2014年CRI 中国派四艘船舶接回在越中方人员 普京下令从俄乌边境撤军

 

The first of four Chinese ships sent to evacuate¹ nationals in Vietnam has left with just under a thousand people onboard.

The ship is on its way to Haikou.

Four ships with a capacity of around a thousand people are set to evacuate Chinese citizens affected² in the over-week of violence which has been gripping central and southern Vietnam.

The violence has broken out amid the territorial³ dispute raging around the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops near Ukraine's border to withdraw.

The Kremlin says military forces that took part in drills in three regions bordering Ukraine are being ordered to return to their permanent bases.

NATO estimates Russia amassed⁴ around 40-thousand troops along its shared border with Ukraine.

The build-up of Russian forces in the region has ratcheted up diplomatic tensions in recent weeks.

1 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

4 amassed   

v.积累，积聚( amass的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He amassed a fortune from silver mining. 他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
• They have amassed a fortune in just a few years. 他们在几年的时间里就聚集了一笔财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》