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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
MONTEVIDEO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay's President Jose Mujica on Thursday expressed his solidarity1 with the country's world famous soccer player Luis Suarez, who has got himself involved in a spat2 on accusations3 of racism4 against French player Patrice Evra.
Mujica called on all Uruguayans to stand by Suarez and support him, while he also denied that the star player on Uruguay's national team was a racist5.
"It is necessary to ratify6 the affection this small country has for Suarez and to show our solidarity with him," Mujica said in a radio broadcast, adding that "we all clearly know that he is not racist and that he never has been."
The spat started after Suarez, who currently plays as a forwarder for the England's club Liverpool, avoided to shake hands with Evra ahead of a match last Saturday between Liverpool and Evra's club Manchester United, a match which Manchester United went on to win 2-1.
This is not the first time tension has arisen between the two players, as Suarez last year was suspended for eight matches after Evra denounced Suarez for taunting7 him with racist insults.
Mujica said the whole affair had been "exaggerated" by the local sports press in Britain and that Suarez immediately after the match had appologized to Evra and his club for the incident.
"His mistakes will help him learn what are the good manners in social relations," said Mujica, who also said part of such problems emerge because players like Suareaz are not trained to be "a formal diplomat8."
Suarez, 25, was elected to be the best player in the South American Football Confederation's 2011 Copa America tournament which Uruguay won in July last year.
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1 solidarity | |
n.团结;休戚相关 | |
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2 spat | |
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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3 accusations | |
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名 | |
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4 racism | |
n.民族主义;种族歧视(意识) | |
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5 racist | |
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子 | |
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6 ratify | |
v.批准,认可,追认 | |
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7 taunting | |
嘲讽( taunt的现在分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落 | |
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8 diplomat | |
n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人 | |
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