2014年CRI 乌克兰总统与反对派签署和解协议 索马里青年党袭击总统府

 

The Ukrainian president and opposition¹ leaders have signed an agreement to end the country's political crisis, which has left dozens of people dead and hundreds of others injured.

The presidential press office says in a statement that the agreement envisages² constitutional changes to reduce the president's power, formation of a national unity³ government and early presidential elections.

The agreement follows overnight meetings involving President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders along with the foreign ministers of Poland, France and Germany, and the chairman of Russia's Human Rights Commission.

The president made concessions⁴ to the opposition in a bid to avoid further bloodshed and casualties among the demonstrators and police officers.

The United States has "strongly" condemned⁵ an attack by militant⁶ group al-Shabaab against Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu.

Twelve people, including nine attackers and three people on the government side, were killed in the attack on Friday. The al-Qaida linked al-Shabaab has recently increased it attacks on Somali government targets and the African Union Mission in Somalia.

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 envisages   

想像，设想( envisage的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The board envisages that there will be a high profit. 董事会预期将会获得高额利润。
• The paper reviews and envisages the development trend of carbon electrode. 本文对炭电极的发展方向做了回顾与展望。

3 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

4 concessions   

n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权

参考例句：

• The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
• The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

5 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

6 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。