中英對照讀新聞》US defeats Russia in a battle to control the future of the global internet 美國在未來全球網路控制權爭奪戰打敗俄羅斯
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The United States has soundly defeated Russia in an election to control a United Nations body responsible for shaping global internet development, a contest viewed as geopolitically symbolic amid wider US-Russia tensions and an answer to fears of growing censorship online by authoritarian regimes.
美國在一場掌控聯合國負責制定全球網路發展的機構選舉中,徹底擊敗俄羅斯;在更廣泛的美俄緊張中,這場競爭被視為具有地緣政治象徵性,以及是對專制政權正擴大網路審查之憂心的回應。
On Thursday, members of the International Telecommunication Union voted to appoint Doreen Bogdan-Martin, the US-backed candidate, as the group’s secretary general.
週四國際電信聯盟會員投票,選擇受到美國支持的候選人朵琳.鮑丹—馬丁出任該聯盟秘書長。
Bogdan-Martin beat out her chief rival Rashid Ismailov by winning 139 votes out of 172. Ismailov won just 25 votes.
鮑丹—馬丁在172票中贏得139票,擊敗她的頭號對手拉希德.伊斯梅洛夫。伊斯梅洛夫只拿到25票。
Bogdan-Martin’s wide victory margin is a sign that few support Russia and China’s vision for the internet, said the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a US technology advocacy group.
美國科技倡議團體「資訊科技和創新基金會」說,鮑丹—馬丁以大幅差距勝利,顯示沒幾個國家支持中國和俄羅斯的網路願景。
新聞辭典
soundly:副詞,徹底地,非常好地。例句:She slept soundly last night.(她昨晚睡得很熟。)
beat out:片語,擊敗,撲滅。例句:We beat out another company for the contract.(我們擊敗另一家公司拿下這份合約。)
margin:名詞,差距、幅度;餘裕。例句:He was elected by a narrow margin.(他以小幅差距當選。)