With Russia's invasion of Ukraine flagging, and Ukrainian forces staging a breakthrough counteroffensive in recent weeks, President Putin on Wednesday ordered a partial mobilisation of 300,000 reservists, triggering fear that some men who are qualified to serve won’t be allowed to leave the country.
随着俄罗斯入侵乌克兰的势头减弱，加上乌克兰在最近几周发起的突破性反攻，普京总统周三下令部分动员30万名预备役人员，引发了人们对一些有资格服役的男子将不会被允许离开该国的担忧
flag 是旗帜的意思， 下半旗就是All the flags were at half mast。其中的mast就是旗杆的意思。 作动词用to become tired, weaker or less enthusiastic。可以用来形容人或者物，children began to flag after arduous manual activities. 也可以说 confidence flagged.
发动反攻，进行了反攻 stage a counteroffensive
reservists 预备役人员来源于名词 reserve保存，储存。重音在第二个音节。
好比征军这个词，名词是conscription, 被征军的这个人就是conscript. 也可以作动词用 conscript.
Authorities said only experienced soldiers were going to be called up immediately.这里的call up 就是conscript/drat的意思。三者可以互换。
今日短语：
walk a fine line between (something)
To navigate or strike a balance between two sides, positions, or approaches to something, especially when trying to avoid one of them. The film walks a fine line between parody and homage. 抄袭、致敬
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