VOA慢速英语:US, Russia Clash on How to End Syrian Conflict

短语讲解：

1. The U.S. and Russia disagreed about how to deal with the civil war in Syria before the airstrikes began.

deal with 处理；涉及；做生意
例句：I'm used to dealing with matters of this sort.
我惯于处理此类问题。

2. Obama administration spokesman Josh Earnest says “Russia will not succeed in imposing a military solution on Syria any more than the United States was successful in imposing a military solution on Iraq a decade ago, and certainly no more than Russia was able to impose a military solution on Afghanistan three decades ago.”

be successful in 在…上成功
例句：He is successful in everything.
他事事成功。

3. “You may see these countries step up their own efforts on behalf of their preferred players in Syria in order to counteract what the Russians are doing.”

in order to 为了
例句：He polished off his work in order to see his girlfriend.
为了去见女朋友，他匆忙地做完手头的工作。

4. U.S. and Russian representatives have also said they want to talk about ways they can keep their militaries from clashing with each other in Syria.

each other 彼此，互相
例句：They bounced their ideas off each other.
他们相互交换彼此的想法。