尼日利亚谴责美国对入境人员的“不公平的”检查

时间：2010-01-05 06:34:55

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Tougher screening of passengers wanting to fly to the US has been condemned1 as unfair by Nigeria - one of the nations singled out for special checks.

尼日利亚对美国严格筛选飞往美国乘客的做法表示谴责，认为其不公平。据悉尼日利亚是几个挑选出来需要进行特殊检查的国家之一。

Checking-in to Nigerian airports now takes longer
Checking-in to Nigerian airports now takes longer

Information Minister Dora Akunyili said the rules, brought in after a Nigerian allegedly man tried to blow up爆炸，炸毁 a plane, discriminated歧视，排斥 against 150m Nigerians.

Bomb suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab did not represent Nigeria, she said.

Nigerians are among 14 nations whose nationals face stiffer硬的，拘谨的 rules including body searches and luggage checks.

Four other African countries - Algeria, Libya, Somalia and Sudan - are also subject to使服从，使遭受 the new measures.

It follows an alleged2 attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.

US President Barack Obama has been under pressure to make visible security improvements.

But Ms Akunyili said 23-year-old Mr Abdulmutallab's act was a "one-off".

"Abdulmutallab's behaviour is not reflective of Nigeria and should therefore not be used as a yardstick码尺 to judge all Nigerians," she said.

"He was not influenced in Nigeria, he was not recruited or trained in Nigeria, he was not supported whatsoever无论什么 in Nigeria.

"It is unfair to discriminate3 against 150 million people because of the behaviour of one person."

The BBC's Fidelis Mbah in Lagos says queues of people waiting to check in were longer than usual at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Monday after the new security directives came into effect生效.

He says extra officials had been deployed7 to search luggage and frisk搜身 passengers.

Nigeria has already said it has tightened8 its security measures since the alleged Christmas Day plot.

Security agents prevented our reporter from speaking to people in the queues.


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1 condemned condemned     
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
  • The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。
2 alleged gzaz3i     
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
3 discriminate NuhxX     
v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待
参考例句：
  • You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
  • They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。
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分别，辨别，区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 )； 歧视，有差别地对待
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  • His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
  • Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视？
5 yardstick oMEzM     
n.计算标准，尺度；评价标准
参考例句：
  • This is a yardstick for measuring whether a person is really progressive.这是衡量一个人是否真正进步的标准。
  • She was a yardstick against which I could measure my achievements.她是一个我可以用来衡量我的成就的准绳。
6 whatsoever Beqz8i     
adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么
参考例句：
  • There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
  • All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。
7 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
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  • Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
  • The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
8 tightened bd3d8363419d9ff838bae0ba51722ee9     
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧
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  • The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
  • His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

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