Egypt's Ex-President Mubarak Ordered under House Arrest

　　Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak has been ordered to be released on bail¹ but is still under house arrest.

 

　　On the same day, the EU decided² to restrict weapons export to Egypt.

 

　　CRI's Cao Yuwei has more.

 

　　Egypt's deputy military chief has ordered former President Hosni Mubarak under house arrest.

 

　　Earlier, an Egypt court ordered Mubarak's release on bail on his last corruption⁴ case.

 

　　Cairo residents are voicing mixed opinions following the news.

 

　　"This is a disgusting charade⁵ by the judiciary, the army, the police in order to reinstate Mubarak and his corrupt³ regime and to rob the people of their revolution."

 

　　"He should have been released a long time ago. God forgive them for what they have done and the judiciary has ordered this so that should be enough. I have complete faith in the Egyptian judiciary."

 

　　Mubarak still faces a retrial on charges of involvement in the killing⁶ of protesters during the 2011 unrest which toppled him.

 

　　Over the weekend, a court postponed⁷ the retrial of the former president over charges of protester death to this Sunday amid ongoing⁸ riots after the ouster of his successor Mohamed Morsi.

 

　　Meanwhile, the European Union has decided to restrict the weapons export to Egypt after the 28-member bloc⁹'s foreign ministers council meeting in Brussels.

 

　　Before the meeting, some EU members had requested the bloc to cut off the 5 billion euros financial assistance to Egypt.

 

　　But the Council failed to reach an agreement on this issue, worrying it would hurt the fragile economic situation and the people in Egypt.

 

　　EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton:

 

　　"We've agreed, as well, to review the issue of our assistance to Egypt with the understanding of assistance to the most vulnerable groups and to civil society must continue. Member states have agreed to suspend export licences to Egypt of any equipment used for internal repression¹⁰, and to reassess their export licences covered by the EU common position.

 

　　EU also called on all Egyptians to refrain from actions that would incite¹¹ further violence.

 

　　For CRI, this is Cao Yuwei.

1 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 charade   

n.用动作等表演文字意义的字谜游戏

参考例句：

• You must not refine too much upon this charade.你切不可过分推敲这个字谜。
• His poems,despite their dignity and felicity,have an air of charade.他的诗篇虽然庄严巧妙，却有猜迷之嫌。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

8 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

9 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

10 repression   

n.镇压，抑制，抑压

参考例句：

• The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
• This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。

11 incite   

v.引起，激动，煽动

参考例句：

• I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家，非常会调动群众的情绪。
• Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将，就会干。