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VOA慢速英语:Lawyers, Teachers in Cameroon Strike for More English(翻译)

2016-12-02来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Lawyers and teachers, supported by young people, refused to call off the strike as protesters clashed with members of the military.

call off 取消; 点名
例句:He has called off the trip
他已取消了这次行程。

2. The governor of Cameroon’s North-West Region says at least one person has been killed in the clashes.

at least 至少
例句:He's been away for at least a week.
他走了总有一个星期吧。

3. But media reports suggest that as many as four people were killed.

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。

4. Those who are responsible for such abuses must know that nowhere in the world, disorder has ever led to anything constructive.

lead to 导致; 把…带到
例句:Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。