双语阅读英语外刊精讲：和卡塔尔断交为哪般？(附音频)

2018-10-08 15:36:18来源：酷学英语

　　【词汇和表达】

　　1.inaugural tour of the Middle East: 1) trip: A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place;2) tour: A tour is a journey during which you visit several places that interest you;3) journey: you travel from one place to another

　　2.included significant pressure on the Arab Gulf states: 1) significant: large enough to be important or affect a situation to a noticeable degree.2) important: significant, highly valued and necessary.

　　3.Gulf states: 沙特阿拉伯、伊朗、伊拉克、阿联酋和科威特

　　4.to build a regional security architecture：本地安全架构（solutions: planning, designing, and constructing）

　　5.to combat: oppose in a battle：抵制，对抗

　　6.the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS)：伊斯兰国（扎卡维，巴克达迪）

　　7.counterbalance Iran：制衡伊朗。

　　8.the prospects for such a construct：construct: planning, designing and blueprint

　　9.appear more distant than ever

　　10.five separate Arab states — Saudi Arabia（沙特阿拉伯）, Yemen（也门）, the United Arab Emirates（阿联酋/阿拉伯联合酋长国）, Egypt（埃及） and Bahrain（巴林）

　　11.severed their diplomatic ties to the Emirate of Qatar: sever: 断交（to cut completely through it or to cut it completely off. (FORMAL)

　　12.over the latter's support of Islamic extremism：伊斯兰极端主义（a tempest in a teapot/a storm in a teacup）

　　13.has played a duplicitous role：duplicitous: duplicity: lack of honesty, especially by saying different things to two people:

　　14.has served for years as a key logistics hub for the U.S. and coalition military forces:1）serve for: play a role（起到作用）；2）a logistics hub: an important center,

　　15.coalition military forces: 盟军（allied forces）

　　16.in the fight against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan after 9/11, 1)al-Qaeda：基地组织

　　17.in the subsequent war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq：subsequent:随后的（something that happened or existed after the time or event that has just been referred to）

　　18.currently in the campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

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