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        CAIRO, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian interim¹ government presided by Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi tendered resignation after a short cabinet meeting on Monday, state-run Nile TV reported.

　　"Today, the cabinet made a decision to tender its resignation to the president," Beblawi said in a televised statement after the meeting.

　　"The government did all it could to get Egypt out of the narrow tunnel in terms of security conditions, economic pressures and political perplexity," he said in praise of the government's performance over the past few months.

　　Beblawi said his government completed the first phase of the nation's political roadmap, namely the approval of a new constitution. "I think Egypt has made very important strides in building a democratic society."

　　He said his cabinet ministers were not the best, "but they were the most honest among the few who accepted to undertake the responsibility at that time."

　　Beblawi's cabinet took office last July, following the deposition² of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi by the military in response to nationwide protests against his rule.

　　The resignation comes amid a host of strikes in a lot of sectors³, including public transport workers, textile workers, garbage collectors and health staff.

　　"It is not time for factional demands and personal interests. It is time for holding the country's best interests above everyone, " the ex-interim prime minister said, noting that his cabinet will continue working until the resignation is accepted.

　　"The government works under the people's supervision⁴ and the people should support the government and question it reasonably and wisely," Beblawi said.

　　For his part, interim President Adli Mansour accepted the resignation in an official statement Monday evening, commending Beblawi's government for taking responsibility "at a very sensitive and hard time."

　　"The presidency⁵ shows deep appreciation⁶ for Dr. Hazem al- Beblawi and his government members for the great efforts they exerted for the nation," said the statement.

　　Ibrahim Mahlab, the housing minister in Beblawi's government, is likely to lead the new cabinet, according to a report on the state-run Al-Ahram news website.

　　In late January, Beblawi accepted the resignation of his deputy Ziad Bahaa-Eddin, who was also the minister of international cooperation, and assigned Planning Minister Ashraf al-Arabi to temporarily take over his job.

　　The cabinet's resignation has been welcomed by many political forces who believe the interim government failed to meet the people's aspirations⁷ in the past few months.

　　"I urge the president to form a crisis-management interim government of 15 active ministers after Bebalwi's government proved insufficient⁸ at such a critical stage," Mohamed Anwar Sadat, head of Reform and Development Party, said in a statement on Monday.

　　Furthermore, the National Revolutionary Forces Coalition⁹ welcomed the government's resignation and considered the move " very late," calling for the formation of an unbiased and nonpartisan technocrat¹¹ government that is able to fulfill¹² its commitments and pave the political atmosphere for free and fair upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.

　　The National Association for Change, April 6 Youth Movement ( the National Front) and several other political and revolutionary forces showed similar sentiment toward the cabinet's resignation.

　　Beblawi's announcement comes ahead of Egypt's presidential election scheduled for mid-April.

　　As Egypt's new constitution stipulates¹³ that only a civilian¹⁴ can run for president, military chief and Defense¹⁵ Minister Abdel- Fattah al-Sisi, who enjoys mounting popularity, has to resign from his roles in both the military and the government if he decides to join the race.

　　There was conjecture¹⁶ of a partial cabinet reshuffle and Sisi's resignation, but not an overhaul¹⁷ of the entire cabinet.

　　Although the government's resignation seems to be motivated by the growing public dissatisfaction with its performance, the move indirectly¹⁸ paves the way for Sisi's presidential bid, according to some political experts.

　　Meanwhile, Cairo Criminal Court decided¹⁹ Monday to suspend the trial of Morsi and some 130 other Islamists on charges of a 2011 jailbreak, citing the need to study requests to change the judge panel, official news agency MENA reported. The defense team demand the panel recuse itself, deeming it "biased¹⁰."

　　Morsi is accused of escaping from Wady al-Natroun prison with the assistance of domestic and foreign forces during the 2011 uprising that toppled ex-president Hosni Mubarak.

　　Some 130 affiliates²⁰ of the Muslim Brotherhood²¹, Palestinian Hamas movement and Lebanese Shiite military party Hezbollah, were tried with Morsi, mostly in absentia.

　　Morsi also faces charges of inciting²² killing²³ protesters, insulting the judiciary and espionage²⁴.

　　Also on Monday, another court ordered police guards return to Egyptian university campuses after a three-year hiatus that followed the 2011 upheaval²⁵.

　　Students supporting Morsi have for months been staging almost daily protests across the campuses. Al-Azhar University in eastern Cairo has been at the forefront of these protests.

　　Hundreds of students have been arrested while others have been punished or dismissed from universities.

　　During earlier clashes with protesters, the police refused to enter campuses for legal reasons, leading university officials to demand their return.

　　According to the newly issued university law, protests and propaganda for presidential candidates will be prohibited on campuses, and deans can dismiss riotous²⁶ and disruptive students without legal procedures as before.

 

1 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

2 deposition   

n.免职，罢官；作证；沉淀；沉淀物

参考例句：

• It was this issue which led to the deposition of the king.正是这件事导致了国王被废黜。
• This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.这导致钙在血管中沉积。

3 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》

4 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

5 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

6 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

7 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

8 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

9 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

10 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

11 technocrat   

n.技术人员，技术官僚

参考例句：

• He is a distant technocrat who is unable to connect with ordinary voters.作为一个冷淡的技术官僚，他不能做到与普通选民息息相通。
• Jack Lew,the new budget director,is the quintessential technocrat.新预算主管杰克·卢就是一个典型的技术官僚。

12 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

13 stipulates   

n.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的名词复数 )；规定，明确要求v.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的第三人称单数 )；规定，明确要求

参考例句：

• The trade contract stipulates for the settlement of balances in RMB. 贸易合同规定余额以人民币结算。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The contract stipulates for the use of seasoned timber. 合同上订明用干透的木料。 来自辞典例句

14 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

15 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。

16 conjecture   

n./v.推测，猜测

参考例句：

• She felt it no use to conjecture his motives.她觉得猜想他的动机是没有用的。
• This conjecture is not supported by any real evidence.这种推测未被任何确切的证据所证实。

17 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

18 indirectly   

adv.间接地，不直接了当地

参考例句：

• I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
• They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

19 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。

20 affiliates   

附属企业( affiliate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She affiliates with an academic society. 她是某学术团体的成员。
• For example, these security affiliates participated in the floating of 19,000,000,000 of issues in 1927. 例如，这些证券发行机构在1927年的流通证券中，就提供了一百九十亿美元的证券。

21 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

22 inciting   

刺激的，煽动的

参考例句：

• What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
• He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。

23 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。

24 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

25 upheaval   

n.胀起，(地壳)的隆起；剧变，动乱

参考例句：

• It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War Ⅱ.它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱。
• The country has been thrown into an upheaval.这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。

26 riotous   

adj.骚乱的；狂欢的

参考例句：

• Summer is in riotous profusion.盛夏的大地热闹纷繁。
• We spent a riotous night at Christmas.我们度过了一个狂欢之夜。