French soldier killed in northern Mali: Hollande

 　　PARIS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- A French soldier has been killed while fighting Islamist rebels in northern Mali, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.

　　"A legionnaire from the 22nd parachute regiment¹ has died in a clash with Islamists in northern Mali," Hollande told reporters during a visit to Greece.

　　"We are now in the final phase of the operation. The goal is not to stop the terrorist group, or to secure the territory, that's was done. But it is to go until the end, which means the arrest of the last terrorist leaders in northern Mali," he added.

　　Meanwhile, the French military said Tueaday more than 20 militants² have been killed in the northern Mali operation.

　　At the start of Seval operation on Jan. 11, a French pilot has been killed after his helicopter was shot down near the central Mali town of Mopti.

　　In a recent TV interview, Defense³ Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian drew a "positif stock" of French military operation after inflicting⁴ "heavy losses" on al Qaeda-linked insurgents⁵.

　　"... We have provoked many hundreds of dead (rebels) and heavy logistic and technical damage in camp trainings," he told the local news channel BFMTV.

1 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

5 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网