联合国安理会投票批准限制ISIS资金来源

AS IT IS 2015-12-20 UN Security Council Votes to Restrict IS Funding 联合国安理会投票批准限制ISIS资金来源

The United Nations Security Council approved measures Thursday to restrict how the Islamic State militant¹ group raises money.

The 15-nation council will expand a resolution against al-Qaida to the Islamic State group. The group has seized large areas of Syria and Iraq, and it is trying to increase its strength in Libya.

Samantha Power is the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Wednesday, she told reporters “this resolution…will be a new piece of international law.”

She said the resolution would require countries to do more to stop the money being sent to terrorists.

Power says nations have limited the group’s funding somewhat. But she says the group still trades cultural objects and smuggles³ oil. She notes that the group demands money from people who live in the areas the terrorists occupy. But she says “this is a problem that we should be able to solve.”

She said if an effort is made to attack the Islamic State group’s funding sources and assets “in an intensified⁴ and even more aggressive way, that is going to have a material effect on their ability” to carry out attacks.

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piece – n. an amount that is cut or separated from a larger section of something

smuggle² – v. to move (someone or something) from one country into another illegally and secretly

assets – n. something that is owned by a person, company, etc. -- usually plural

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

3 smuggles   

v.偷运( smuggle的第三人称单数 )；私运；走私；不按规章地偷带（人或物）

参考例句：

4 intensified   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
• The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》