CNN 2010-07-25

As long as the North Korean leadership takes a different choice, continuing defiance¹, provocation² and belligerence³, it will continue to suffer the consequences. Let me stress that these measures are not directed at the people of North Korea, who have suffered too long due to the misguided and malign⁴ priorities of their government, they are directed at the destabilizing, illicit⁵ and provocative⁶ policies pursued by that government.

 

This reform will help foster innovation, not hamper⁷.  It is designed to make sure that everybody follows the same set of rules, so that firms compete on price and quality, not on tricks and not on traps.  It demands accountability and responsibility from everyone. It provides certainty to everybody from bankers to farmers to business owners to consumers. And unless your business model depends on counting corners or bilking your customers, you've got nothing to fear from a reform.

 

A lot of other people now rallying behind you, people who had abandoned you at the beginning. If the agriculture secretary were to come to you and say, Shirley, we'd like to have you back, what would you say?

 

You know, I'm just not so sure at this point. I really wonder, in light of how I was treated over the last two days, just what that relationship would be like for the future. Can they move beyond this?

 

He put up a good fight, but he ended up coming right to boat, swam right to the boat when I set the hook on him. We both grabbed a hold of the net and that took us another half hour to get him in the boat cuz he is so heavy.
 

1 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

2 provocation   

n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因

参考例句：

• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
• They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。

3 belligerence   

n.交战，好战性，斗争性

参考例句：

• He could be accused of passion,but never belligerence.可以说他很冲动，但不能说他爱挑事。
• He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago.他故态复萌，几乎又像一年前那样咄咄逼人了。

4 malign   

adj.有害的；恶性的；恶意的；v.诽谤，诬蔑

参考例句：

• It was easy to see why the cartoonists regularly portrayed him as a malign cherub.难怪漫画家总是把他画成一个邪恶的小天使。
• She likes to malign innocent persons.她爱诋毁那些清白的人。

5 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

6 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

7 hamper   

vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子

参考例句：

• There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
• The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。