经济、工业)坚挺，壮大;(使)(货币)升值

The dollar strengthened against most other currencies.

美元相对大多数其他货币都升值了。

If the Government wants to save the Pound it should start by strengthening the British economy.

如果政府想让英镑保值，那么首先就应该加强英国的经济。

加强，加大(法律、措施)的力度;(使)变得更严格

I am also looking urgently at how we can strengthen the law.

我也在急切地关注我们该如何加强法制。

Community leaders want to strengthen controls at external frontiers.

社区领导想要加强对小区外围的管理。

2、distinguish

区分;辨别;分清

Could he distinguish right from wrong?

他能分辨是非吗？

Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark.

研究表明婴儿通过辨别光亮和黑暗的区域来学会看东西。

(特质或特征)使有别于

There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms.

音乐的某种特质使其有别于所有其他艺术形式。

The bird has no distinguishing features.

这只鸟没有明显的特征。

使出名;使受青睐

Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar.

在接下来的几年里，他作为一名宪法研究领域最杰出的学者而声名远扬。

They distinguished themselves at the Battle of Assaye.

他们在阿瑟耶之战中一战成名。

3、moderate

(政治观点或政策)温和的，不激进的

He was an easygoing man of very moderate views.

他的观点非常温和，容易相处。

Both countries have called for a moderate approach to the use of force.

两国都呼吁不要滥用武力。

(人或团体)温和的，稳健的

a moderate Democrat.

温和的民主党人

the moderate wing of the army.

军队中的稳健派

中等的;普通的;适度的；适量的

While a moderate amount of stress can be beneficial, too much stress can exhaust you.

适度的压力是有好处的，但是压力太大会把人压垮。

moderate exercise.

适度的锻炼

(使)缓和;(使)减轻;(使)减弱;节制

They are hoping that once in office he can be persuaded to moderate his views.

他们希望等他一上台，可以说服他观点别那么激进。

Amongst relief workers, the immediate sense of crisis has moderated somewhat.

救援人员的紧迫危机感已经有所减弱。

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