美国有线新闻 CNN 美海军陆战队进入叙利亚 支援叙武装力量夺取IS大本营

 

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.

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.

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 deployment² 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.

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。