VOA标准英语2008年-Thaksin Relative Has Party Backing for Thai Pri
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（九月）
Thailand's People's Power Party has nominated a relative of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to become the nation's new leader. But as Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, fighting among the PPP's factions 2 created uncertainties 3 before the vote.
Thailand's acting 4 PM and deputy leader of the ruling People's Power Party, Somchai Wongsawat speaks during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 Sep 2008
The People's Power Party has endorsed 5 interim 6 Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat to lead a new government. His nomination 7 goes to a vote in parliament Wednesday.
Mr. Somchai, a former permanent secretary at the Ministry 8 of Justice, is seen as less combative 9 than Samak Sundaravej, who had to resign as prime minister last week after a court ruled he had violated conflict of interest rules. Many PPP members and the party's five coalition 10 partners refused to re-elect him.
Sunai Pasuk, a representative in Thailand for Human Rights Watch, says with the vote coming Wednesday the political landscape appears to be settling after weeks of tension.
"For now at least efforts from the political parties in the parliament to go along with the existing principal of electoral democracy - that is the biggest party in the parliament has the right to nominate a new prime minister," Sunai said.
But it was not clear that Mr. Somchai would have full party support. A party faction 1 threatened to boycott 11 the election, because its members saw Mr. Somchai as too divisive. He is the brother-in-law of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted 12 in a coup 13 two years ago.
Panitan Wattanayagorn, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University, says the split appeared to be a power struggle between factions.
The PPP is largely made up of politicians from the banned Thai Rak Thai Party, which Thaksin led. It has been banned because of voting irregularities.
"The conflict between groups is intensifying," Panitan said. "TRT was a composition of different faction groups under the leadership of one man - Thaksin and his no-nonsense rule. But since his departure from politics, it is becoming increasingly more difficult for these power groups to hold together."
PPP sources told journalists the differences had been settled.
Resigned Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej
Thailand has been gripped by political tension for months as anti-government protests led by the People's Alliance for Democracy called for Samak's resignation. They accuse him acting on behalf of Thaksin.
The former prime minister fled to Britain last month during a corruption 15 trial.
Thaksin remains 16 immensely popular among rural and poor voters. But the urban middle class considers him corrupt 14 and authoritarian 17.
On Tuesday, the Supreme 18 Court issued an arrest warrant for Thaksin after he failed to appear to face charges over a loan to Burma's military government that prosecutors 19 say would have benefited his telecommunications business.
And on Wednesday, a special Supreme Court will issue a verdict in the first corruption case against Thaksin. He is accused of using his influence to enable his wife to buy land through a government agency.
- Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
- I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。
- The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
- One of the uncertainties of military duty is that you never know when you might suddenly get posted away. 任军职不稳定的因素之一是你永远不知道什么时候会突然被派往它处。
- Uncertainties affecting peace and development are on the rise. 影响和平与发展的不确定因素在增加。 来自汉英非文学 - 十六大报告
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- Mr. Obama has recently adopted a more combative tone.奥巴马总统近来采取了一种更有战斗性的语调。
- She believes that women are at least as combative as are.她相信女性至少和男性一样好斗。
- 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。
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
- The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
- That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
- The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
- This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- 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。
- Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
- The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。