U.S. Senators in Cairo over Egyptian Political Crisis
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：世界各地新闻集锦
英语课
Diplomats 1 are continuing their efforts to defuse the political tension in Egypt.
U.S. senator John McCain and Lindsey Graham are now in Cairo to hold talks with senior officials.
Their visit coincides with the trip of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns.
Burns has met with top Egyptian leaders as well as a delegation 2 from an Islamist alliance backing ousted 3 Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
US and European diplomats have been meeting both government officials and supporters of Morsi in recent weeks, trying to calm the situation in the country which has sometimes been marred 4 by violence.
For more on the situation in Egypt, particularly the international mediation 5 attempts, CRI's Zheng Chenguang spoke 6 with Professor Raymond Tanter, Adjunct Scholar at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Professor Emeritus 7 of The University of Michigan.
U.S. senator John McCain and Lindsey Graham are now in Cairo to hold talks with senior officials.
Their visit coincides with the trip of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns.
Burns has met with top Egyptian leaders as well as a delegation 2 from an Islamist alliance backing ousted 3 Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
US and European diplomats have been meeting both government officials and supporters of Morsi in recent weeks, trying to calm the situation in the country which has sometimes been marred 4 by violence.
For more on the situation in Egypt, particularly the international mediation 5 attempts, CRI's Zheng Chenguang spoke 6 with Professor Raymond Tanter, Adjunct Scholar at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Professor Emeritus 7 of The University of Michigan.
1 diplomats
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 delegation
n.代表团；派遣
- The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
- We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
3 ousted
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。
4 marred
adj. 被损毁, 污损的
- The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
- Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。
5 mediation
n.调解
- The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
- The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。