BBC news 2011-04-01 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Forces loyal to the internationally recognised President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, are surrounding the main city Abidjan, where Laurent Gbagbo is refusing to give up power.

refuse to 拒绝做某事
例句：He refused to change his mind.
他拒绝改变主意。
give up 交出，放弃
例句：We had to give up the castle to the enemy.
我们只得把城堡拱手让给了敌人。

2. The US Defence Department says the air campaign against Colonel Gaddafi's forces has knocked out much of his military capabilities, but rebel forces are still heavily outnumbered.

knock out 击倒，毁坏

例句：Joe knocked his opponent out in the first round of the contest.
乔在比赛第一回合中就把对方击倒了。
例句：The telephone communications were knocked out by the storm.
风暴使电话通讯中断了。

3. They also insisted it was now up to countries other than America to train or support the rebels.

up to 在于…，取决于…；多达
例句1：This is up to you.
这件事取决于你。
例句2：I can take up to four people in my car.
我的汽车最多能坐四个人。

4. Both he and the US Defence Secretary Robert Gates suggested that the rebels needed help in terms of, for example, training.

in terms of就...而论；在...方面
例句：He thought of everything in terms of money.
他是从钱的角度来看每一件事。

5. Earlier, the head of Nato, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said he was strongly opposed to any supplying of weapons to rebel forces in Libya.

oppose to 反对…
例句：His parents are opposed to the match.
他父母反对这门亲事。

6. The Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva has dissolved parliament and announced a snap election for 5 June.

snap election 临时选举
例句：The prime minister called a snap election to take place in four weeks time. 
首相要求在四个星期以内举行一场临时选举。 

7. The figure emerged from stress tests carried out on the troubled Irish banking sector following the financial crisis.

emerge from 来自，产生于
例句：Many distinguished men have emerged from slums.
许多名人都出自贫民窟。
carry out 执行，贯彻
例句：If you make a promise, it should be carried out.
你许了诺言, 就一定要兑现。

8. The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for the setting-up of clear international standards on nuclear safety in light of the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant.

in light of 按照，依据
例句：We must ascertain the responsibility in light of different situtations. 
 我们必须根据不同情况判定责任。

9. Joseph Lelyveld said it was a shame that people who'd not read his book had banned it on the basis of newspaper reviews, which he said had sensationalised his account of Gandhi's close friendship with a German man who may have been homosexual.

on the basis of 以…为基础
例句：On the basis of the evidence we deduced that he was guilty. 
根据这些证据,我们推论他是有罪的。