俄罗斯的反恐努力应超越奥运

俄罗斯的反恐努力应超越奥运 　　

MOSCOW, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Russian authorities have beefed up security in the run-up of Sochi Winter Olympics which is scheduled on Feb. 7-23, yet these measures should not stop after the Games conclude, a security expert has said.

　　"The measures undertaken have tightened¹ anti-terror regime both in and around Sochi," said Josef Linder, president of the International Counter-terror Training Association, referring to a presidential order signed on Jan. 7 to increase security measures for airlines, railways, as well as in the regions close to Sochi.

　　"For the time remaining before the Games, the Russian law enforcement agencies -- FSB (Federal Security Service), the interior ministry² and other special services -- will stay on high alert," he told Xinhua in a recent interview.

　　Noting the government was "humiliated³" by a twin terror attacks in the city of Volgograd, which happened on the eve of New Year holidays and left 34 dead, Linder said it was one of the government's priorities not to let any similar incidents occur during the upcoming Games.

　　Shortly after the terror attacks, Russian President Putin pledged that the government would fight terrorists "certainly, fiercely and consistently until they are all destroyed."

　　Meanwhile, providing 100-percent terror-proof security in the country is not only a domestic affair, as the Olympic Games are one of the largest international events, Linder said.

　　"Moscow is at odds⁴ with some countries over many global issues, " said the expert. "So any failure in domestic policy is used by those countries to add weight to their own positions. This is why Russia as a host country for the Olympics must do all it can to prevent any accidents during the Games."

　　Those measures, he said, should remain in force even after the Games, because fighting terrorism is a long-term objective.

　　He added that the measures should combine anti-terror operations by law enforcement agencies with sustainable social- economic development of the regions where terrorists recruit their members.

　　"Terrorism can not be defeated by force only. The government must create social-economic conditions which prevent enlistment⁵ of new members into those organizations ... As soon as terrorism organizations are left without social soil, they lose the ability to carry out terror attacks," Linder said.

1 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 humiliated   

感到羞愧的

参考例句：

• Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present. 子女在客人面前举止失当，父母也失体面。
• He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated. 他感到羞耻，丢尽了面子。

4 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

5 enlistment   

n.应征入伍，获得，取得

参考例句：

• Illness as a disqualification for enlistment in the army. 疾病是取消参军入伍资格的一个原因。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• One obstacle to the enlistment of able professors was that they had to take holy orders. 征聘有才能的教授的障碍是他们必须成为牧师。 来自辞典例句