UN envoy to Iraq's convoy hit by bomb

    BAGHDAD, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- UN special representative（代表） to Iraq Ad Melkert's convoy¹ was hit by a roadside bomb in south of Baghdad on Tuesday, but he was not hurt, local police said.
    The convoy was on its way back to Baghdad from Iraq's southern city of Najaf where Melkert met with Shitte cleric Ali al-Sistani, the unnamed police source said.
    The attack killed one Iraqi policeman and wounded four others, he added.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
 

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vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。