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VOA慢速英语:UN Wants Australia to Take Lead Against Asian Drug Traffic(翻译)
短语讲解:
1. Colvin said the new task force with Thailand will focus on “human trafficking, money laundering, counter-narcotics in particular."
focus on 致力于; 使聚焦于
例句:The talks will focus on economic development of the region.
会谈将着重讨论该地区的经济发展。
2. Officials point out that increased trade and looser border restrictions under the ASEAN Economic Community create opportunities for organized crime to move drugs and drug-making chemicals more easily across borders.
point out 指明; 指出,把注意力引向…; 提示
例句:They kept standing up to take pictures and point things out to each other
他们不停地站起来拍照,还互相指点景物给对方看。
3. But for this to work, he adds, this effort “needs to involve many, many countries at one time.
but for 要不是
例句:I'd have been lost but for you.
要不是你,我就走迷路了。
at one time 一度, 从前
例句:The city at one time must have been prosperous.
这座古城肯定一度很繁荣。
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