哥伦比亚民族解放军拒绝解除武装

 　　BOGOTA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's second largest guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) Monday rejected a call by the Catholic Church to lay down arms as a precondition for peace talks with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos.

　　In an open letter distributed through social networks, top ELN leader Nicolas Rodriguez Bautista, alias¹ "Gabino", described the proposal as "unfortunate," saying "it proves that the Catholic hierarchy² does not associate peace with the struggle for social justice, putting it off again."

　　The letter was addressed to the Episcopal Conference, which had called on the ELN to disarm³ before sitting down with the government for peace talks.

　　"Peace is not synonymous with the silencing of guns, but the outcome of major reforms that have been negated⁴ for more than half a century," the ELN said.

　　ELN leaders said earlier it was "imperative⁵" for the two sides to negotiate an end to some 50 years of armed conflict, as the government and the largest rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been doing since November.

　　As a goodwill⁶ gesture, the ELN released one of their captives, army soldier Carlos Fabian Huertas, a move welcomed by Santos who however said there would be no talks with the ELN "until all the hostages are released and the crime of kidnapping is not repeated. "

1 alias   

n.化名；别名；adv.又名

参考例句：

• His real name was Johnson,but he often went by the alias of Smith.他的真名是约翰逊，但是他常常用化名史密斯。
• You can replace this automatically generated alias with a more meaningful one.可用更有意义的名称替换这一自动生成的别名。

2 hierarchy   

n.等级制度；统治集团，领导层

参考例句：

• There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
• She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。

3 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

4 negated   

v.取消( negate的过去式和过去分词 )；使无效；否定；否认

参考例句：

• Our historical right to rule ourselves as a people had been negated. 我们被剥夺了作为一个民族治理自己国家的历史权利。 来自辞典例句
• Thus far we have negated frictional effects in the harmonic oscillator. 到现在为止，我们一直没有考虑谐和振荡器中的摩擦效应。 来自辞典例句

5 imperative   

n.命令，需要；规则；祈使语气；adj.强制的；紧急的

参考例句：

• He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
• The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。

6 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。