7月10日,菲律賓具有很大影響力的天主教會發表聲明說,菲律賓目前的政治危機是由很多原因造成的,因此他們不贊同反對派要求總統阿羅約辭職的要求。但根據CNN和《時代周刊》聯合展開的最新民調結果,57.5%的受調查者認為阿羅約應該提前結束總統任期。該民調的誤差幅度在4.1%以內。外電報道如下:A majority of people surveyed this month say Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo should not complete her presidential term, according to a new CNN/Time poll.
Additionally, the survey found that opposition to the Philippine leader fell and rose along age lines. Of the 600 people surveyed in the poll, conducted by TNS during the past week, 57.5 percent said Arroyo should quit. The poll was taken July 2-5, and had a margin of error of 4.1 percent. TNS is a London-based international polling company.
The results come as Arroyo faces mounting pressure to step down, following allegations of cheating in the 2004 presidential election.
Margin of error表示“誤差幅度”,margin在此表示“差數,差額尺度”,如:a margin of 500 votes(五百張選票的差額)。和margin相關的詞組還有很多,如:by a comfortable margin(時間充裕地,以較大的多數);by a narrow margin(以微弱多數);operating margin(營業毛利);profit margin(損益帳,利潤率,利潤邊際);reduction margin(減價余地);split margin(利率差幅);without margin(無押金,無定金)等。
據悉,阿羅約7月7日突然要求所有內閣成員辭職,以重組政府,為政治改革奠定基礎。次日,10名內閣成員宣布集體辭職,并要求阿羅約下臺。目前,除了天主教會和軍隊保持中立,阿羅約還擁有多數地方官員、國會議員和內閣成員的支持。因此,菲律賓政局有望避免進一步動蕩。
(中國日報網站編)
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