BBC在线收听下载:美国财政部制裁俄罗斯7名相关人员

短语讲解：

1. Hamid Aboutalebi has been linked to the group which stormed the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.

link to 与…连接， 联系
例句：It's a tough link to break.
这是种难以割裂的联系。

2. But deep misgivings about Hamid Aboutalebi are why the White House says it won't issue him a visa to take up the post in New York.

take up 开始从事; 接受（提议）; 占用
例句：Can you recommend a comrade who can take up the job? 
你能不能推荐一位能承担这项工作的同志? 

3. The United States Treasury is imposing sanctions on 7 more people in connection with Russia's annexation of Crimea. From Washington, Beth Mcleod reports.

in connection with 与…有关，连同
例句：That is a problem in connection with the military affairs. 
那是一个和军事有关的问题。 

4. The senior Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat says the Palestinian authority's decision to sign up to the Geneva Conventions doesn't mean the territory is breaking off the current round of peace talks.

sign up 跟…签订合同; 报名
例句：Will he sign up to a national pact?
他会签署一项国家协议么？

5. The talks of course are due to end on April 29th. They are in a sort of limbo at the moment.

due to 欠下债[账]，应给予; 由于
例句：This is due to regulatory and technological developments.
这是由于监管和技术的发展。

6. But the Palestinians for their parts say that it was the Israelis who broke the conditions, that it had been laid down by not going through with the fourth release of Palestinian prisoners.

go through （法律、合同等正式）通过; 用完
例句：Why go through these contortions?
为什么要经历这些扭曲的折腾哪？

7. The group of twenty leading nations has agreed to give the United States until the end of the year to ratify reforms to the International Monetary Fund.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：I can agree to that.
这一点我可以接受。