2023年经济学人 中国禁止进口所有日本海产品

中国禁止进口所有日本海产品

    The world this week--Politics

    本周国际要闻--政治

    Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group of Russian-backed mercenaries, was presumed to have been killed when a private plane he was travelling in crashed north of Moscow.

    叶夫根尼·普里戈津是俄罗斯支持的雇佣军瓦格纳集团的领导人。普里戈津乘坐的一架私人飞机在莫斯科北部坠毁。据推测，普里戈津本人已遇难。

    Two months ago Mr Prigozhin led a rebellion of his men, resulting in a short “march on Moscow” and skirmishes with Russian troops, because he was unhappy with the direction of the war in Ukraine.

    两个月前，由于不满乌克兰战争方向，普里戈津领导他的部下进行叛乱，引发了一场短暂的“进军莫斯科”活动，并与俄罗斯军队发生了小规模冲突。

    The Biden administration gave approval for Denmark and the Netherlands to send F-16S to Ukraine, the first time America has allowed the transfer of the American-made fighter aircraft after months of entreaties¹ from Kyiv.

    拜登政府批准从丹麦和荷兰向乌克兰派遣F-16S战机。这是美国首次允许向乌克兰移交这种美国制造的战机，此前，乌克兰政府进行了数月的请求。

    The jets will not be deployed² for some time, as Ukrainian pilots need training to fly them.

    一段时间内，不会对这些战机进行部署，因为乌克兰飞行员需要训练才能进行驾驶。

    President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country will use the jets “to keep Russian terrorists away from Ukrainian cities and villages”.

    乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基表示，乌克兰将使用这些战机“让俄罗斯恐怖分子远离乌克兰的城市和村庄”。

    His comments came after a Russian missile attack on a theatre in Chernihiv, a city in northern Ukraine, killed seven people and injured 144 others.

    此番言论发表前，俄罗斯导弹袭击了乌克兰北部城市切尔尼戈夫的一家剧院，造成7人死亡，144人受伤。

    Meanwhile Ukraine carried out more drone attacks on Russia.

    与此同时，乌克兰对俄罗斯进行了更多的无人机袭击。

    America, Britain and France condemned³ an assault on UN peacekeepers in the buffer⁴ zone that divides the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus from the Greek-Cypriot south.

    美国、英国和法国谴责了在缓冲区内对联合国维和部队发起的一次袭击，这个缓冲区将土耳其占领的塞浦路斯北部和希腊控制的塞浦路斯南部隔开。

    Turkish-Cypriots injured three peacekeepers who had been trying to stop the unauthorised construction of a road and used bulldozers to smash UN vehicles.

    土耳其裔塞浦路斯人打伤了三名维和人员，维和人员当时正在对未经批准的道路建设以及使用推土机粉碎联合国车辆进行阻拦。

    The bodies of 18 suspected illegal migrants were found in a building scorched⁵ by wildfires in northern Greece, close to the Turkish border.

    在希腊北部靠近土耳其边境的一座被大火烧毁的建筑中，发现了18具疑似为非法移民的尸体。

    Srettha Thavisin became Thailand’s new prime minister.

    赛塔·他威信成为泰国新总理。

    Mr Srettha comes from the populist Pheu Thai party, which came second in May’s election.

    赛塔来自民粹主义政党为泰党，该党在5月的选举中排名第二。

    The candidate of the winning party, Move Forward, was prevented from getting the job by the conservative establishment.

    获胜政党前进党的候选人被保守派势力阻止获得总理职位。

    Mr Srettha’s elevation⁶ was made possible by a deal with the army that allowed Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted⁷ as prime minister in a coup⁸ in 2006 and is connected with Pheu Thai, to return from exile.

    赛塔晋升为总理是通过与军方达成的一项协议实现的，该协议允许他信·西那瓦结束流亡回国。他信在2006年的一次政变中被赶下台，此次政变与为泰党有关。

    Mr Thaksin was promptly⁹ jailed for corruption¹⁰, but is expected to be released soon.

    他信很快因腐败被判入狱，但预计很快就会获释。

    The day after being imprisoned¹¹ he was sent to a hospital.

    他被监禁的第二天就被送进了医院。

    The new rapprochement between Japan and South Korea is being tested by Japan’s decision to release treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

    日本决定将损毁的福岛核电站的放射性污水排入大海，这一决定正考验着日韩两国之间新的友好关系的建立。

    China has banned all Japanese seafood¹².

    中国已经禁止所有日本海产品。

1 entreaties   

n.恳求，乞求( entreaty的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He began with entreaties and ended with a threat. 他先是恳求，最后是威胁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves. 暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

4 buffer   

n.起缓冲作用的人(或物)，缓冲器；vt.缓冲

参考例句：

• A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
• Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。

5 scorched   

烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦

参考例句：

• I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
• The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。

6 elevation   

n.高度；海拔；高地；上升；提高

参考例句：

• The house is at an elevation of 2,000 metres.那幢房子位于海拔两千米的高处。
• His elevation to the position of General Manager was announced yesterday.昨天宣布他晋升总经理职位。

7 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

8 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

9 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

10 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

11 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

12 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。