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The helicopter was returning from a reconnaissance mission.
那架直升机执行完一项侦察任务正在返回。
3.envisage 正视，面对，设想
He envisages the possibility of establishing direct diplomatic relations in the future.
他设想将来建立直接外交关系的可能性。
4.acquit 宣判……无罪
Mr. Castorina was acquitted of attempted murder.
卡斯托瑞纳先生被宣判谋杀未遂罪不成立。
5.blasphemy （对上帝/宗教的）亵渎
He has acted out every kind of blasphemy, including dressing up as the pope in Rome.
他做过各种亵渎行为，包括在罗马装扮成教皇。
6.insult 侮辱，辱骂，冒犯
I did not mean to insult you.
我并非故意要冒犯你。
7.heighten 提高，增强，加强
The move has heightened tension in the state.
这一举动加剧了该州的紧张局势。
8.faction 帮派，派系
A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country's warring factions.
一项和平协议将由该国交战各派领导们签署。
9.in-flight 在飞行中的
The missile also takes the command and control center's targeting information for in-flight updates.
该导弹还根据指挥控制中心的目标信息，在飞行中进行更新。
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内容解析
1.The proposals from the Saudi-backed high negotiations committee envisage President Bashar al-Assad’s stepping down after a first 6-month transition phase, something he has always insisted he won't do.
step down 下台，辞职，退位
Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge.
伊托法官说如果自己妻子被传为证人的话，他将辞去审判法官的职位。
2.Russia's defense ministry says the US plane had its transponder switched off and its own pilots adhere strictly to international rules.
