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1. A spokesman for the UN envoy Kofi Annan said a group ofobservers was already standing by to board a plane to Damascus assoon as the resolution was passed.

stand by 支持
例句：True friends are those who will stand by you .
忠实的朋友是那些会支持你的人。

2.  Kofi Annan's spokesman said about a dozen monitors are onstandby waiting for a green light from the Security Council.

wait for 等候
例句：Please wait dinner for mother.
请等妈妈来吃晚饭。

3. Western diplomats say they need to spell out the details of themandate even if it's for a small advance team.

spell out 讲清楚
例句：Be assertive and spell out exactly how you feel.
自信点，把你的真实感受详细说出来。

4. So in self-defence, we were able to repel them outside Heglig.

be able to 能够
例句：Fitness is a word that describes how well your body is able to handle physical activities .
健康是一个用来描述你的身体可以多好的完成活动的词。

5. Although the situation was calm on Friday, soldiers could beseen around several embassies, suggesting that they were searchingfor the man who was well on course to become president at the endof the month.

search for 寻找；搜索
例句：Investigators continue to search for the cause of the outbreak .
调查人员继续对暴发根源进行了调查。

6.  Lawyers representing a group of thousands of relatives havesaid they'll appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

appeal to 向...呼吁,恳求
例句：They never appealed to us for mercy.
他们从不向我们乞求怜悯。

7.  Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica were unable to preventBosnian-Serb forces from murdering some 8,000 Muslim men and boysfrom the town in 1995.

prevent from 阻止;制止
例句：Nothing can prevent him from going.
什么都不能阻止他前往。

8. They'll come into force once they have been ratified by 12 countries.

come into force 生效；开始实施 
例句：It will come into force next month .
该协议将于下个月正式施行。