普京下令俄军撤出叙利亚

 Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered his armed forces to start pulling out of Syria today after a six-month campaign, saying they had largely met their objectives and it was time to focus on peace talks.

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔?普京(Vladimir Putin)昨日下令在叙利亚展开军事行动已有6个月的俄军开始撤离叙利亚，称他们已基本上实现战役目标，是时候专注和平谈判了。

The announcement comes as external powers seek common ground for turning a tentative cessation of hostilities¹ in the civil war into a political solution, efforts that have long been hampered² by Moscow’s support for Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad.

普京宣布撤军之际，外部大国正寻求共同点——将内战中的暂时休战协议转化成一项政治解决方案，但这方面的努力一直受到莫斯科方面支持叙利亚总统巴沙尔?阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)的掣肘。

Russia’s military intervention³, which began in September, changed the course of the Syrian conflict; before the Kremlin sent in its bombers⁴, Mr Assad’s forces were losing ground to various armed rebel groups.

俄罗斯于去年9月开始的军事干预，改变了叙利亚内战的走向；在克里姆林宫向叙利亚派出轰炸机之前，阿萨德的军队在与形形色色的武装反叛组织的较量中节节败退。

Russian air power was often deployed⁵ indiscriminately, according to Syrian activists⁶, and in the early stages did not target positions of Isis despite Moscow saying its mission was to destroy the jihadi group.

叙利亚活动人士表示，俄空军经常不加区别地进行轰炸，而且在早期并没有以“伊斯兰国”(ISIS)的据点为目标——尽管莫斯科方面称自己的任务是摧毁该圣战组织。

Speaking at a meeting with Sergei Shoigu, minister of defence, and Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, Mr Putin said his objectives had “overall been fulfilled”. The Kremlin said the Russian military would retain a presence in Syria for air force flights to continue to monitor the ceasefire and ensure its implementation⁷.

普京在与俄国防部长谢尔盖?绍伊古(Sergei Shoigu)及外长谢尔盖?拉夫罗夫(Sergei Lavrov)开会时表示，他的目标已“总体实现”。克里姆林宫表示，俄军将在叙利亚保留部分军事力量，继续执行空中任务，以监督停火协议，确保其得到执行。

 

1 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

2 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

3 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

4 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

6 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。