2006年VOA标准英语-Malaysia ex-PM: Muslim Nations Should Have Nucl
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（九月）
By Ayaz Gul
Islamabad
15 September 2006
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad says Muslim nations should posses nuclear weapons to deter 1 potential enemies from attacking them.
Speaking at a seminar in the Pakistani capital on Friday, the former leader of Malaysia sharply criticized the United States and Israel for actions that he said were against Islam and Muslims.
Mahathir Mohamad said Islam is against terrorist and suicide attacks, but that it allows Muslims to do all they can to defend themselves.
"They are enjoined 2 to defend their Muslim society," he said. "They should have the tanks, warplanes, warships 3, guns and missiles. Yes, they need to have nuclear weapons, too, because only with the possession of such would their enemies be deterred 4 from attacking them."
The 81-year-old former Malaysian prime minister received warm applause for his comments from the audience in Pakistan, the only Islamic nation to have developed nuclear weapons.
Mahathir Mohamad said Muslim nations could only be secure if they possessed 5 nuclear weapons, although he said the best situation would be a world in which no countries possess them.
He said the U.S.-led war against terrorism has turned into a war against Islam and Muslims, because it is targeting countries, such as Afghanistan and Iraq.
President Bush says the United States is at war against extremists, bound by ideology 6, who are willing to use terror to achieve their objectives. He says U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan is to help those fledgling democracies withstand terrorist threats.
In his speech on Friday, Mahathir Mohamad also repeated a statement he made three years ago in which he spoke 7 of a Jewish conspiracy 8 in the United States and suggested that Jews ruled the world by proxy 9. The Malaysian leader's statement drew strong condemnation 10 from Western countries.
The former Malaysian prime minister retired 11 in 2003, after 22 years in power. But he remains 12 highly respected and influential 13 throughout the Muslim world.
- Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
- Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。
- The embezzler was severely punished and enjoined to kick back a portion of the stolen money each month. 贪污犯受到了严厉惩罚，并被责令每月退还部分赃款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She enjoined me strictly not to tell anyone else. 她严令我不准告诉其他任何人。 来自辞典例句
- The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后，敌舰退出了海战。
- The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。
- I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。
- Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism. 杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。 来自辞典例句
- He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
- He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
- The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
- The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
- We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。
- 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。
- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- 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。