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The United States Tuesday called on Moscow to comply "promptly1" with Kazakhstan's request to pull Russian troops out of the country after Washington questioned the deployment2 following rare unrest there.

美国星期二呼吁莫斯科“迅速”响应哈萨克斯坦的要求，即从该国撤出俄罗斯军队。此前，华盛顿对俄罗斯在哈萨克斯坦发生罕见动荡后部署军队提出了质疑。

State Department spokesman Ned Price said the United States welcomed a return to calm in the Central Asian nation after dozens died and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued shoot-to-kill orders.

美国国务院发言人内德·普莱斯表示，美国希望看到这个中亚国家恢复平静，此前已有数十人死亡，总统托卡耶夫发布了枪杀命令。

Tokayev on Tuesday announced that a, quote, "phased withdrawal4" of troops from the Moscow-led alliance would begin in two days and take no more than 10 days.

托卡耶夫星期二宣布，莫斯科领导的联盟将于两天内开始“分阶段撤军”，撤军时间不超过10天。

Tokayev, backed by Russia, described the unrest as a coup5 attempt and called in the group due to purported6 foreign influence.

托卡耶夫（受俄罗斯支持）称这次动乱是一次未遂政变，并且他是因为在据称的外国影响下召集了该组织。

The narrative7, though, has been doubted by outside rights experts who believe protests were prompted largely by concern over mounting fuel costs.

然而，这种说法遭到了外部人权专家的质疑，他们认为，抗议活动在很大程度上是由对不断上涨的燃料成本的担忧引发的。

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday made an impassioned plea for United States voting rights legislation stalled in Congress and said Democratic lawmakers should make a major change in Senate rules to override8 Republican opposition9.

美国总统拜登星期二慷慨激昂地呼吁通过美国投票权立法，该立法在国会陷入停滞，并表示民主党议员应该对参议院的规则进行重大修改，以推翻共和党的反对意见。

Calling it a "battle for the soul of America," Biden put the voting rights effort on par3 with the fight against segregation10 by slain11 civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

拜登称这是“为美国的灵魂而战”，他将争取投票权的努力与被刺杀的民权领袖马丁·路德·金反对种族隔离的斗争置于同一高度。

He also likened it to the struggle against the forces behind the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2020, by supporters of former President Donald Trump12, which Biden called an "attempted coup."

他还将其比作与前总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持者在2020年1月6日袭击美国国会大厦幕后势力的斗争，拜登称这是一场“未遂政变”。

Biden said if no breakthrough on legislation can be achieved, lawmakers in the Senate should, quote, "change the rules including getting rid of the filibuster13 for this."

拜登表示，如果不能在立法上取得突破，参议院议员应该“改变规则，包括取消对此的阻挠议事。”

It was Biden's most direct plea to date for the Senate to change its rules.

这是拜登迄今为止要求参议院改变规则的最直接的请求。


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1 promptly LRMxm     
adv.及时地，敏捷地
参考例句：
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
2 deployment 06e5c0d0f9eabd9525e5f9dc4f6f37cf     
n. 部署,展开
参考例句：
  • He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
  • Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
3 par OK0xR     
n.标准，票面价值，平均数量；adj.票面的，平常的，标准的
参考例句：
  • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
  • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
4 withdrawal Cfhwq     
n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销
参考例句：
  • The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
  • They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
5 coup co5z4     
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。
6 purported 31d1b921ac500fde8e1c5f9c5ed88fe1     
adj.传说的，谣传的v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点
  • The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 narrative CFmxS     
n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的
参考例句：
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
8 override sK4xu     
vt.不顾，不理睬，否决；压倒，优先于
参考例句：
  • The welfare of a child should always override the wishes of its parents.孩子的幸福安康应该永远比父母的愿望来得更重要。
  • I'm applying in advance for the authority to override him.我提前申请当局对他进行否决。
9 opposition eIUxU     
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。
10 segregation SESys     
n.隔离，种族隔离
参考例句：
  • Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。
  • They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。
11 slain slain     
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
  • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
  • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
12 trump LU1zK     
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
13 filibuster YkXxK     
n.妨碍议事，阻挠；v.阻挠
参考例句：
  • A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
  • The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。

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