voa标准英语2008年-Former Bangladesh PM Vows to Run in Election De

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is vowing¹ to participate in her country's upcoming national elections. In an interview with the Voice of America in Washington, Ms. Hasina vowed² to run despite a ruling by Bangladesh's Supreme³ Court denying her bail⁴, an action that could block her from taking part in the voting. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel reports.
　

Sheikh Hasina (file photo)

Sheikh Hasina has been in the United States for medical treatment since she was given parole from prison in Bangladesh.

In a ruling earlier this week, Bangladesh's Supreme Court denied Ms. Hasina bail, jeopardizing⁵ her hopes of participating in elections currently scheduled for December 18th.

Under Bangladesh's law, people on bail can take part in elections, but not those who are in jail or on parole.

Ms. Hasina told VOA she will return to Bangladesh in November and her Awami League Party is not planning to boycott⁶ the elections. "I am going back, though they did not grant bail. I do not know what will be my fate after going back. But I have to go back and I will contest the election. Definitely I will take part in the election. Let my people decide."

Sheikh Hasina was denied bail in a case in which she is accused of extorting⁷ $750,000 from a businessman when she was prime minister.

A lower court in Bangladesh denied bail to Ms. Hasina in September, prompting her to appeal to the country's top court.

The former prime minister says the charges against her are not true. "Well, though they have not given me bail, after going back I can seek bail. All the cases, you know, those are all false, fabricated and everybody knows that."

Ms. Hasina's political rival, Khaleda Zia, was released on bail from a Bangladeshi prison in September. The leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was also in prison on corruption⁸ charges.

The military-backed interim⁹ government imposed emergency rule in Bangladesh in January 2007, following widespread violence between supporters of the two leaders.

Sheikh Hasina says she is eager to run in the elections and will try to improve her country's struggling economy. "This is my priority. That is the economic emancipation¹⁰ of our people. People are suffering because of the price hikes, the inflation rate gone through double digits¹¹. So our people are really suffering a lot."

Ms. Hasina says she has asked U.S. officials to send observers to Bangladesh to make sure the elections are free and fair.

1 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

2 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

5 jeopardizing   

危及，损害( jeopardize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Plans may also become inefficient in the attainment of objectives by jeopardizing group satisfactions. 用危及群体利益方法去达到目标的计划，也是无效率的。
• That boosted government revenues in the short term, but is now jeopardizing them. Morales将天然气工业，电信业和部分采矿业收归国有的举措吓跑了投资者们。

6 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

7 extorting   

v.敲诈( extort的现在分词 )；曲解

参考例句：

• Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him. 腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。 来自辞典例句
• He's been charged with extorting protection money from the shopkeepers. 他被指控对店主敲诈勒索保护费。 来自互联网

8 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

9 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

10 emancipation   

n.（从束缚、支配下）解放

参考例句：

• We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 digits   

n.数字( digit的名词复数 )；手指，足趾

参考例句：

• The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》