VOA常速英语2008年-Iraqi Refugees Face Life-Threatening Situation
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2008年（二月）
英语课
By Tony Budny
Washington
28 February 2008
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dire
adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的
参考例句：
There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
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asylum
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
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。
Washington
28 February 2008
A top United Nations official is warning U.S. lawmakers that Iraqi refugees face what he terms "absolutely dire 1 circumstances" in their countries of asylum 2. Between two and five million Iraqis have fled their homeland. VOA's Tony Budny has more.
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dire
adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的
参考例句：
There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
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asylum
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
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.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的
- There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
- We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。