英语新闻视频 Lebanese celebrate victory

 

In Beirut, thousands of Lebanese lined roads and cheered troops after defeating the militants¹ at the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp. The three-month-long battle is the country's worst internal fighting since its civil war from 1975 to 1990.
Crowds have converged² on the main north-south highway in Lebanon to welcome the troops as the soldiers traveled to Beirut. The army started withdrawing units from the refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared in northern Lebanon on Sunday. Defense³ Minister Elias Murr says over 200 Fatah Islam militants have been killed.
The fighting between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam broke out in mid-May. At least 20 civilians⁴ were killed in the standoff and more than 30 thousand refugees fled the camp.

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 converged   

v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的过去式 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集

参考例句：

• Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
• People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。