2007年VOA标准英语-Gemayel Defeated for Lebanese Parliament Seat
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Beirut
06 August 2007
Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel waves to supporters after voting in the town of Bikfaya, Lebanon, 05 Aug 2007
Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel has gone down to defeat in a parliament by-election to fill the seat of his late son, Pierre, assassinated 1 last November. It was also a stinging defeat for the embattled pro-Western government of Prime Minister Fouad Saniora, as Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut.
Parliament by-elections are usually not the subject of contention 2 in Lebanon. However, Sunday's contest to replace two slain 3 members of parliament have inflamed 4 passions across the political spectrum 5.
Former President Amin Gemayel was defeated by a razor-thin margin 6 of 400 votes in a Christian 7 Beirut suburb, in what observers are calling a litmus test of support for Lebanon's embattled pro-Western government.
The winner, an obscure political figure representing former army commander and opposition 8 leader General Michel Aoun, reinforces the pro-Syrian opposition coalition 9, which includes Aoun's Hezbollah allies.
Lebanon Interior Minister Hassan al Saba'a announced the results of the hotly contested election, early Monday morning, amid claims of fraud by former President Gemayel.
Saba'a says the former president is contesting the election's results. Saba'a says the election committee has received a complaint lodged 10 by a representative of President Gemayel, to invalidate the election results.
Voting irregularities forced the Election Monitoring Committee to cast aside results from at least one electoral district.
The Beirut media is calling the contest a show of strength to anoint Lebanon's top Christian political figure.
Al Diyar newspaper headlined, "Aoun wins by the numbers, but Gemayel recovers top role," in a reference to which Maronite Christian political leader will have the most influence in this fall's presidential elections.
Lebanon's president traditionally belongs to the Maronite Catholic sect 11 and is elected by vote of parliament.
The head of the former Lebanese Forces Christian Militia 12, Samir Geagea, is calling the election a test of strength in Lebanon's Christian camp.
Geagea says the results reveal who really represents Christians 13, especially in the next phase, which include presidential elections.
The former Army Commander, General Aoun, who is vying 14 to be president, once fought a "War of Liberation" against Syria, but is now aligned 15 with a coalition, including Hezbollah and other Syrian allies.
Many Christians, including those belonging to the pro-Western government of Prime Minister Fouad Saniora, complain that Aoun made a secret deal with Syria to gain its support.
Syria's key allies in Lebanon openly urged their supporters to vote for Aoun's candidate in yesterday's election.
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
- The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
- The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。
- The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
- His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
- His comments have inflamed teachers all over the country. 他的评论激怒了全国教师。
- Her joints are severely inflamed. 她的关节严重发炎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
- We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。
- We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- 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。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
- Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
- Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。