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英语课
By Chad Bouchard
Bangkok
08 October 2007

Thailand's military leadership says some provinces in the country will remain under martial 1 law, in spite of opposition 2 parties' demand for restrictions 3 to be lifted. As Chad Bouchard reports from Bangkok, the move is seen as a way to limit campaigning as elections draw closer.


The military council that overthrew 4 Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last year said Monday that martial law would be extended indefinitely in some areas.


In January the government lifted martial law in 41 of the country's 76 provinces.


Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University, says opposition parties and pro-democracy groups are calling for restrictions to be lifted before elections in December.


"The campaigning season needs to begin. In order to have a free and fair election as Prime Minister Surayud has promised, they have to think about lifting martial law," he said. "Half of the country's provinces have still been under martial law. Not to lift the martial law means we will not have a fair election."


The military ousted 5 Mr. Thaksin a year ago, after months of public protests over alleged 6 corruption 7 and abuses by his government. Surayud Chulanont was installed as prime minister, and the government drafted a new constitution that makes it harder for any political party to dominate the parliament.


The military said martial law would be maintained in areas bordering Burma because of security concerns. There are fears that Burma's crackdown on recent protests could create a refugee flow into Thailand.


But Thitinan says the military government appeared to be extending restrictions in the northern provinces, which have strong ties to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai Party.


"The Burmese crisis has not exacerbated 8 the refugee problem that much, so I think that the border concerns are secondary," he said. "Primarily they want to ensure that the Thai Rak Thai Party is not resurrected in a strong fashion in parliament."


National elections are scheduled for December 23.




adj.战争的,军事的,尚武的,威武的
  • The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
  • The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
overthrow的过去式
  • The people finally rose up and overthrew the reactionary regime. 人们终于起来把反动的政权推翻了。
  • They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王。
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • 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。
v.使恶化,使加重( exacerbate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs. 这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。
  • The drugs they gave her only exacerbated the pain. 他们给她吃的药只是加重了她的痛楚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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abnormal frequency pulse
account receivable financing
adelmen
adiabatic temperature probe
anodic copper-aluminium alloy
arc of trajectory
Argivene
astiler
balance of power plant
breed type
Breslavians
Briancon
Campbell's theorem
camphorize
centrifugal stretching
chequable
child of legitimate birth
circuitize
clausius-mossotti theory
coff-
collective fruits
computer-human interface
constructionistic
coronary-artery
cross-section drawn
cryptogenic hepaticcirrhosis
direct mapping
document-originating mechine
fixed pipeline system
Gelineau
genus Muscicapa
geocentrically
get into bed with
gets through to
growth-management
handing stolen goods
heroica puebla de zaragozas
honeycomb rot
horaiclavus splendidus
Houston County Lake
ignotum perignotius
Impamin
in an attempt to
indirect data address list
instrumentalising
inventory investments
joint probability density
kassinove
lenticular martensite
lifter rod
limit-control system
limonia (melanolimonia) aurita
linear elastic fracture mechanics
lithium isovalerate
main-memory mapping
mcqueens
method of determination of losses
minisystems
mislevy
modern mold and core making process
moldboard plough
nasal malformation
needle holders for delicate suture
neutral point earthing
osteolepid
panormium
parochials
patroclinal ingeritance
permittivity of medium
photo-art
pitching into
profile exponent
rauen
red-chile
relative scaler
schiess
science-fictionalized
shaped iron
silageing
sir geoffrey wilkinsons
spins out
staedtler
stem canker
Streptoth rix violacea
suggest that
superregeneration
suspended signal
symbol instruction address
the Garment District
thimphus
through-mask
tirable
trade regulation
trino
troutlike
understowed cargo
upstream pressure
Vehicle Risk
votage reference
VoWiFi
water absorption tube
weighing tube