美国有线新闻 CNN ISIS在叙利亚只剩最后一处据点

 

We're starting in the Middle East this Tuesday where the ISIS terrorist group is making what could be its last stand in Syria. ISIS, which stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, once controlled large parts of land in those two countries after sweeping¹ to power in 2014. But after five years of air strikes by a U.S. led coalition² of countries fighting on the ground by local forces and intervention³ by militaries around the world, ISIS now controls less than 1 percent of the territory it once had. And that sliver⁴ of land is in a village of eastern Syria.

A military group called the Syrian Democratic Forces with support from the United States is battling ISIS on the ground while continued air strikes rain down from the sky. The U.S. general overseeing the fighting against ISIS estimates that between 500 and 1,200 terrorists are in the village and that tens of thousands of them are still s?pread out across Syria and Iraq. So General Joseph Votel says a defeat at its last stronghold in Syria won't mean the end of the terrorist group, but that continued pressure on it will be necessary. With U.S. troops scheduled to leave Syria at the direction of President Donald Trump⁵, General Votel says that America would continue to look for ways to support the fight against ISIS without the U.S. military on the ground in Syria.

1 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

2 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。

3 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

4 sliver   

n.裂片，细片，梳毛；v.纵切，切成长片，剖开

参考例句：

• There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。
• Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上，莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。

5 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。