VOA慢速英语:Italy: NATO Force to Deploy in Mediterranean

短语讲解：

1. That is almost two times as many as the number who traveled across the Mediterranean during the same period in 2015.

as many as 和…一样多; 不下于
例句：They drew as many as four times that year.
他们那一年四次打成平局。

2. And he said that returning them to Libya is not under consideration because the Libyan government does not have the ability to care for them.

care for 照料; 喜欢; 愿意
例句：I wonder whether they will care for us all to go there.
我不知道他们是否喜欢我们都到那儿去。

3. Its goal is to persuade competing groups from the eastern and western parts of the country to work together.

work together 合作; 同…在同一处工作
例句：Let us sink our differences and work together.
让我们忘记我们的歧见而共同工作。