VOA慢速英语:Donald Trump Praises Saddam Hussein for Killing Terrorists

短语讲解：

1. And if we are there, you have to take down Saddam Hussein.

take down 取下; 拆卸; 记录，记下
例句：Workmen arrived to take down the scaffolding.
工人们已去拆除脚手架。

2. And they have done that, and they did it -- maybe not as quickly as they thought in terms of finding him -- but they found him.

as quickly as 尽快
例句：Meat doesn't cook as quickly as an egg.
肉不像蛋那样容易煮熟。
in terms of 根据; 用…的话; 就…而言
例句：All banks measure profit in terms of earnings per share.
银行以每一股份的赢利额来计算自己的利润。

3. “As a diplomat, I tried to keep away from this, but as an Iraqi and a victim of Saddam’s ethnic cleansing…I say get your facts first,” he wrote.

keep away from 避开; 远; （使） 不接近
例句：Keep away from the doors while the train is moving
列车运行过程中要远离车门。