CNN News: 美國政府欲將敘利亞領導人趕下臺

The U.S. government now says it's a priority to remove Syria's leader from power. That's a significant change for the Trump administration. It previously did not prioritize the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. But that was before a chemical weapons attack that was carried out last Tuesday killed 89 people in western Syria. The attack was widely blamed on Assad's regime.
美國政府表示，其當務之急是將敘利亞領導人趕下臺。這對特朗普政府來說是一次重大改變。此前，特朗普政府并未優(yōu)先考慮推翻敘利亞總統(tǒng)巴沙爾·阿薩德。但在敘利亞西部地區(qū)上周二發(fā)生化武襲擊，并造成89人死亡后，美國政府做出了改變。外界普遍將這起襲擊歸咎于阿薩德政權。
And last week, U.S. President Donald Trump authorized a military strike against the Syrian airbase. It's the location where the U.S. says the chemical attack was launched from. America has been carrying out airstrikes against ISIS locations in Syria for years. The missile strikes were the first time the U.S. struck a Syrian government position since the country's civil war broke out six years ago.
上周，美國總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普授權對敘利亞空軍基地實施軍事打擊。美國表示該空軍基地就是發(fā)動化學武器襲擊的地方。多年以來美國一直在對敘利亞境內的ISIS據點實施空襲。而這是敘利亞內戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)6年以來，美國首次對敘利亞政府基地發(fā)動導彈襲擊。
It certainly sends a message to friends and foe alike that this president will take action when lines are crossed and that is again potentially very significant.
這一行動向其友軍和敵軍傳達了一個明顯的信號：當某個國家越線時，這位美國總統(tǒng)將采取行動，而這一點非常重要。