VOA慢速英语:Myanmar President Close to Aung San Suu Kyi

短语讲解：

1. The Nobel Prize winner is popular with most citizens of Myanmar, also known as Burma.

be popular with 受…欢迎
例句：This dance is popular with young people.
这种舞很受青年人喜爱。

2. A U.S. State Department official said the constitutional ban did not agree with basic democratic ideas.

agree with 与某人[观点]一致， 同意[赞同]某人的意见
例句：I agree with you to some degree.
在某种程度上我与你意见一致。

3. After the vote on Tuesday, lawmakers from both the NLD and the now opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) stressed the need to work together.

work together 合作; 同…在同一处工作
例句：We work together in harness for the president.
我们都是总统的马前卒。

4. Myanmar is a mainly Buddhist country of more than 55 million people.

more than 超过; 不只是; 很; 在…次以上
例句：Common sense is worth more than learning.
普通的见识比学问更重要。

5. There has been progress in negotiating peace deals with different groups since a nominally civilian government took power in 2011.

deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾; 与…交易
例句：I have a huge pile of letters to deal with.
我有一大堆信件要处理。