VOA标准英语2009-Clinton Cites 'Huge Credibility Gap' in Iran
时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(六月)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that a "huge credibility gap" remains 1 among Iranians about their country's June 12 presidential election, despite the partial vote recount that is said to have upheld the announced victory by incumbent 2 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Clinton also deplored 3 Iran's detention 4 of several Iranian staff members of the British embassy in Tehran.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 08 Jun 2009
Clinton says the broad skepticism among Iranians about the electoral process and the apparent re-election of President Ahmadinejad is unlikely to be quelled 5 by Monday's announcement by Iran's Guardian 6 Council that a partial recount upheld the originally-announced outcome.
The powerful council, which supervises elections and has wide-ranging powers in the Islamic government, said a random 7 recount of 10 percent of the ballot 8 boxes nationwide upheld Mr. Ahmadinejad's landslide 9 victory over reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Clinton, appearing at the State Department's daily press briefing, said she did not want to speculate on Iran's political future, but she that the reported recount is unlikely to do much to defuse election-related tensions.
"Obviously, they have a huge credibility gap with their own people as to the election process," said Hillary Clinton. "And I don't think that's going to disappear by any finding of a limited review of a relatively-small number of ballots 10. But clearly, these internal matters are for Iranians themselves to address. And we hope that they will be given the opportunity to do so in a peaceful way that respects the right of expression. And it has been my position and that of our administration that we support the fundamental values of peoples' voices being heard, their votes being counted. And we'll have to see how this unfolds."
Clinton declined to say whether the Obama administration will formally recognize Mr. Ahmadinejad's re-election, saying U.S. officials are going to "take this a day at a time" and carefully assess what happens.
She also would not say whether the violent election aftermath has ended U.S. hopes of engaging Iran on its nuclear program and other issues of concern. But Clinton said it certainly is a reason for caution in dealing 11 with Tehran.
"We're going to watch this unfold and were going to act in America's national interests," she said. "That's what this has always been about. It has never been about Iran as much as it's been the values, goals and interests of the United States of America. And we remain committed to doing all we can to try to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons power. So we're going to watch this. And we're going gauge 12 our actions accordingly."
Clinton said Iran's arrest of several Iranian staff members of the British embassy in Tehran for alleged 13 links to post-election unrest was deplorable and that the United States continues to support Britain in seeking the release of those still held.
- 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 defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
- It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
- They deplored the price of motor car, textiles, wheat, and oil. 他们悲叹汽车、纺织品、小麦和石油的价格。 来自辞典例句
- Hawthorne feels that all excess is to be deplored. 霍桑觉得一切过分的举动都是可悲的。 来自辞典例句
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- Thanks to Kao Sung-nien's skill, the turmoil had been quelled. 亏高松年有本领,弹压下去。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
- Mr. Atkinson was duly quelled. 阿特金森先生被及时地将了一军。 来自辞典例句
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- The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
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- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。