2014年CRI 美国众议院正式授权起诉奥巴马 G7领导人威胁加大对俄制裁

 

The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution authorizing¹ it to sue President Barack Obama for what Republican leaders describe as his overreach of authority.

Its sponsors say Obama exceeded his powers when he delayed an insurance deadline in his healthcare law.

Obama himself has dismissed the lawsuit² as a waste of time.

Republicans in Congress have complained that the president has exceeded his constitutional authority on numerous occasions, in order to bypass Congress by issuing executive orders.

In his six years in office Obama has issued 183 executive orders, compared to 291 across George W Bush's eight years.

The leaders of the G7 industrialized nations are threatening more sanctions against Russia, accusing Moscow of continuing to support the rebels in eastern Ukraine.

The leaders of the world's richest industrialized nations are calling on Russia to secure its border to stop the flow of weapons, equipment and militants³ into Ukraine.

Moscow has denied any involvement in eastern Ukraine.

The threat from the G7 comes just a day after both the United States and European Union unveiled sweeping⁴ sanctions targeting Russia's defense⁵, energy and finance sectors⁶.

The Russian government is slamming the sanctions as "destructive and short-sighted".

1 authorizing   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Letters of Marque: Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering. 私掠许可证：从某一个国家获得合法抢劫的证书。
• Formal phavee completion does not include authorizing the subsequent phavee. 阶段的正式完成不包括核准随后的阶段。

2 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》