美国有线新闻 CNN 叙利亚民主收复ISIS在叙最后据点 但安全威胁仍在

 

Another issue President Trump¹ has been addressing concerns the ISIS terrorist group. We've talked about this a lot since ISIS swept to power in 2014. Its name and its mission were the same. ISIS stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, something the group wanted. And it once controlled a huge area of land in the region with a population of almost 8 million people. Not anymore. On Saturday, the Syrian Democratic Forces, a military group supported by the United States, said ISIS had been defeated in its last physical stronghold in Syria.

In a formal ceremony to mark the terrorist group's defeat, the SDF p?aid tribute to the thousands of forces and fighters it lost in the battle but it said it would continue to fight against any ISIS members who continued to operate and threaten the region.

BEN WEDEMAN: In 2014, ISIS had a presence from the outskirts² of Baghdad to Aleppo in Western Syria at a time when it seemed that they were unstoppable, sending the armies of Iraq and other parts of Syria militias³ running before them. Now they have disappeared as a territorial⁴ entity⁵. They are no more. So this is a massive, sort of, turn of events when you consider the situation just a few years ago. But I think that enthusiasm, even in this part of the world, of the region has been tempered by the realization⁶ that they still remain a threat as a terrorist insurgency⁷.

They are still frequent attacks by ISIS sleeper⁸ cells in this part of Syria and also in many part of Iraq as well. And of course, another problem is that if the regional government here or the government in Iraq don't do a better job at reconstruction⁹, at reviving the local economies, you could have a situation developing whereby discontent feeds into the ideology¹⁰ of ISIS, and you could have ISIS come back perhaps under a different name, in a different form. But it's not just the question of defeating an organization like that militarily. They have to be defeated ideologically¹¹ and politically. And it’s not all together clear if that can be achieved under the current circumstances.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

3 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

4 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

5 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

6 realization   

n.实现；认识到，深刻了解

参考例句：

• We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
• He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。

7 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

8 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

9 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

10 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

11 ideologically   

adv. 意识形态上地，思想上地

参考例句：

• Ideologically, they have many differences. 在思想意识上，他们之间有许多不同之处。
• He has slipped back ideologically. 他思想退步了。