美国国家公共电台 NPR U.N. Approves New North Korea Sanctions Over Missile Tests

 

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

North Korea is one of the most challenging foreign policy situations facing the Trump¹ administration right now. The international community has just stepped in. The United Nations Security Council is levying² a fresh round of sanctions. And the U.S. is calling them the toughest in a generation. As NPR's Elise Hu reports, this is the latest rebuke³ against North Korea's two recent ballistic missile tests.

ELISE HU, BYLINE⁴: The vote by the 15 nations Security Council was unanimous. U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, says the sanctions increase the penalty on North Korea to a whole new level.

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NIKKI HALEY: And this time, the council has matched its words and actions.

HU: The latest package stops foreign investment in North Korea through joint⁵ ventures and cuts its total exports by a third. China, North Korea's biggest customer by far, signed on.

ANKIT PANDA: The United States was able to get a pretty strong resolution here that will hit North Korea where it hurts economically.

HU: That's Ankit Panda who writes about North Korea for the online magazine, The Diplomat⁶.

PANDA: With this resolution, not only are loopholes appear to be close, but also it's simply a broader range of goods that are covered - coal, iron ore, lead ore, lead, seafood⁷ products. It's pretty comprehensive.

HU: But Pyongyang has already faced a decade's worth of ever-increasing sanctions backed by the U.S. and its allies, which makes many North Korea observers, like John Delury of Seoul's Yonsei University, skeptical⁸ about the latest round.

JOHN DELURY: The two previous South Korean governments essentially⁹ bought into a sanctions approach to try and stop North Korea, and it hasn't worked. And so we're doing more of the same.

HU: North Korean state media responded with commentary saying the U.S. shouldn't, quote, "stupidly cause mischief¹⁰ and brandish¹¹ its nuclear and sanctions clubs" end quote. The Kim Jong Un regime has pledged it will never give up its weapons capabilities¹².

DELURY: One thing North Korea is extremely good at is absorbing pain. And the last thing that they yield on is their deterrence¹³ capability¹⁴ because they feel under threat and under siege.

HU: The U.N. vote happened as foreign ministers from Asia and the U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, meet in the Philippines. North Korea's foreign minister is there, too. Delury says it's a chance for diplomacy¹⁵, but there's no evidence of talking happening so far.

DELURY: That's a dangerous recipe heading into August, where we're going to have large-scale military exercises and these sanctions start to bite. You need an off ramp¹⁶.

HU: For now, the U.S. and its allies are staying the course. Elise Hu, NPR News, Seoul.

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1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 levying   

征（兵）( levy的现在分词 )； 索取； 发动（战争）； 征税

参考例句：

• The high tax will be given levying to the foreign country car. 对外国汽车要予以征收高税。
• Levying estate income tax are considered to be goods tax. 遗产税是在财产所有者死亡后所征收的税。

3 rebuke   

v.指责，非难，斥责 [反]praise

参考例句：

• He had to put up with a smart rebuke from the teacher.他不得不忍受老师的严厉指责。
• Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.哪怕迟到一分钟也将受到严厉的斥责。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 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。

6 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

7 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。

8 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

9 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

10 mischief   

n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹

参考例句：

• Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
• He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。

11 brandish   

v.挥舞，挥动；n.挥动，挥舞

参考例句：

• She answered with a brandish of her umbrella.她挥动着伞回答。
• Come on together! Brandish the florid youth together!一起舞动绚丽的青春吧！

12 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

13 deterrence   

威慑，制止； 制止物，制止因素； 挽留的事物； 核威慑

参考例句：

• An extreme school of "disarmers" pronounced stable deterrence was a dangerous deception. “裁军论者”中的极端派声称，稳定的威摄是一种危险的骗局。
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。

14 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。

15 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

16 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。