VOA标准英语2010年-Iraqi Leaders Welcome Tentative Power
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(十一)月
Iraqi leaders have welcomed a tentative deal on a unity 1 government that could end an eight-month political stalemate. A major hurdle 2 appears overcome by including the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc 3, but the potentially contentious 4 division of cabinet posts still looms 5 on the horizon.
Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani cautioned it could still be another month before politicians agree on how to appoint key ministerial positions. But for the moment, simply getting the two main contenders together is being seen as a milestone 6.
Barzani, the regional president of Iraqi Kurdistan laid out how the top positions were divided, with current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, leading an expanded, second-place alliance, retaining his post, and the Sunni-backed bloc of former prime minister Ayad Alawi taking leadership of parliament.
The largely ceremonial post of the presidency 7 will stay in the hands of Kurdish politicians. The deal at least nominally 8 includes all three major factions 9, Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds, in Iraq's deeply divided political scene. Although Alawi's bloc took the most seats in the March elections, it failed to form a majority coalition 10, leaving more religious Shi'ite parties and blocs 11, some with strong anti-American leanings, to forge a formidable alliance.
Sunnis, who had boycotted 12 elections in 2005, had hoped to see greater representation in a new government. But initial enthusiasm over their Iraqiya bloc's electoral success faded as the months of wrangling 13 went on and violence began to fill the political void.
Barzani said Alawi, and by extension Sunnis, would have additional responsibilities as head of a national security council. But the duties, and even the name of the new body, remained vague. The Kurdish leader conceded the process had been filled with international and regional pressures, but recent progress showed Iraqis have to solve their own problems.
The United States, which has been drawing down its presence in the country, had been eager to see an equitable 14 distribution of power so as to forestall 15 further sectarian violence.
A White House advisor 16, Anthony Blinken, welcomed the developments as a big step forward.
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
- She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。
- A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
- There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
- She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
- Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。
- All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
- I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- Dad, nominally a Methodist, entered Churches only for weddings and funerals. 爸名义上是卫理公会教徒，可只去教堂参加婚礼和葬礼。
- The company could not indicate a person even nominally responsible for staff training. 该公司甚至不能指出一个名义上负责职员培训的人。
- 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
- 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。
- The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress. 把欧洲分为作战集团产生了越来越大的离心效果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The policy of the two blocs was played out. 把世界分为两个集团的政策已经过时了。 来自辞典例句
- Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
- The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程，要宫路下台。
- The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems. 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。 来自辞典例句
- The children were wrangling (with each other) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具（互相）争吵。 来自辞典例句
- This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
- Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。
- I left the room to forestall involvements.我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。
- He followed this rule in order to forestall rumors.他遵守这条规矩是为了杜绝流言蜚语。