玻利维亚总统愿意为斯诺登提供庇护

 　　LIMA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Saturday his country will offer humanitarian¹ asylum² for U.S. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden if asked, according to reports reaching here from La Paz.

　　Morales, who was speaking to residents in Chipaya, a small town in western Bolivia, made the statement to "solemnly protest" his plane being refused to fly through four European countries' airspace amid suspicions that Snowden was on board earlier this week.

　　Morales said Bolivia is not going to be intimidated³ by the United States and European countries on the Snowden issue.

　　He said he only knew about Snowden through media, but the United States and some European countries made unfounded suspicions that his plane took Snowden away from Moscow.

　　In fear of Snowden's presence, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain blocked the presidential plane after Morales left Moscow where he attended a meeting of natural gas-producing nations on July 2, forcing it to land in Vienna, Austria.

　　This incident aroused anger among several Latin American leaders, who joined Morales two days ago in a meeting to condemn⁴ the European countries for infringing⁵ on the rights of Bolivia and all the Latin-American people, saying it is a violation⁶ of international law.

　　The Bolivian government blamed the United States for pressuring the European countries on the Snowden issue, threatening to close the U.S. embassy in Bolivia.

　　Snowden, who has been stranded⁷ in the transit⁸ area in Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport for about two weeks, has reportedly applied⁹ for asylum in 21 countries, with Venezuelan and Nicaraguan presidents having making the offer and Ecuador willing to consider the application.

1 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 intimidated   

v.恐吓；威胁adj.害怕的；受到威胁的

参考例句：

• We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
• The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

5 infringing   

v.违反（规章等）( infringe的现在分词 )；侵犯（某人的权利）；侵害（某人的自由、权益等）

参考例句：

• The material can be copied without infringing copyright. 这份材料可以复制，不会侵犯版权。
• The media is accused of infringing on people's privacy. 人们指责媒体侵犯了大家的隐私。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

7 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

8 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

9 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。