夏说英语新闻晨读 第577期:以色列大选 总理迎来连任

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Struggling to rally right-wing voters before Tuesday's elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he would start to extend Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank if given a fourth consecutive¹ term. Such a move has been ardently³ sought by the settler movement but resisted until now by Mr. Netanyahu, and by more moderate Israelis, as a potentially fatal blow to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

struggle to do sth. 努力做某事
rally: vt. 集合；召集
right-wing adj. 右翼的（left wing）
far right extremist 极右势力
Israeli adj. 以色列的；以色列人的 n. 以色列人
consecutive: adj. 连续的
ardent²: adj. 热烈的；热切的
resist: vt. 抵制；阻挡
moderate adj. 温和的
fatal blow: 致命一击
Palestinian: adj. 巴勒斯坦的；巴勒斯坦人的 n. 巴勒斯坦人

1 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

2 ardent   

adj.热情的，热烈的，强烈的，烈性的

参考例句：

• He's an ardent supporter of the local football team.他是本地足球队的热情支持者。
• Ardent expectations were held by his parents for his college career.他父母对他的大学学习抱着殷切的期望。

3 ardently   

adv.热心地，热烈地

参考例句：

• The preacher is disserveing the very religion in which he ardently believe. 那传教士在损害他所热烈信奉的宗教。 来自辞典例句
• However ardently they love, however intimate their union, they are never one. 无论他们的相爱多么热烈，无论他们的关系多么亲密，他们决不可能合而为一。 来自辞典例句