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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2009-02-19 / 04:22PM

Hi Benny,
what does 与当时的戈尔巴乔夫构成俄政坛双星,闪耀在国际舞台上 means in the following paragraph?

1985年,在戈尔巴乔夫的极力推荐下,时任格鲁吉亚共产党中央第一书记的谢瓦尔德纳泽出任苏联外长。尽管他当时只是一个加盟共和国的领导人,且没有任何外交经验,但他很快表现出极强的外交天赋,成功贯彻和实施了苏联新的外交思想和原则,与当时的戈尔巴乔夫构成俄政坛双星,闪耀在国际舞台上。

Gorbachev:戈尔巴乔夫构

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-02-19 / 08:03PM

Hi Lee Kong,

It means "He and Gorbachev were the two stars in the Russian politics, glamoring on the international stage.

Benny



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