VOA常速英语:US Withdrawal From Iraq Nears Completion

短语讲解：

1. The United States' eight-year military operation of Iraq is coming to an end.

come to an end结束,终止
例句：All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。

2. The drawdown has been under way for months, but in recent days movement has accelerated at U.S. bases in Kuwait that serve as transit points.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：We found that birch bark could serve as paper.
我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用。

3. What took eight years to put into place is being dismantled in weeks.

put into使处于某种状态
例句：The plan began to be put into operation.
这计划已经开始实施。

4. Most camps in Iraq have been emptied or handed over to Iraqi authorities, a process that began in the north, making its way south.

hand over让与, 移交;送交
例句：He has resigned and will hand over charge of his office today.
他已辞职, 将在今日办移交手续。

5. So, it's definitely historic in terms of finally bringing things to a close and closing bases that I've traveled to and from numerous times over the last several years.

bring to把…带给(某人), 带往(某处)
例句：She was brought to my home.
她是被人带到我家来的。

6. Now that we're going to be gone, I know that neither me nor my family nor my friends are going to [have] to come back here to this country and do more damage.

neither nor既不…也不…
例句：Neither Jack nor I have seen this film.
杰克和我都没有看过这部电影。
come back回来
例句：I'm going away and I may never come back.
我要走了, 可能永远不再回来。