关于新宗教自由的倡议发表
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2018年(八月)
Pence on New Religious Freedom Initiatives
Many believers of different faiths have suffered grievously at the hands of ISIS, including Muslims, Christians 1, Druze, and others, said Vice 2 President Mike Pence at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom.
But perhaps no faith community has been so systematically 3 and cruelly targeted by ISIS as the Yazidis. Four years ago, ISIS entered the Sinjar region of Iraq, killing 4 or kidnapping many Yazidi men, women, and children. Nadia Murad, who spoke 5 at the Ministerial, said that in her village, ISIS slaughtered 6 more than 600 Yazidi men and boys, including six of Nadia's brothers and stepbrothers.
Then they kidnapped Nadia and all the young women, and subjugated 7 them to the most degrading form of human slavery. She was only able to escape because her captor left a door unlocked, and a neighboring family hid her until she could be smuggled 8 to safety.
Many Yazidi girls weren't so lucky. Thousands remain missing to this day or remain in ISIS captivity 9. The suffering of the Yazidi people has sickened the American people and mobilized the United States to action.
Ensuring that ISIS is defeated remains 10 an urgent priority for the Trump 11 Administration, and the U.S.-led Global Coalition 12 to Defeat ISIS will not stop until this enemy has been eliminated. Thanks to these efforts, ISIS' so-called caliphates in Iraq and Syria have collapsed 13, and “we will not rest or relent until ISIS is driven from the face of the Earth,” declared Vice President Pence.
Retaking territory is only half the battle. That's why the United States has already devoted 14 more than $110 million to support persecuted 15 religious communities across the Middle East.
Vice President Pence announced the United States will establish the Genocide Recovery and Persecution 16 Response Program. Under this new program, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development will closely partner with local faith and community leaders to deliver aid to persecuted communities, beginning in Iraq.
The United States is also launching a new International Religious Freedom Fund that will leverage 17 our resources, together with funds from other nations, to support those who fight for religious freedom and suffer from religious persecution.
“Together,” said Vice President Pence, “we will champion the cause of liberty as never before, and I believe that our combined leadership will make a difference for freedom of faith, for generations to come.”
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.这一屆政府自上台以来系统地削减了公共服务。
- The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.雨林正被系统地毀灭。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The prince had appeared and subjugated the poor little handmaid. 王子出现了，这使穷苦的小丫头不胜仰慕。 来自辞典例句
- As we know, rule over subjugated peoples is incompatible with the gentile constitution. 我们知道，对被征服者的统治，是和氏族制度不相容的。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网
- A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
- He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs. 人们因宗教信仰而受迫害的情况贯穿了整个历史。
- Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。
- He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
- Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。