夏说英语新闻晨读 第114期:七国会谈

 本期内容：

G7 leaders meeting in Japan warned that Brexit could harm the world economy and promised “more forceful” (but unspecified) measures to boost growth. Barack Obama laid a wreath at Hiroshima and decried¹ nuclear weapons, without apologizing for America’s bombing of the city in 1945. Earlier in the week the president visited Vietnam, and announced an end to America’s arms embargo².

词汇讲解：
Forceful: 有力的
Unspecified：未明确的
Wreath：花圈
Decry：谴责
Arms embargo：武器禁运

1 decried   

v.公开反对，谴责( decry的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The measures were decried as useless. 这些措施受到指责，说是不起作用。
• The old poet decried the mediocrity of today's writing. 老诗人抨击了现代文体的平庸无奇。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 embargo   

n.禁运（令）；vt.对...实行禁运，禁止（通商）

参考例句：

• This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
• During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。