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VOA慢速英语:US, UAE Launch Sawab Center to Counter IS Message

2015-07-10来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. In an interview with Alhurra, Mr. Stengel says the Sawab Center aims to use information to prevent people from joining the Islamic State.

prevent from  阻止, 防止
例句:In such wet weather we must prevent the seedlings from rotting.
这样的阴雨天要防止烂秧。

2. But the goals are to stop the flow of new foreign fighters and cutting off funding to the militant group.

cut off  切除; 切[隔]断
例句:Fail to pay and they'll cut off the electricity.
你(如果)不付款,他们就要断电。

3. The under-secretary said the coalition of more than 60 nations is seeing some success.

more than 多于
例句:Rob likes apples more than bananas.
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。