VOA常速英语:A Better World for Women and Girls

短语讲解：

1. A British Medical Journal editorial calls for a moral and political movement to end violence and oppression against women and girls.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

2. It says about one billion women worldwide have been beaten, coerced into having sex or otherwise abused.

coerce into迫使做;强迫, 强制
例句：He was coerced into making a confession.
他被迫招供。

3. The BMJ editorial describes oppression against women and girls as a great injustice that is insidious, systematic and widespread.

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

4. So it is a problem relevant to everyone in all countries.

relevant to与…有关的
例句：These materials are relevant to the case.
这些材料与这案件有关。

5. This cuts right across boundaries like geography, wealth, culture

cut across遮断, 打断; 抄近路穿过
例句：The wall cuts across our line of vision.
那面墙挡住了我们的视线。

6. Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

turn into (使)变成
例句：The old building was turned into a library.
这座旧房子被改作了图书馆。

7. Also, both abuse and neglect and pregnancy, etcetera, not having access to proper services, obviously leads to injury and permanent disability

have access to接近（或进入）的方法（或权利、机会等）
例句：Students must have access to good books.
学生应该读得到好书。
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。

8. I think it really is the courage of women and women activists that first brought this to light – violence against women and girls – as a really shameful human rights violation and really even as a pernicious and pervasive public health problem.

bring to light揭露, 暴露, 发现
例句：Her little secret was soon brought to light.
她那的小秘密不久就被发现了。

9. There’s a lot of risk involved in that. As neighborhoods, communities, countries, societies in general we have to care about our women and girls.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：Don't involve yourself in unnecessary dispute.
不要把自己卷入无谓的争论中。

10. Gender inequality, she said, is a driving force behind abuse. She says those who harm women must be held accountable, adding men and boys must be fully engaged in promoting equality and preventing violence.

engage in参加; 从事; 忙于
例句：He engaged in a serious study of the problem.
他对这个问题进行了认真的研究。