夏说英语新闻晨读 第61期:奥巴马再次主张关停关塔那摩

 本期内容：

Barack Obama resubmitted to Congress his long-standing plan to close Guantánamo Bay, calling the prison a “stain” on America, which drained military resources, stoked terrorism and did not make the country safer. Republican lawmakers reiterated¹ their opposition² to sending the remaining 91 inmates³ home, or to prisons and military bases in America.

词义解析:

Resubmit: 再次提交
Long-standing: 存在已久的
Stain：污点
Drain resources：浪费资源
Stoke：激起
Reiterate：重申
Inmate：犯人

1 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》