每日一篇 5.10

despite withholding bombs：尽管扣留炸弹

struck a defiant tone against：对xx采取挑衅的语气

withheld a shipment of bombs：扣留了一批炸弹

ally：盟友

invade：入侵

punchy clip：精彩剪辑

fight tooth and nail.：竭尽全力地战斗

pivoted to a more conciliatory approach：转向更加和解的办法

talk show：脱口秀

finish off the remaining battalions：消灭剩下的营

xx-designated terrorist group：xx认定的恐怖组织

kidnapped：被绑架

xx would do its utmost：xx将竭尽全力

genocide：种族灭绝

the sorry state of ：xxx的现状令人遗憾

decrying the potential loss of civilian life as “just wrong.”：谴责潜在的平民生命损失是错误的

referring to air-defense weaponry：指防空武器装备

artillery shells：炮弹

conciliatory remarks：和解言论

refrain from an assault：避免攻击

reiterated：重申

 specific munitions：特定弹药

 flies in the face of the facts：逃避现实，与事实不符

 initially：最初

ramp up pressure：增加压力

 follow through：采取行动

major incursion into urban areas：大规模侵入城市地区

 plan was foiled ：计划被挫败

 officials leaked it：官方泄露了