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A member of the U.S. military was killed in Somalia during an operation against extremist group al-Shabab.

美国军方成员在索马里一次针对极端组织青年党的行动中被杀OhPr]9M|D4s|Pg。

According to a statement from U.S. Africa Command, the service member was killed late Thursday during a mission advising Somali National Army forces.

据美国非洲司令部的一份声明，周四晚些时候该服役人员在索马里国家军队的一次任务中被杀害S+K,tPu@p~。

A spokesperson for U.S. Africa Command told reporters this is the first American combat death in Somalia in more than two decades.

美军驻索马里司令部发言人告诉记者，这是20多年来美国在索马里的第一次战斗死亡hd;yhUA_-B4BvuTX=#。

In 1993, two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in Mogadishu, killing 18 soldiers.

1993年，两架美国陆军UH-60黑鹰直升机在Mogadishu被击落，造成18名士兵死亡zx6qFR2dATTvi。

But the U.S. has recently stepped up its activities to fight al-Shabab in Somalia.

但美国最近加强了在索马里打击青年党的活动ygEw(bkI@c。

In March, President Donald Trump approved expanded operations against the group's militants, including more aggressive airstrikes.

今年3月，唐纳德·特朗普总统批准扩大对该组织武装分子的打击行动，包括更积极的空袭8srLz+p2w~。

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1、combat

战斗

Over 16 million men had died in combat.

1,600多万人在战斗中牺牲r+XSC&&T~U%[BN。

Yesterday saw hand-to-hand combat in the city.

昨天该市发生了肉搏战M(o(qP)p.5RT9。

斗争;格斗

It was the end of a long combat.

这是一场长期斗争的结束ka&.0j6K=9HTb+*pQ~%。

与…作斗争;打击

Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime.

国会对政府打击犯罪的新措施提出了批评y2M@+zlZVgqSG@H|m。

2、expand

扩充;扩大;增加

Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected.

工程师注意到管道并没有如预期那样膨胀_V|L5U,^S12K。

The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September.

截至9月，当年的货币供应增加了14.6％m=AKkUA#*(C8l#,。

扩大；发展；扩展

The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century.

到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展A|oWFokJ0JW,^0,jbl。

The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able to expand or stay in business.

利率正在降低，我可以扩大公司或者维持经营lnT7QI@W3a1j。

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