尼日利亚政府对于燃油价格压力山大

短语讲解：

1. Tens of Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets for a third straight day Wednesday in the main commercial city of Lagos and the capital, Abuja, to protest soaring fuel costs, sparked by a government move to end a popular fuel subsidy.

take to开始从事
例句：He gave up medicine and took to literature.
他放弃医学, 开始从事文学。

2. Even on the third day of national wide strike, the government has shown no sign of reversing its decision to cut the popular subsidy, which it said would bankrupt the country in the long-term, and has vowed to withhold wages for public employees who are on strike.

be on strike在罢工〔课〕
例句：Students there were again on strike.
那儿的学生又在罢课了。

3. But there are those who will be there to sustain it and, at the end of it all, victory will be ours.

at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句：At the end of his speech, the crowd caught alight and began cheering wildly.
讲在他演讲快结束的时候, 人群情绪激昂, 狂热欢呼。

4. In addition to the paralysis of Africa's second-largest economy, the strike and accompanying protests have exacerbated Nigeria's security problems.

in addition to除…之外，还……
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外，他还得学日语。

5. Most of the recent violence has stemmed from religious tensions and the government's conflict with the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.

stem from来自, 起源于; 由…造成
例句：The present wave of strikes stems from discontent among the lower-paid.
当前的罢工浪潮起因于低工资雇员的不满情绪。

6. But the second one has been a protracted an intractable problem and there appears to be no solution in sight

in sight被见到，看得见；在望
例句：Victory is in sight.
胜利在望。

7. "Because if poverty increases and unemployment worsens, it will be very easy to recruit people to engage in violence and terrorism," Kari added.

engage in参加; 从事; 忙于
例句：He engaged in a serious study of the problem.
他对这个问题进行了认真的研究。