时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(七月)


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President Bush said Tuesday his administration is working on new sanctions against the Robert Mugabe government in Zimbabwe following the joint 1 Russian and Chinese veto of a U.N. sanctions package last week. Senior members of the Harare government already face U.S. financial curbs 2. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
 
President Bush meets reporters on the briefing room of the White House in Washington, 15 Jul 2008


Mr. Bush says in the wake of the failed sanctions effort at the United Nations, the administration is working on potential new measures to bolster 3 U.S. financial sanctions in place against Zimbabwean leaders for several years.


At his news conference, the President stressed U.S. disappointment over the veto of the draft sanctions resolution last Friday, which came despite Russian support for a strongly worded statement on Zimbabwe at the G8 summit in Japan only days before.


"I think the thing we need to do now is for us to analyze 4 whether or not we can have some more bilateral 5 sanctions on regime leaders. After all, these sanctions were not against the Zimbabwe people, these were against the people in the Mugabe regime that made the decisions it made. The Treasury 6 Department and the State Department are now working on potential U.S. action," said Mr. Bush.


The United States had lined up the necessary nine votes in the Security Council to approve the Zimbabwe sanctions measure, only to see the draft scuttled 7 by the Russian and Chinese veto.


The State Department said those who opposed the Zimbabwe measure were, in a spokesman's words, "on the wrong side of history."


At a State Department economic conference on Africa Tuesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice depicted 8 the Mugabe government as a lingering relic 9 of Africa's political past.


"In the Mugabe regime, we see the page of history that Africa must turn, a leader for independence which inherited a nation full of promise but which has devolved into a tyranny that values nothing but power," said Rice. "It is hard to imagine how Africa will ever reach its full potential until all of its leaders are accountable to, and respectful of, the will of its people. Southern Africa will face perennial 10 instability until the peaceful aspirations 11 of all Zimbabweans are respected and reflected in their government."


The failed U.N. resolution would have made the Zimbabwean leaders subject to an international travel ban and financial freeze.


Officials here say the United States is consulting with allies in Europe and elsewhere about enacting 12 similar measures, aimed at prodding 13 the Mugabe government to halt political violence and accept genuine power-sharing with the opposition 14 after disputed elections.


 


 



adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
v.限制,克制,抑制( curb的第三人称单数 )
  • In executing his functions he is not bound by any legal curbs on his power. 在他履行职务时,他的权力是不受任何法律约束的。 来自辞典例句
  • Curbs on air travel were being worked out and would shortly be announced. 限制航空旅行的有关规定正在拟定中,不久即将公布。 来自辞典例句
n.枕垫;v.支持,鼓励
  • The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
  • He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。
vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
adj.双方的,两边的,两侧的
  • They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
  • There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题,两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
n.宝库;国库,金库;文库
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 );快跑,急走
  • She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice. 听到他的说话声,她赶紧跑开了。
  • The thief scuttled off when he saw the policeman. 小偷看见警察来了便急忙跑掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述
  • Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
  • They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。
n.神圣的遗物,遗迹,纪念物
  • This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
  • He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。
adj.终年的;长久的
  • I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
  • There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。
强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音
  • I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
  • The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的现在分词 )
  • Generally these statutes apply only to wastes from reactors outside the enacting state. 总之,这些法令只适宜用在对付那些来自外州的核废料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
  • In addition, the complexion of enacting standards for live working is described. 另外,介绍了带电作业标准的制订情况。
v.刺,戳( prod的现在分词 );刺激;促使;(用手指或尖物)戳
  • He needed no prodding. 他不用督促。
  • The boy is prodding the animal with a needle. 那男孩正用一根针刺那动物。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
学英语单词
absolute parallelism
add plot style table
agrarian system
anaphylaxin
arch beam
arteria hepatica communis
arthur tappans
astro-turfs
attitude of the projection surface
Aufrecht's sign
Austin Friars
baiul
basometachromophil
beta-Fructofuranosidase
bonafide
brelsford
cell cycle
central (central province)
chronic hypertrophic gastritis
circling round
climatized cabin
coat dress, coatdress
condy's crystals
diamond borer (boring machine)
dynamic mechanical analysis
economic development
elpasolite
enrich the top-soil layer
equibase
erlana
ethanesulfonamido
exposure threshold limit value
Fazao, Mts.
Ftiloxazone
funnel-like fossa
gerwen
go to one's doom
gold general
gravity held check valve
grogran
group interviewing
guilloched
hematopoetic
hexafluoroethanes
hotel rack
indianapolis
interaction source
kilogallons
KLIC
lakritz
lead eraser
lendu
local fallout
Lolaka
Long Afterglow Phosphor
magnetic pulsation
make up a deficiency
march map
metallic diaphragm
mining map
mixed wood
multilinguism
Non-Amortizing Loan
non-conservative concentration
non-stop operation
Oppenheim's disease
optimality conditions
oscillating quantity
palingenist
path abort request state
perennial philosophy
permissive environment
Phacellaria rigidula
pneumoencephalographies
polypoid hyperplasia
program extension
recontracting
recountal
roessler
scope of audit
see snakes
semi-closed interval
side suction
silvestrene
soundproof material
sudser
taklamakan deserts
template-switch
timing channel
topological index
total shrinkage
tourist resource map
transchelation
truelove knots
twanked
unbalanced stator fault
vacuolins
vehicle coordinate system
vieirine
Vonges
weather cap
zun