朝鲜敦促美国放弃对平壤的敌对政策

 朝鲜敦促美国放弃对平壤的敌对政策

　　PYONGYANG, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday urged the United States to abandon its hostile policy toward the country, the official KCNA news agency reported.

　　A spokesman for the National Defense¹ Commission (NDC) of the DPRK said in a statement that the United States should withdraw all measures it says were "taken to isolate² and stifle³ the DPRK as part of its greedy pivot⁴ to Asia-Pacific strategy."

　　Washington should no longer talk about dialogue and improvement of relations "with preconditions," nor insist that non-aggression is possible "only when DPRK dismantles⁵ its nuclear weapons first," said the statement.

　　The United States should clearly understand the meaning of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, which is Pyongyang's consistent policy goal, and call for denuclearization of the whole Korean Peninsula including South Korea, said the NDC.

　　U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said last week if Pyongyang starts denuclearization first, Washington will be ready for dialogue.

　　The statement dismissed the U.S. request as "an intolerable mockery and insult to the army and people of the DPRK."

　　The DPRK military on Tuesday denounced U.S.-Japan-S. Korea's joint⁶ naval⁷ drills in waters off South Korea involving an American aircraft carrier.

　　The Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea warned on Friday that if the three countries dare to "launch a nuclear war," DPRK's armed forces "will immediately mount counter-attack to bury the aggressors, provocateurs in the sea together with the carrier."

　　Also on Friday, DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un inspected newly built warships⁸ and guided maneuvers⁹, while calling for the naval force to increase its combat capability¹⁰, said the KCNA.

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

3 stifle   

vt.使窒息；闷死；扼杀；抑止，阻止

参考例句：

• She tried hard to stifle her laughter.她强忍住笑。
• It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.那是一次枯燥无味的交谈，我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠。

4 pivot   

v.在枢轴上转动；装枢轴，枢轴；adj.枢轴的

参考例句：

• She is the central pivot of creation and represents the feminine aspect in all things.她是创造的中心枢轴，表现出万物的女性面貌。
• If a spring is present,the hand wheel will pivot on the spring.如果有弹簧，手轮的枢轴会装在弹簧上。

5 dismantles   

拆开( dismantle的第三人称单数 )； 拆卸； 废除； 取消

参考例句：

• This toy machine gun dismantles easily. 这种玩具机关枪很容易拆卸。
• By contrast, modern scepticism challenges nobody and dismantles only theories of change. 相反，现代的怀疑主义却并不质疑任何人，仅仅摧毁变革理论。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

8 warships   

军舰，战舰( warship的名词复数 )； 舰只

参考例句：

• The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后，敌舰退出了海战。
• The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。

9 maneuvers   

n.策略，谋略，花招( maneuver的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He suspected at once that she had been spying upon his maneuvers. 他立刻猜想到，她已经侦察到他的行动。 来自辞典例句
• Maneuvers in Guizhou occupied the Reds for four months. 贵州境内的作战占了红军四个月的时间。 来自辞典例句

10 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。