VOA标准英语2012--US: Recognizing Syrian Opposition Strengthens Fight Against Assad
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
US: Recognizing Syrian Opposition 1 Strengthens Fight Against Assad
With Syrian rebels gaining ground on Assad forces, the Obama administration says recognizing political opponents strengthens the fight against him.
"We have said all along that in the absence of any moves by the regime to end this, in the absence of any commitment to any kind of a transition, we are going to continue to support the opposition as we can," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
Nuland says recognition helps prepare for a Syria without President Bashar al-Assad.
"It also will give us the opportunity to better direct the non-lethal assistance that we are providing so that it can get directly to political leaders on the ground in the local coordinating 2 councils, particularly in those areas of Syria that have now been liberated 3 from regime control," she said.
That assistance may help local councils better coordinate 4 with rebels. Their divisions have been exploited by Assad forces.
Washington-based analyst 5 Malou Innocent says anti-Assad fighters increasingly appear better focused.
"Now you are sort of seeing influential 6 leaders of these independent brigades now coming together and coalescing 7 and working together to try and oust 8 Assad," explained Innocent.
The coalition 9 recognized in Morocco is more broadly representative than past efforts at unifying 10 political opponents. But it has not agreed on a transitional government.
London-based analyst Malik Al-Abdeh says deep divisions remain between secular 11 and Islamist opponents in the group.
"The Muslim Brotherhood 12 seems to be in the dominant 13 position, which I don't think is necessarily going to make them any more attractive to the West," he noted 14. "However, the West feels compelled now to legitimize the Syrian opposition in whatever guise 15 it may take, simply because of the fast pace of events on the ground in Syria."
Innocent says U.S. recognition is an effort to head off extremists.
"This is an attempt to legitimize more moderate rebel forces and see a post-Assad Syria that is less entrenched 16 in its secular and ideological 17 fissures," she said.
Even with recognition, opposition politicians taking charge in rebel-held areas is more difficult because of the devastation 18 of 21 months of fighting. The United Nations estimates that about two million homes are damaged and thousands of schools and businesses have been destroyed.
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
- He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白
- The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
- The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应，释放出氧气。
- You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
- Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
- He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
- A mental model begins coalescing in their minds. 一个意识模型开始结合到他们的脑子里。 来自互联网
- On the basis of coalescing this kind of element can separate oil from compressed air. 采用凝聚原理，分离压缩空气中的油份。 来自互联网
- The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
- The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。
- 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。
- In addition, there were certain religious bonds of a unifying kind. 此外，他们还有某种具有一种统一性质的宗教上的结合。
- There is a unifying theme, and that is the theme of information flow within biological systems. 我们可以用一个总的命题，把生物学系统内的信息流来作为这一研究主题。
- We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
- Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
- They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
- They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
- The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
- She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.他们假装成视察员进了学校。
- The thief came into the house under the guise of a repairman.那小偷扮成个修理匠进了屋子。
- Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.电视看来要在全国广告媒介中牢固地占据头等位置。
- If the enemy dares to attack us in these entrenched positions,we will make short work of them.如果敌人胆敢进攻我们固守的阵地，我们就消灭他们。
- He always tries to link his study with his ideological problems. 他总是把学习和自己的思想问题联系起来。
- He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作，对我有很大帮助。
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》