2006年VOA标准英语-Chad Security Alleges Coup Plot

By Nico Colombant
Abidjan
15 March 2006

Chad's security forces are reporting they foiled an overnight coup¹ plot against President Idriss Deby Itno. They say there was an attempt to shoot dwn his plane as he returned to Chad.

Armed forces were deployed² in key parts of the otherwise calm capital Ndjamena Wednesday after reports of the alleged³ coup plot. Some soldiers prevented traffic from leaving the city across a bridge on a main highway towards Cameroon.

Mobile phone networks went off the air.

Chad President Idriss Deby Itno  
  
Officials close to President Deby, who recently added Itno to his last name, told journalists arrests had been made, but were not specific.

They blamed the twins Tom and Timane Erdimi for being behind the coup attempt. The two are relatives of President Deby and his former close political and business associates. But they are now part of a disparate rebellion operating near the border region of Sudan's Darfur province, calling on him to step down.

Many of these rebels, as Global Insight researcher Chris Melville explains, are also part of Mr. Deby's dominant⁴ ethnic⁵ group.

"The Erdimis are regarded as key members of the Zaghawa clique⁶ at the heart of the regime and many of those individuals within that group hold office within the armed forces or have done so until the last couple of months and so there is certainly the possibility that could, given their own financial resources, you could see them mounting a significant military challenge to the regime," he said.

The communications minister says the main coup plotters fled after being repulsed⁷ by loyal soldiers. Some rebels opposed to President Deby were quoted as saying there had been a coup attempt, but that they had been betrayed.

The apparent coup plot comes after several high-level army officers recently sent on a mission to negotiate with the rebels deserted⁸ themselves.

Since getting international aid to build an oil pipeline⁹, President Deby has gutted¹⁰ laws guaranteeing some proceeds would go to poverty alleviation¹¹, citing security problems. He also changed the constitution so he can run for a third elected term in elections scheduled for early May.

1 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

5 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

6 clique   

n.朋党派系，小集团

参考例句：

• The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.反动统治集团内部勾心斗角，四分五裂。
• If the renegade clique of that country were in power,it would have meant serious disaster for the people.如果那个国家的叛徒集团一得势，人民就要遭殃。

7 repulsed   

v.击退( repulse的过去式和过去分词 )；驳斥；拒绝

参考例句：

• I was repulsed by the horrible smell. 这种可怕的气味让我恶心。
• At the first brush,the enemy was repulsed. 敌人在第一次交火时就被击退了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

9 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

10 gutted   

adj.容易消化的v.毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 )；取出…的内脏

参考例句：

• Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望？我是伤心透了！
• The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 alleviation   

n. 减轻，缓和，解痛物

参考例句：

• These were the circumstances and the hopes which gradually brought alleviation to Sir Thomas's pain. 这些情况及其希望逐渐缓解了托马斯爵士的痛苦。
• The cost reduction achieved in this way will benefit patients and the society in burden alleviation. 集中招标采购降低的采购成本要让利于患者，减轻社会负担。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语