美国表示“非常关注”埃及的情况

 　　WASHINGTON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States was "very concerned" about developments in Egypt's political turmoil¹, the State Department said on Wednesday, blaming the embattled President Mohamed Morsi for not doing enough to steer² his country out of the current crisis.

　　"We do, of course, remain very concerned about what we're seeing on the ground," department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters at a regular press briefing. "And we do realize, of course, that is an extremely tense and fast-moving situation in Egypt."

　　Latest reports said the army has replaced the president with the head of the Supreme³ Constitutional Court to run the country for a transitional period and suspended the constitution backed by Morsi's supporters.

　　Psaki said Morsi's speech made on Tuesday night lacked " significant steps" to resolve Egypt's worst crisis since the 2011 revolution that overthrew⁴ Hosni Mubarak.

　　"We have said that he must do more to be truly responsive and representative to the justified⁵ concern expressed by the Egyptian people," Psaki said. "And unfortunately, that was not a part of what he talked about in his speech."

　　Morsi, the first elected president of Egypt, rejected calls for his resignation or early elections.

　　In a phone call to Morsi on Monday while on a trip in Africa, U. S. President Barack Obama encouraged his Egyptian counterpart to respond to concerns voiced by the protesters across the country, stressing that the current crisis can only be resolved through a political process.

　　Psaki said "we believe all sides need to take steps to talk with each other, to engage with each other, to lower the level of violence and call for an end to the violence."

　　Supporters of Morsi have been engaged in confrontations⁶ with opponents of the president's policies for the past year since he took office, resulting in dozens of deaths across the country in the past few days.

1 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

2 steer   

vt.驾驶，为…操舵；引导；vi.驾驶

参考例句：

• If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
• It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。

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 overthrew   

overthrow的过去式

参考例句：

• The people finally rose up and overthrew the reactionary regime. 人们终于起来把反动的政权推翻了。
• They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王。

5 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

6 confrontations   

n.对抗，对抗的事物( confrontation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations. 有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• These confrontations and uncertainties were bing played out for the first time on a global scale. 所有这一切对抗和不稳定，第一次在全球范围内得到充分的表演。 来自辞典例句