VOA常速英语:Deterring Somali Piracy through Development

短语讲解：

1. The U.N. Security Council recently adopted a resolution calling for tougher anti-piracy measures off the Somali coast.

call for需要；要求
例句：Your plan will call for a lot of money.
你的计划需要许多钱。

2. Assistant U.N. Secretary-General for Political Affairs Taye-Brook Zerihoun recently described international efforts to stop Somali pirates as “uNPRecedented.”

describe as描述为
例句：His employer had described him as lacking in initiative and drive.
雇主说他缺乏进取心和干劲。

3. He hasn’t got any assets of his own and he needs to draw states into this problem to try and find a solution,” said Dr. Martin Murphy, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States Ansari Africa Center.

draw into把…拉进, 吸引进
例句：The funny story drew him into it.
这个滑稽的故事吸引了他。

4. Libya has drawn off a lot of assets and European nations are under fiscal pressure now and they’re cutting their fleets.

draw off排出, 抽出(某物), 拉走(某人); (使)撤离, 使转移掉
例句：I drew off three pints of beer from the barrel.
我从酒桶里抽出三品脱啤酒。

5. It’s happening with the European navies earlier and frankly those assets are not being sent back to the Indian Ocean

send back归还
例句：Send those things back; they are not what I ordered.
把那些东西退回去, 我订的不是这些东西。

6. It’s not going to be top down through the government where we’ve tried so many times before and they’ve failed or been corrupted or led to disputes.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

7. We’re picking up, frankly, the expendable, and they are expandable, because apparently lots of young men in Somalia are actually dying.

pick up好转; 恢复; 捉住, 逮住; 使增加〔加快〕
例句：The writer's personal appearance picked up the sales of the book considerably.
那位作家亲自到场, 使那本书的销售量大增。

8. Most nations now view piracy as a criminal act and prefer to address it through the rule of law, not by sinking ships.

prefer to较喜欢; 宁愿
例句：He preferred to die instead of stealing.
他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。