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VOA慢速英语:The Debate Over Targeted Killings

2013-02-09来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. Some unmanned drone air strikes have targeted American citizens linked to al-Qaida, including Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan.

link to 与…连接，联系
例句：The colonel was our only link to this place.
那个上校是我们这儿唯一与这个地方有联系的。

2. Critics say it could be used to increase the president’s power to use deadly force against suspected terrorists.

be used to 习惯于，适用于
例句：Already started to be used to it here life!
已经开始习惯了这里的生活!

3. He also said the government would rather capture terrorists in order to gather intelligence from them.

in order to 为了…
例句：We used the computer in order to save time.
我们使用计算机以便节省时间。