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美军着手处理士兵心里健康问题

2012-04-01来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. The case of Robert Bales, the U.S. Army staff sergeant accused of murdering 17 Afghan villagers, is drawing attention about how the U.S. military handles brain injuries and mental health issues.

accuse of指控,控告
例句:She accused him of stealing her watch.
她控告他偷她的表。

2. Doctors believe the 22-year-old former U.S. army specialist is suffering from traumatic brain injury following an explosion.

suffer from受苦;患病
例句:My father suffers from high blood pressure.
我父亲有高血压。

3. He complained of anxiety and crippling headaches.

complain of抱怨
例句:I have nothing to complain of.
我没什么可抱怨的。

4. I don’t’ think they wanted to try because they thought they’d figured it out.

figure out想出;理解;弄清
例句:It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment.
他们花了大约1个月的时间才搞清楚如何启动设备。

5. “You’ve got the culture of the military that is - rightly so - so focused on the mission that they’ve got as many people into combat, on the playing field, as they can,” said Xenakis.

focus on (使)集中于
例句:He focused his eyes on me.
他注视着我。

6. The case of Staff Sergeant Bales has drawn attention to this military hospital on his home base in the state of Washington.

draw attention to 吸引……的注意力
例句:She said Diana used this celebrity status to draw attention to unpopular causes .
她称戴安娜用其名人身份吸引人民对冷门慈善事业的注意力。

7. Recall of words is better. My anxiety has gone down a lot to a more manageable level.

go down减弱
例句:The wind has gone down a little.
风势已减弱了一些。

8. Cook has no plans to return to the military, but he is going on with his life.

go on with继续做;接下去
例句:Tell him to go on with his work.
告诉他继续做他的工作。