VOA常速英语:Sectarian Terror Attack Fuels Afghan-Pakistan Tension

短语讲解：

1. The Afghan president has vowed to confront Pakistan's government over the issue. Islamabad, for its part, is seeking to soothe riled emotions.

seek to设法; 企图，试图
例句：I sought to change her mind.
我试图改变她的心意。

2. A spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai was quoted Thursday as saying it is up to Pakistan to take action and find out how the Sunni extremist group Lashkar-i-Jhangvi managed contact the media in order to claim responsibility for the attack.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。
find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：We must find out the truth of the matter.
我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。

3. Because Pakistan and the people of Pakistan are committed to fight against terrorism.

fight against与…作斗争〔争吵〕; 反对…
例句：We will have to fight against difficulties.
我们将不得不同困难作斗争。

4. Karzai's office, however, insists Pakistan needs to start taking action without waiting for evidence from Afghanistan.

wait for等待, 等候
例句：I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.
我等车已等了半个小时了。

5. The Kabul shrine attack was the deadliest of three bombings that took place in Afghanistan this week within a space of 48 hours.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

6. The claim of responsibility by the outlawed Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi adds to the growing list of irritants between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

add to增加, 加强
例句：The snowstorm added to our difficulties.
暴风雪增加了我们的困难。

7. Kabul also suspects Pakistan was involved in an assault on the U.S. embassy in Kabul in September and in the assassination of chief Afghan peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani just weeks later.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：He is involved in the case.
他同这桩案子有干系。

8. "We would like to have a relationship that is free from recrimination and blame game... and we strongly believe in Islamabad that our two countries' destinies are intertwined," added Basit.

believe in 相信; 信任
例句：We believe in him, who is always true to his word.
我们信任他, 他总是说话算话的。