美国奥委会拒绝通过斯诺登抵制奥运会
英语课
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday refused to side with a U.S. lawmaker to boycott 1 the Winter Olympics in Russia if the country provides shelter to whistleblower Edward Snowden.
U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman Patrick Sandusky said in a statement that a boycott only harms the athletes.
"If there are any lessons to be learned from the American boycott of 1980, it is that Olympic boycotts 2 do not work," said Sandusky. "Our boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games did not contribute to a successful resolution of the underlying 3 conflict. It did, however, deprive hundreds of American athletes, all whom had completely dedicated 4 themselves to representing our nation at the Olympic Games, of the opportunity of a lifetime."
Senator Lindsey Graham suggested a boycott of the Winter Games in Sochi in a published interview Tuesday, to send a message to Moscow after Snowden sought temporary asylum 5 in Russia.
The United States led the boycott of 1980 Moscow Olympics and four years later, the Soviet 6 Union boycotted 7 the Los Angeles Games.
n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与
- 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。
（对某事物的）抵制( boycott的名词复数 )
- Their methods included boycotts and court action, supplemented by'sit-ins". 他们的主要方法包括联合抵制、法庭起诉，还附带进行静坐抗议。
- Are boycotts for other purposes illegal? 至于用于其它目的的联合抵制行动是否也是非法的呢？
adj.在下面的，含蓄的，潜在的
- The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
- This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。
adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的
- He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
- His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。