VOA标准英语2009年-Mauritanian Opposition Rejects Election of

Mauritania's largest coalition¹ of political parties is rejecting the results of presidential elections that show a big win for the country's former military leader.
　
A supporter of former military leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz celebrates his election as civilian² president, 19 Jul 2009

Mauritania's interior ministry³ says former general Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz won 52 percent of the vote, making last year's coup⁴ leader this year's civilian president without a second round of voting in which his political opponents had vowed⁵ to unite against him.

Those opponents are rejecting what they call an "electoral coup d'etat."

Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba is vice⁶ president of the political party that was toppled in the Aziz coup.

Baba says the electoral results are fraudulent and the opposition⁷ National Front for the Defense⁸ of Democracy is considering all available options to challenge the outcome.

Arab electoral observers report several irregularities, including partisan⁹ electoral officials and security forces inside polling stations. But the preliminary report from the Arab Democracy Foundation says it does not believe any of those irregularities affected¹⁰ the overall result.

Mohamed Ould Maoulode disagrees. He leads one of the political parties in the National Front coalition and says campaign staff found vast manipulation of the result after a close analysis of the returns.

Maoulode says Senegalese were brought across the border to vote in Mauritania. He says the army unduly¹¹ influenced many voters and members of Aziz's former ruling council openly campaigned for him in direct violation¹² of a power-sharing deal.

In his victory speech late Sunday, Aziz said opponents should take their complaints to the constitutional council. He says he is not concerned about those allegations because he was not in power during Saturday's vote and was simply a candidate like all the others.

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

5 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 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。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

10 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

11 unduly   

adv.过度地，不适当地

参考例句：

• He did not sound unduly worried at the prospect.他的口气听上去对前景并不十分担忧。
• He argued that the law was unduly restrictive.他辩称法律的约束性有些过分了。

12 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。