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2009-05-23来源:和谐英语
1.The man Desire Munyaneza was accused of setting up roadblocks during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 and orchestrating the killings of hundreds of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

set up设立,建立

例句:Almost all the countries have set up some barriers to protect national industries.
      几乎所有的国家都会通过设置贸易壁垒来保护国有工业。

2.The verdict is expected to be appealed and the case could end up in Canada’s Supreme Court.

end up结束,告终

例句:We expected that those two would end up getting married.
      他们二人喜结连理是我们意料之中的事情。

3.President Morales said he had come to pay homage to the Indian fighters for independence born in the region.

pay homage to向...表示敬意

例句:That socialistic nation pay homage to the previous premier.
      那个社会主义国家向前任首相表达敬意。

4.……the president across the continent in countries like Bolivia, they fought back and continue to fight back to this day.

fight back抵抗, 回击

例句:We will surely fight back if the enemy infringes on our border.
      敌军主动犯境,我们当然要还击。

5.The official, Alejandro Rojas Chalico who’s the public security minister for the state of Zacatecas where the prison is located, stepped down 6 days after 53 prisoners broke out with the help of a convoy of escape vehicles.

step down走下, 逐步减低, 辞职, 下台

例句:The revolutionary force forced the emperor to step down.
      革命军催迫皇帝退位。

6.And there has been a day of heavy fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu after pro-government forces confined to a tiny sector of the city tried to regain some ground against the Al-Shabaab militia.

confine to限制,局限

例句:Confine your mind to your work, or you will not finish it on time.
       集中精力工作,否则你无法按时完成。