时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2018年(七月)


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Toward an Enduring Defeat of ISIS


The terrorist group ISIS is no longer the threat it used to be.Though it may be diminished, ISIS is far from defeated. As it loses ground in the Middle East, its fighters disperse 1 to cause trouble all over the world, particularly in Muslim countries. “ISIS has not limited itself to Iraq and Syria and, therefore, neither have we,” said Special Presidential Envoy 2 for the Global Coalition 3 to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk at a recent Coalition meeting.


“This meeting itself is an indication of our ongoing 4 commitment to finish the job in Iraq and Syria and ensure that ISIS cannot regenerate 5 elsewhere, particularly on the African continent.”


In Syria, ISIS retains just 2 percent of the territory it once held. At that time, “Nearly 7.7 million people were living under [ISIS], they were generating about 1 billion dollars every year, and their expansion looked to be unchecked,” said Special Envoy McGurk. And on May 1st, Syrian Democratic Forces resumed offensive operations against those last bits of territory. “They are ensuring that ISIS remnants have no escape as we accelerate operations into these remaining strongholds.”


In Iraq, the fight is over, but the ISIS threat remains 6. Here, too, stabilization 7 is the key. To date, nearly 4 million displaced Iraqi have returned to their homes in areas that were once held by ISIS. Nonetheless, stabilization projects must continue so that the 2 million Iraqis who are still displaced can return home.


Finally, in Africa, the Coalition is working with partners to support their efforts to deny space to ISIS and other extremist groups. The Coalition will continue to work to close their facilitation networks and transit 8 routes running through Libya, Sudan, and the Maghreb.


“We are committed not to quick wins, but to the enduring defeat of ISIS. An enduring defeat means more than simply the collapse 9 of the so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria. It means a holistic 10 defeat in the ideological 11 and media space, combatting foreign fighters as they move around the globe, uprooting 12 financial networks, and supporting local forces, military and police, to defend their homelands,” said Special Envoy McGurk.


“We are proud as proud as we can be of the successes in Iraq and Syria.”



1 disperse
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
  • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
  • The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
2 envoy
n.使节,使者,代表,公使
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
3 coalition
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • 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。
4 ongoing
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
5 regenerate
vt.使恢复,使新生;vi.恢复,再生;adj.恢复的
  • Their aim is to regenerate British industry.他们的目的是复兴英国的工业。
  • Although it is not easy,you have the power to regenerate your life.尽管这不容易,但你有使生活重获新生的能力。
6 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • 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。
7 Stabilization
稳定化
  • The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
  • With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下,高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。
8 transit
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
9 collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
10 holistic
adj.从整体着眼的,全面的
  • There is a fundamental ambiguity in the use of word "whole" in recent holistic literature.在近代的整体主义著作中,“整体”这个词的用法极其含混。
  • In so far as historicism is technological,its approach is not piecemeal,but "holistic".仅就历史决定论是一种技术而论,它的方法不是渐进的,而是“整体主义的”。
11 ideological
a.意识形态的
  • He always tries to link his study with his ideological problems. 他总是把学习和自己的思想问题联系起来。
  • He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作,对我有很大帮助。
12 uprooting
n.倒根,挖除伐根v.把(某物)连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 );根除;赶走;把…赶出家园
  • He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
  • A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄,拔起了树木,吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网
学英语单词
abstract types
accumulated interest
acetyl-propionyl
Ackerman, Diane
acoustic elasticity
afferent loop obstruction of jejunum
air cooled gas cooler
alemannia
Allport oven
alternation of multiplicity law
animal comparative morphology
auger spout
average setup labor hours
batna
BPW method
bread-paste
Bruce's bundle
carpyrinic acid
cataclysmically
charge coupled image sensor
chinese national
closed plane
cockalorum
company work
comparative judgement
congenital laryngeal stridor
crown angle
crytography
database backup series
determining source
diphthong
disturbing the peace
emission-line variable
environmental toxicology
eprozinol
erectus
external capacitance
flight line
frequency translation equipment
Funkia subcordata
goldenbushes
grizely
habitat diversification
high speed cutting
high-density multi-track recording
hydrogen transfer(ence)
in die
in-orbit weight
increment load
indelicateness
inhaler
input/output multiplexer
interest-paying
Jamcracker
jerris
knitting-needles
lactuca scariolas
life-chances
lifter-loader
lineolatus
Loperser
make atonement for
marrysh
metallographic tests
metered blow-cast pump
monogastric animals with functional cecum
moral suasion
MSV-BV (main stop valve bypass valve)
multinetworked
Novonezhinka
opan
oxasilolanes
pedagogic
people voice
Petlalcingo
photocounts
physical law generator
quarantine conditions
range instrumentation ship
Raubasil
record type entry
RNA
Santaluz
semicovered
space-ground integrating test
spinwave
squaraine
Stanley, Francis Edgar
statistical list
straight-braced frame
striking block wearing plate
Susuz
telogene
tolerantly
tonitruous
traffic model choice
transitory
tuberculocele
urological therapeutics
vacuum tube glass
vacuum up
winding-clothes