• The U.S. Embassy in Bangui suspended operations Friday "as a result of the deteriorating security situation, " the State Department said in a statement.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Certainly it is difficult to put ourselves in that situation, but I for one know that in a state of exhaustion and waking, the mind can play all sorts of tricks.

    FORBES: Video of Pima County Jose Guerena SWAT Raid

  • On Friday, an American military official said U.S. forces in Europe are on a heightened state of alert in response to a deteriorating security situation in the Libyan capital.

    NPR: Anti-Militias Protesters Attacked In Libya

  • In an acknowledgement of the seriousness of the situation, Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in Meikhtila in an announcement broadcast on state television.

    NPR: Sectarian Violence Kills At Least 20 In Myanmar

  • In any case, the situation in Pakistan, a nuclear-armed state of 180m people, looks dire.

    ECONOMIST: Pakistan and America

  • It is no secret, especially to those of us in California, that the Golden State has found itself in a dire situation.

    FORBES: The Times, They Are a-Taxin'

  • However, the Commercial Court in Dublin dismissed his claim, ruling Nama was a proportionate response to the grave situation the state finds itself in.

    BBC: Developer Paddy McKillen loses challenge to Nama

  • Airlines find themselves in a difficult situation, having to juggle high gasoline prices with low pricing power given the weak state of consumption in a fragile economic environment.

    FORBES: Delta's Domestic Traffic Falls As It Juggles Gas Prices And A Weak Consumer

  • To do that he has to confront the challenges that Detroit continues to face including a massive financial crisis that could lead to a state takeover if the economic situation in the Motor City does not stabilize soon.

    NPR: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing On City's Crisis

  • So you have the federal government pulling back in effect, state governments raising tuitions all over the United States and therefore you have a situation in which many young people from many moderate income and poor families simply do not have the access to higher education that they once had.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Higher education 'market' warning

  • New York State is in a similar favorable situation.

    FORBES: Why Munis Still Make Sense In 2013, The Year Of Income

  • "Their bulk and strength over the course of the game just really got us in the second half when we got ourselves in a situation where we couldn't make shots, " Northwestern State coach Mike McConathy said.

    NPR: Florida Beats Northwestern St 79-47 In NCAA Opener

  • In such a situation charities need to produce more bang for the buck than state spending to justify their perks.

    ECONOMIST: Charity and taxation

  • The situation is said to be most critical in the state of Amazonas, where a quarter of all pupils are affected.

    BBC: Brazil floods displace thousands

  • With the World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016 approaching, the Rio state authorities are starting to tackle a situation that has been in violent free-fall for decades.

    FORBES: UPP Police Pacifying Units: Security & Governance in the Favela Part 2

  • Speaking in Parliament, Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the situation as "a completely unacceptable state of affairs" and called for an urgent investigation by Britain's Food Standards Agency (FSA).

    BBC: burgers

  • "If you are able to see a more or less stable situation in Afghanistan, if it becomes another relatively normal Central Asian state, China will be the natural beneficiary, " says Andrew Small, a China expert at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, an American research institute.

    NPR: Eyeing Rich Bounty, China In Line For Afghan Role

  • The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage provides that each State Party shall draw up, in a manner geared to its own situation, one or more inventories of the intangible cultural heritage present in its territory, thus ensuring its identification in order to safeguard it ( Article 12).

    UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

  • During the interview, Mr Barroso highlighted the situation in Denmark - an EU state which voted against joining the eurozone in 2000, but is now considering holding a new referendum on the single currency.

    BBC: No 10 denies shift in euro policy

  • But state officials are focused on the election situation, and we're confident that people will be in a position to be able to cast their ballot on Election Day.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • We had a situation over the weekend where we had boom in place back behind Dauphin Island, Alabama, and the sea state actually defeated the boom and we had some oil come ashore there and had to deal with that.

    WHITEHOUSE: Daily Press Briefing

  • At a briefing with reporters Tuesday, spokesman Ian Kelly said the United States was monitoring the situation in Iran through a number of media, including social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, but deflected questions about the State Department talks with Twitter.

    CNN: Officials: Social networking providing crucial info from Iran

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定