VOA标准英语2009年-Afghanistan Election Results On Hold for a
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(八月)
Afghanistan's voters are going to have to wait a bit longer to receive further results of ballot 1 counting from last week's presidential election.
Workers count ballots 2 at the Independent Election Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, 27 Aug 2009
Results from Afghanistan's disputed presidential election are in a further state of limbo 3. The organization tabulating 4 the votes says no further returns will be made public until Saturday, at the earliest.
The Independent Election Commission has announced no reason for the delay. But one official with the IEC acknowledges the counting is proceeding 5 slower than expected because of computer software glitches 6.
The senior project officer for the team in Kabul from Democracy International, Bill Gallery, tells VOA News this should not be a cause for alarm.
"We are not super concerned about a couple days delay," he said. "We have been looking at the numbers released so far and there is some information there to use. We would be worried if they delayed any further. But I think this could just be an administrative 7 issue."
It has been one week since the election. Results from only 17 percent of the polling stations have been released. Those returns show incumbent 8 President Hamid Karzai with 43 percent of the vote. His closest rival among a long list of challengers, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, has 34 percent.
Mr. Karzai will need more than 50 percent of the total to avoid a run-off election next month.
A number of the contenders have alleged 9 widespread irregularities. The Election Complaints Commission, partly appointed by the United Nations, says it is prioritizing dozens of serious allegations for investigation 10.
Violence involving Taliban insurgents 11 who vowed 12 to disrupt the election is continuing.
Officials in Paktika province say a regional Taliban commander and five of his followers 13 have been captured following a fierce six-hour gun battle at a hospital there.
The Taliban leader, named as Mullah Muslim, had gone to the medical facility to seek treatment. Provincial 14 officials say the commander had been wounded during election-day violence.
U.S. and Afghan forces, tipped off that the Taliban had entered the hospital, responded with troops and a helicopter gunship.
Officials say 12 insurgents and one soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force died in the clash.
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- 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》
- His life seemed stuck in limbo and he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。
- I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead.I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。
- The Census Office did not finish tabulating the results until 1888. 直到1888年，人口普查办公室才完成统计数字表格。
- By 1890 a revolutionary electrical tabulating system was available. 到了1890年，一种具有革命意义的电动制表装置投入使用。
- This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
- The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
- Manufacturing glitches have limited the factory's output. 生产中的故障影响了该厂的产量。 来自辞典例句
- Another kind of period variation,\"Glitches,\" are seen in several pulsars. 在几个脉冲星中还看到了周期的另一种变化，即“自转突快”现象。 来自辞典例句
- The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
- He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
- 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。
- 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
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
- The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。