2006年VOA标准英语-Military Seizes Power in Fiji
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（十二月）
By Phil Mercer
Fiji
05 December 2006
Fiji's military commander Frank Bainimarama announces he had taken control of the country, in Suva, 5 Dec 2006
Fiji's military commander says he has overthrown 1 the country's democratically elected government. Commodore Frank Bainimarama announced that he has assumed executive authority and taken over the country. From Suva, Phil Mercer reports.
After weeks of threats Fiji's army has finally made its move.
The army chief Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed emergency powers to sack the government. He said he was invoking 2 a "doctrine 3 of necessity" because the country was headed for "destruction" under the former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
The commodore told a news conference that the Qarase government was tainted 4 by bribery 5 and corruption 6 and had no intention of solving Fiji's political crisis.
"We consider that Fiji has reached a crossroads and that the government and all those empowered to make decisions in our constitutional democracy are unable to make decisions to save our people from destruction," he said.
The army has been in dispute with Qarase for months, over his plans to grant amnesties to those behind a nationalist uprising of six years ago. The military believes the earlier coup 7 plotters were treated far too leniently 8.
There were further disagreements over controversial new laws that would have given more land and fishing rights to indigenous 9 Fijians at the expense of the ethnic-Indian minority.
Bainimarama sees himself as the protector of multi-culturalism in Fiji and claims the Qarase government was discriminating 10 against the Indian minority, which makes up about 40 percent of the population.
A caretaker prime minister will be appointed, followed by an interim 11 government. Commodore Bainimarama has promised that democratic elections will eventually be held. He urged Fijians not to be intimidated 12 or scared by his actions.
The deposed 13 leader Qarase is now under house arrest, from where he has accused the military of "raping 14" the constitution. He had asked New Zealand and Australia for military assistance to fend 15 off the coup, but both refused for fear of sparking bloodshed.
This military take-over is certain to provoke widespread international condemnation 16. Australia and New Zealand have warned that Fiji would face grave economic and social consequences if the army took control.
This armed take-over is the fourth coup in the South Pacific nation in the past 20 years.
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- You can customize the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自辞典例句
- He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine.他不得不宣扬他的教义。
- The council met to consider changes to doctrine.宗教议会开会考虑更改教义。
- The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
- He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
- He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
- That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
- He marked the paper leniently. 他改考卷打分数很松。
- Considering the signs he showed of genuine repentance,we shall deal leniently with him. 鉴于他有真诚悔改的表现，我们将对他宽大处理。
- Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
- Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
- Due caution should be exercised in discriminating between the two. 在区别这两者时应该相当谨慎。
- Many businesses are accused of discriminating against women. 许多企业被控有歧视妇女的做法。
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
- The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
- The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网
- I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己。
- He raised his arm up to fend branches from his eyes.他举手将树枝从他眼前挡开。
- There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
- The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。