和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:US Looks Into Possible Russian Interference in U.S. Election(翻译)

2016-12-15来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. The reason I have called for a review is really to just gather all the threads of the investigations, the intelligence work that has been done over many months so that the public and our elected representatives going forward can find ways to prevent this kind of interference from having an impact on the elections in the future.

prevent from 阻止, 防止
例句:That will prevent the wings of the aircraft from icing up.
这样可防止机翼结冰。

2. Democrats in Congress want to study the possibility of Russian involvement in the election separate from the investigation ordered by the president.

separate from 分开; 区别
例句:Business bank accounts were kept separate from personal ones.
银行的商业账户和个人账户是分开管理的。

3. Earlier this week, Democratic Senators Benjamin Cardin, Dianne Feinstein and Patrick Leahy called for the creation of an independent investigation.

call for 要求; 需要; 去接(某人)
例句:Different circumstances call for different tactics.
不同的情势需要不同的策略。