美国有线新闻 CNN 美海军陆战队进入叙利亚

 

U.S. Marines are reportedly on the ground in the Middle Eastern country of Syria and they have artillery¹. They`re gearing up for an assault on the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. Syria has been at civil war since 2011.

据报道，美国海军已经登上叙利亚，同时还携带了大炮，准备向叙利亚北部城市拉卡发动袭击。叙利亚内战从2011年开始。

The ISIS terrorist group which controls a significant part of the country has declared Raqqa as its capital. But local Syrian fighters who were supported by the U.S. are preparing to try to drive ISIS out of Raqqa, and U.S. officials say the additional American Marines are there to help.

伊斯兰国已经控制了该国的重要部分，并宣称将拉卡作为首都。但是，在美国的支持下，当地的叙利亚士兵准备将伊斯兰国赶出拉卡，美国官员表示，支援的美国海军已经抵达以提供帮助。

The U.S. military hasn`t said exactly where the Marines are or how many are there. In fact, it hasn`t confirmed that they`re in Syria at all because of concerns about security. But as the U.S. military is supporting Iraq troops effort to drive ISIS from the Iraqi city of Mosul, American military commanders have been talking for weeks about a deployment<sup>2</sup> near Raqqa. U.S. officials don`t expect this to be the last battles against ISIS, but they could dramatically weaken the terrorist group`s strength in the Middle East.

美国军方并未准确提供现在海军的位置以及具体海军的数量。实际上，尚不能确认这些海军抵达叙利亚完全是由于安全原因。但是美国军方在不断支持伊拉克军队驱逐摩苏尔的伊斯兰国武装分子。美国军官已经就拉卡的军事部署问题讨论数周。美国官员表示，这可能不是针对伊斯兰国的最后的战役，但是他们会极大的削弱伊斯兰国在中东的力量。

1 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

2 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。