1 waved banners with the slogan "My life is not your porn" [① (N-COUNT) （通常指在抗议或集会中用两根竿子撑开的）横幅，标语 A banner is a long strip of cloth with something written on it. Banners are usually attached to two poles and carried during a protest or rally.]
1 the latest 1 salvo in an escalating dispute [① (N-COUNT) (枪炮、导弹的)齐射，并发;(礼炮的)齐鸣 A salvo is the firing of several guns or missiles at the same time in a battle or ceremony.]
2resulted in 2 senseless death and division [① (ADJ-GRADED) 无意义的;无目的的;没有益处的 If you describe an action as senseless, you think it is wrong because it has no purpose and produces no benefit.]
3|ˈbɪgətɪd| that are 3 bigoted or racist [① (ADJ-GRADED) 固执的；执拗的；顽固不化的 Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.]
**4 Afghan warlord ** [① (N-COUNT) (国家或组织的)军阀式领袖，暴君 If you describe a leader of a country or organization as a warlord, you are critical of them because they have achieved power by behaving in an aggressive and violent way.]
5 political edge
政治优势
1 hitching rides 【 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] get (free rides) in other people's cars as a way of travelling （免费）搭乘他人之车; 搭便车:】
1 reflect a thaw in relations【If something thaws relations between people or if relations thaw, they become friendly again after a period of being unfriendly. 】
2 many of whom are now elderly and frail【Someone who is frail is not very strong or healthy. 】
3 ailing bolivar currency 【An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker. 】
4 this &overhaul is nothing more than a facelift【If you overhaul a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it. 】
5investors have called a sham. 【Something that is a sham is not real or is not really what it seems to be. 】
1a better disciplinary system is needed [① (ADJ) 惩戒性的;执行纪律的 Disciplinary bodies or actions are concerned with making sure that people obey rules or regulations and that they are punished if they do not.]
2 Pontiff [① (N-COUNT) 教皇 The Pontiff is the Pope.]
3 to spell out exactly what measures will be taken [① (PHRASAL VERB) 详细说明;讲清楚 If you spell something out, you explain it in detail or in a very clear way.]
4 a substantial hurdle to riding the church of the stain of abuse【a problem or difficulty that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve sth 难关；障碍】】
1-16 billion dollars worth of new duties [④ (N-VAR) 税 Duties are taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy.]
2- open it up to greater international regulation and scrutiny[① (N-UNCOUNT) 详细的检查(或审查);仔细的观察 If a person or thing is under scrutiny, they are being studied or observed very carefully.]
1- agreed to an openended military deployment [① (ADJ) 没有预设目标的；无意作出结论的；无期限的 When people begin an open-ended discussion or activity, they do not have a particular result, decision, or timespan in mind.]
2- The violence then goes down because we achieve reconciliation with the Taliban【 美 [ˌrɛkənˌsɪliˈeʃən] ① (N-VAR) 和解;调和;调解 Reconciliation between two people or countries who have quarrelled is the process of their becoming friends again. A reconciliation is an instance of this.】
1They are in flagrant disregard of the life, [① (ADJ-GRADED) 骇人听闻的;罪恶昭彰的;公然的 You can use flagrant to describe an action, situation, or someone's behaviour that you find extremely bad or shocking in a very obvious way.]
2 They are marked by extreme levels of brutality and disproportionality[② (N-COUNT) 比例 The proportion of one kind of person or thing in a group is the number of people or things of that kind compared to the total number of people or things in the group.]