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短语讲解：

1. The UN says the Syrian authorities have not responded to count this request for permission to deliver relief supplies.

respond to 响应; 对…作出反应[回答]
例句：People do not merely passively respond to the world.
人们不只是被动地对外部世界做出反应。

2. The Syrian town of Daraya, in which at least 4000people are besieged by Syrina government forces, last received a delivery of aid in November 2012.

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。

3. The Interior Minister said a search is under way for a missing soldier suspected of having carried out the shootings.

carry out 进行; 执行; 完成
例句：He hasn't the funds to carry out his design.
他没有资金来施行他的计划。

4. Clashes have broken out in the Greek island of Lesbos between police and stone-throwing migrants.

break out vt.（战争、打斗等不愉快事件） 突然发生，爆发; 突然发生
例句：Armed conflict may break out at any moment.
武装冲突有一触即发之势。

5. It dropped by 13% compared to the same period a year ago.

compare to 把…比作， 喻为; 与…相比
例句：Compare to city, country looks like the world without its clothes on.
比起城市，乡村看上去好似没有穿上衣服的世界。