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According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, Republican and Democratic US senators said that they would try to pass 22 separate joint2 resolutions

据《路透社》报道,周三,美国共和党和民主党参议员表示,他们将争取通过22项单独的联合决议,

intended to block President Donald Trump's plan to complete 8 billion dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without congressional review.

旨在阻止唐纳德·特朗普总统在没有国会审查的情况下完成对沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋的80亿美元武器销售的计划。

Backers of the resolutions claim they are intended to 'protect and reaffirm Congress' role of approving arms sales to foreign governments.'

这些决议的支持者声称,他们想“保护和重申国会”的批准向国外政府销售武器的权利。

Senator Bob Menendez, the ranking Democrat1 on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said, "We are taking this step today to show that we will not stand idly by

参议院外交关系委员会资深民主党参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯表示:“我们今天迈出这一步,是为了表明我们不会袖手旁观,

and allow the President or the Secretary of State to further erode3 Congressional review and oversight4 of arm sales."

不会允许总统或国务卿进一步削弱国会对武器销售的审查和监督。”


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1 democrat Xmkzf     
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
参考例句:
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
2 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
3 erode NmUyX     
v.侵蚀,腐蚀,使...减少、减弱或消失
参考例句:
  • Once exposed,soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.一旦暴露在外,土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
  • Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
4 oversight WvgyJ     
n.勘漏,失察,疏忽
参考例句:
  • I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
  • Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

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