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希拉里与沙特官员会面 商讨叙问题

2012-03-31来源:VOA
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1. Clinton's two-day visit to the Saudi capital is aimed at forging a consensus between the U.S. and Arab Gulf states on how to deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown on dissent.

aim at (以…)瞄准; 针对, 以…为目标
例句:The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。
deal with与...交涉,交易;应付;处理
例句:He has learnt to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.
他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局面。

2. The Obama administration believes arming Syrian rebels would likely lead to civil war and also fears the weapons could fall into the hands of Islamic extremists.

lead to导致
例句:Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。
fall into掉进, 陷入
例句:Don't let it fall into the hands of the enemy.
不要让它落入敌人手中。

3. On Saturday, Clinton is scheduled to launch a new "strategic forum" between the United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council, a political and economic union of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman.

be scheduled to安排,预定
例句:The delegation is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
代表团定于明日到达。

4. After leaving Riyadh, Clinton is scheduled to travel to Istanbul to participate in a "Friends of Syria" meeting, where diplomats from Western and Arab nations hope to boost opposition to Assad.

participate in参加,参与
例句:All the teachers participated in the children's games.
所有的教师都参加孩子们的游戏。

5. The conference comes after Assad announced this week that he would accept a six-point peace plan put forward by U.N. -Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.

put forward提出
例句:He put forward a plan for the committee to consider.
他提出一项计划交由全体委员审议。

6. If he is ready to bring this dark chapter in Syria's history to a close, he can prove it by immediately ordering regime forces to stop firing and begin withdrawing from populated areas.

withdraw from (使)离开〔退出〕
例句:Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.
我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。